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Sal Maroni
Salvatore Vincent Maroni is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman. The substantial character is portrayed as a powerful mob boss and gangster of Italian descent in Gotham City and an enemy of Batman. Maroni is most famous for disfiguring Harvey Dent, setting the stage for the young district attorney's transformation into the supervillain Two-Face. In live-action, Maroni has appeared in the film '' The Dark Knight'' (2008), portrayed by Eric Roberts, the TV series '' Gotham'' (2014), portrayed by David Zayas, and the HBO miniseries '' The Penguin'' (2024), portrayed by Clancy Brown. Publication history Sal Maroni first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #66 and was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane. Fictional character biography Pre-Crisis/Earth-Two Maroni's first Pre-Crisis appearance was in ''Detective Comics'' #66 (August 1942) as Boss Moroni, a mobster on trial for the murder of a man named "Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book series first published in 1937. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, the first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its published stories are set in the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous List of DC Comics characters, culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash; as well as famous fictional teams, including the Justice League, the Teen Titans, the Suicide Squad, and the Legion of Superheroes. The universe contains an assortment of well-known supervillains, such as Lex Luthor, the Joker (character), Joker, Darkseid, and the antihero Catwoman. The company has published non-DC Universe-related mater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crisis On Infinite Earths
''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' is a 1985 to 1986 American comic book fictional crossover, crossover series published by DC Comics. Written by Marv Wolfman and penciller, pencilled by George Pérez, it was first released as a 12-issue limited series (comics), limited series from April 1985 to March 1986. As the main piece of a crossover event, some plot elements were featured in tie-in issues of other publications. Since its initial publication, the series has been reprinted in various formats and editions. The idea for the series stemmed from Wolfman's desire to abandon the Multiverse (DC Comics), DC Multiverse depicted in the company's comics—which he thought was unfriendly to readers—and create a single, unified DC Universe (DCU). The foundation of ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' developed through a character called the Monitor (Mar Novu), Monitor, introduced in Wolfman's ''Teen Titans, The New Teen Titans'' in July 1982 before the series itself started. At the start of ''Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmine Falcone
Carmine Falcone is a villain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, portrayed as a powerful Italian-American mob boss, an List of Batman family enemies, enemy of Batman, and an acquaintance of the Wayne family. He has also been sometimes depicted as the illegitimate father of Catwoman in media outside of the primary DC Universe Continuity (fiction), continuity. In live-action, the character has been portrayed in film by Tom Wilkinson in ''Batman Begins'' (2005) and in television by John Doman in ''Gotham (TV series), Gotham'' (2014–2017). In ''The Batman'' shared universe, Falcone has been portrayed by John Turturro in the film ''The Batman (film), The Batman'' (2022) and Mark Strong in ''The Penguin (TV series), The Penguin'' miniseries (2024). Background Carmine Falcone made his debut in the four-part story ''Batman: Year One'' written by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli in 1987. In the comics, Falcone is a powerful American Mafia, Mafia chieftain nicknam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman And The Mad Monk
''Batman and the Mad Monk'' is an American comic book limited series, featuring the DC Comics superhero Batman published in 2006–2007. It is set during the '' Batman: Year One'' continuity, but after the events of ''Batman and the Monster Men'' and before the events of '' Batman: The Man Who Laughs''. It is the second part of Matt Wagner's two-part '' Dark Moon Rising'' series, which are expanded and modernized versions of Golden Age Batman stories. Plot Batman must counter sinister machinations and new dimensions of wickedness as he confronts the hooded menace of the Mad Monk, his first encounter with a supernatural villain. He also must deal with the direct repercussions of the events in ''Batman and the Monster Men ''Batman and the Monster Men'' is an American comic book limited series written and drawn by Matt Wagner with colors by Dave Stewart, published by DC Comics in 2006 and starring the superhero Batman. It, along with its sequel '' Batman and the ...''. Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad Scientist
The mad scientist (also mad doctor or mad professor) is a stock character of a scientist who is perceived as "mad, bad and dangerous to know" or "insanity, insane" owing to a combination of unusual or unsettling personality traits and the unabashedly ambitious, taboo or hubristic nature of their experiments. As a motif (narrative), motif in fiction, the mad scientist may be villainous (evil genius) or antagonistic, benign, or neutral; may be psychosis, insane, eccentricity (behaviour), eccentric, or clumsy; and often works with fictional technology or fails to recognise or value common human objections to attempting to Playing God (ethics), play God. Some may have benevolent intentions, even if their actions are dangerous or questionable, which can make them accidental antagonists. History Prototypes The prototypical fictional mad scientist was Victor Frankenstein, creator of his Frankenstein's monster, eponymous monster, who made his first appearance in 1818, in the novel ''Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Strange
Hugo Strange is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character is one of Batman's first recurring villains, and was also one of the first to discover his secret identity. The character first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #36 (February 1940). A notorious enemy of Batman, the character has appeared in various forms of non-comics media, including animation, video games, and the live-action television series '' Gotham'', where he is portrayed by BD Wong. Fictional character biography Pre-''Crisis'' Golden Age Professor Hugo Strange first appears in ''Detective Comics'' #36 (February 1940) as a scientist and criminal mastermind who uses a stolen "concentrated lightning" machine to generate a dense fog every night so his gang can rob banks unseen, though he knows that Batman poses a threat to him. Batman, who already knows of Strange's experiments, begins investigating him after one of his henchmen comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
