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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] |
