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This just in: The Leader of the so called "False Face Society" and one of Gotham's most powerful crime bosses, Roman Sionis, aka: The Black Mask, has been sentenced to undergo treatment at Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane.Character Art by phil-cho
Character Profile by Roysovitch
Character Owned by DC Comics
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Quick Question: Does Roman have his obsession with masks and what they represent? I know it says Fascination with masks, but that could imply that it isn’t an extreme interest with them.
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A bit like Norman Osbourne and his fascination with Japanese Samurai Masks, which is why he styled his helmet like one in the First Sam Raimi film.
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Isn’t his face suppose to be more scarred because huntress stabbed his face with an arrow a lot ?
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She stabbed him with a bolt, not an arrow. He's since had surgery.
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To bad. That would have been a nice origin to why he wears the mask.
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It is why he wears the mask... Look at his face. The surgery isn't perfect.
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I don't see it. Are those wrinkles suppose to be scars ?
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Huh, I don't know why it took me so long to read this one, but I'm glad to see that the obsession with masks is kept here; it seems to have been forgotten by most writers after his big revival and revamp into a Mob Boss/Torturer in the 2000s, but I personally wish it was brought back and directly tied back into his motivations, if only to make him stand out a bit more from the other mob bosses like Maroni and Thorne.
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Yes. In the Arkhamverse, that was a thing.
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I see no difference between the mugshot and the costume.
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I had thought the mask couldn't be taken off and was permanently molded or melted onto Roman Sionis' face.
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It is in some versions
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But shouldn't his face have more scars from Helena stabbing him in the face?
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He fought back... and he's rich enough to afford surgery.
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And isn't he also an expert torturer and a huge, spiteful sadist?
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This is very well done. I like the details in both the art and the writing. Good job setting up the iconic storylines he's in. It would be awesome to see more of him in villain week 
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Doesn't he still own several legitimate businesses like the Gotham Merchant's Bank and the Sionis Steel Mill? Also, since the Joker impersonated him and stole his criminal empire, he should not be kept near the Joker (unless we want one to kill the other).
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That didn't happen in Earth-27.
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Alright, he still looks like his Arkham-verse counterpart...
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Well it's a good design, so Roy and Phil probably just wanted to use it.
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ironic how being such a poor legit businessman helped lead to him becoming such a powerful crime boss
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I thought his mask was ebony. Cool none the less. Also, I didn't start out liking this new format, but I think it's grown on me.
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It is ebony. I am not sure why I wrote obsidian. I'll fix that soon. Thanks for the extra pair of eyes.
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I still love to hate this guy, and so I hope arkham keeps him contained...and my advice...destroy his masks
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Jeremiah's probably not gonna let that happen.
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How many people got beef with Bruce Wayne without the Batman factor?
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Black mask, hush, and penguin
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He's a very polarizing character...
Cobblepots and Waynes have had a feud.
Thomas Elliot went from best friend to bitter rival.
Already discussed the Sionis family.
Depending on their origin stories, Poison Ivy, Riddler, and others have worked for Wayne.
Not a beef, but Kirk Langstrom and Bruce Wayne met as children, just outside the theatre where the Wsynes were murdered... and the bat that crashed through Bruce Wayne's window, inspiring him to dress as a bat, was one of Langstrom's test subjects.
A bunch of villainesses have dated Bruce Wayne, unaware that he is the Batman (Jaina Hudson, Andrea Beaumont, Selina Kyle, and so on).
I am sure there are many other connections I have not mentioned.
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Knew about the Cobblepot and Wayne feud. Learned about Tommy and Bruce when I read Hush arc. Sionis I learned playing Arkham City. Didn't know Kirk Langstrom and met as kids. Assumed he had an origin similar to Harley.
The villainess he's dated, I think only Daredevil had it worse
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Therapy, right? I mean what else could it be... It is therapy, right? Am I missing something?
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I'm sure you know this already, but I'll say it anyways
Dr. Arkham has Roman's stuff because he poses as Black Mask. Everyone in the Arkham Family is incurably insane.
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Yes... Just some in-character humor.
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