Roman Sionis (Prime Earth)

Roman Sionis
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 2011‎-present
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Real Name	Roman Sionis
Affiliation	Secret Society of Super-Villains
Base Of Operations	Gotham City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6' 1"
Weight	195 lbs (88 kg)
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Bald
Origin
Universe	Prime Earth
Creators	Doug Moench · Tom Mandrake
First Appearance	Detective Comics Vol 2 #9 (July, 2012)

History

Roman Sionis, better known as the Black Mask, is a successful mob boss in Gotham City, making him an enemy of Batman.

Several years ago, Black Mask picked a fight with Catwoman, believing that she lived by the same "no killing" rule as Batman. However, after ticking her off a little too much, Catwoman snapped and shot him. Thought to be dead, Sionis managed to survive his injury and stagger to Arkham Asylum, willingly turning himself in and begging to be treated.

Night of the Owls

A couple years later, Sionis is still mentally unstable and considered a baffling case by Doctor Arkham. On the Night of the Owls, an assassin for the Court of Owls known as the Talon attempted to kill Dr. Arkham while he talked to Black Mask in captivity. In an attempt to protect himself, Arkham returned Sionis' mask to him, commanding him to mind control the other inmates into attacking the invaders and to keep anyone from entering his safe room. After Batman arrived and finished with the Talons, he discovered Black Mask, out of his cell, and quickly knocked him out before he could escape.

Forever Evil

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Back in Power, Enemy of Catwoman

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Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Mind Control: With his mask, Black Mask has some psychosis link to people's minds. He can actually control them with a certain amount of effort.

Abilities

• Leadership: Black Mask lead his own gang - the False Face Society - for awhile.

Weaknesses

• Mental Disorder: Roman Sionis has gone insane with his power. He considers the mask to be a separate being that he is addicted to letting free.

Notes

• Black Mask was created by Doug Moench and Tom Mandrake, first appearing in Batman #386. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Black Mask first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Detective Comics (Volume 2) #9 by Tony S. Daniel.

Related

• 108 Appearances of Roman Sionis (Prime Earth)
• 22 Images featuring Roman Sionis (Prime Earth)
• 7 Quotations by or about Roman Sionis (Prime Earth)
• Character Gallery: Roman Sionis (Prime Earth)

Footnotes

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