Salvatore Maroni (New Earth)

Salvatore Vincent "The Boss" Maroni grew up in the priveleged Maroni crime family, headed by his father Luigi "Big Lou" Maroni. Maroni was one of Gotham City's toughest gangsters, and is shown in his prime to be the second most powerful mobster in Gotham City after Carmine Falcone, The Roman. He is largely credited with being the mobster to throw acid at Harvey Dent, and turn him into Two-Face.

Earth-Two

Pre-Crisis, Maroni first appeared in Detective Comics #66 as "Boss" Moroni, a mobster on trial for the murder of a man named "Bookie" Benson. Harvey Kent was the prosecutor at the trial. He called Batman as his first witness. During Batman's testimony, Maroni accused Batman of being a liar, and Kent revealed his evidence, Moroni's lucky two-headed silver dollar found at the scene with Moroni's finger prints on it. Enraged, Maroni threw a vial of acid at Kent; Batman jumped in the way, knocking Maroni out, but not before the acid struck half of Harvey Kent's face. Kent descended into madness and became the first Two-Face, he killed Maroni for revenge, but afterwards surrendered and voluntarily went into police custody.

Post-Crisis

Sal Maroni makes his next chronological appearance in Batman and the Monster Men. He is helping fund Hugo Strange's experiments with super-serum on Arkham Asylum inmates, expecting a promised large monetary return. Strange ends up

paying him back with money stolen from mafia establishments he has had his Monster Men wreck. Maroni grows suspicious and tries to shut Strange down, but Strange launches a full-scale attack on the Gotham mob with his creations. Maroni is saved by the intervention of Batman.

When the mysterious killer "Holiday" begins shooting up the Gotham organized crime scene during the Long Halloween storyline, tensions grow between Sal and Carmine Falcone, as each believes Holiday is working for the other (although they also think that Harvey Dent has something to do with the killer). Their business relationship becomes strained as a result. When his father is killed by Holiday, Maroni makes a deal with Dent to reveal all of Falcone's criminal activities, in exchange for a deal.

However, Maroni slips a bottle of acid into the courtroom, believing Dent is responsible for his father's death. During the trial, Maroni throws acid into Dent's face, disfiguring him and changing him into Two-Face. Maroni takes two shots to the chest by the bailiff after getting into a tussle following the scarring, but he survives. Later, when he is moved out of his cell, Maroni is finally killed by Holiday, revealed to be Alberto Falcone, The Roman's son working independently.

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Trivia

This character is portrayed by actor Eric Roberts in The Dark Knight (2008).

Links and References

Sal Maroni at Wikipedia.org

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Salvatore Maroni (New Earth)

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