Two characters in DC comics have been nicknamed " Black mask » (black mask), and the first was Roman Sionis, a representative of the wealthy family of Sionis. His problems began in childhood - immediately after birth, the doctor dropped his head on the floor, and a few years later he was bitten by a rabid raccoon. Roman's parents didn't give a damn about all this, for them the main thing was to save the face of the family. Roman hated his parents' hypocrisy - they were friends with the Wayne family, but in fact they hated both Thomas and Martha. At the same time, the parents forced Roman to be friends with Bruce.

When Roman grew up and graduated from college, he inherited his parent's business, Janus Cosmetics. Roman immediately fell in love with the secretary, his parents did not approve of this, Roman freaked out and burned their estate along with them. Then it turned out that the leader of him is so-so. The company went bankrupt and was bought out by Bruce Wayne, and the secretary abandoned Roman in front of everyone. In addition, it turned out that one of the released lines cosmetics, insufficiently tested, was toxic. Trouble after trouble. All this further shattered the psyche of Roman.

When the nerves finally gave up, Roman went to the cemetery to tell his late father everything he thinks about him. Right at the door of the Sionis crypt, Roman was struck by lightning, he took it as a sign from above, broke into the crypt, broke his father's coffin, made of ebony, and made himself a mask. Quite obviously calling himself Black Mask, Roman founded the False Face Society. (False Face Society), each member of which wore a mask. It was believed that such masks make people bolder, more resilient and reckless.

After becoming Black Mask, Roman began to kill high-ranking members of Wayne's company. Bruce Wayne became the main target, and of course, Roman did not succeed with him. In frustrated feelings, Black Mask came to the conclusion that the personality of Roman Sionis was to blame for his defeat, and he needed to be got rid of. Roman set fire to his own estate, and when the compassionate Batman and Robin tried to save the fucked-up criminal from the fire, he got tangled in the rope with his feet, fell face down into the fire, and the mask was firmly glued to his head.

After the earthquake, Roman temporarily got rid of the mask, founding a cult whose members covered their faces with scars. However, he returned to his usual career and to the image of the Black Mask. Roman seriously injured and was believed to have killed Stephanie Brown, Batman's sidekick, nicknamed "The Spoiler" and short-lived Robin. True, it turned out that she faked her death.

Roman was repeatedly placed in Arkham and always escaped from there, mostly not by organizing an escape, but by taking advantage of the hype during major riots. Once Bruce Wayne infiltrated his gang, taking the nickname "Skull" (Skull face), and almost caught the Mask, but he escaped. Batman's midlife crisis worsened because of this - “I couldn't catch a second-rate villain! I'm getting old..." The novel gradually "pumped" and became almost the main mafia of Gotham ... until Gotham was destroyed by an earthquake in the plot.

Roman Sionis was killed by Catwoman and blamed on another Catwoman who replaced Selina in her position. Roman returned as a dead man during the Blackest Night and attacked Catwoman. Poison Ivy dealt with the dead man, enclosing him in the arms of an acid plant that gradually dissolved his flesh, and transported the plant to the swamp, away from people.

During the Battle for the Hood, the role of the Black Mask was tried on by Jeremiah Arkham, a distant descendant of the same Arkham who founded the notorious clinic. The new bearer of the Mask quickly subjugated a bunch of multilevel villains (including Croc, Victor Zazz, Scarecrow and Firefly) and seized power over the criminal world of Gotham. However, he also gave in to the power of the Falcone family.

Jeremiah Arkham became Black Mask because he went crazy. And he went crazy because he sniffed all sorts of rubbish. Realistically, Gotham is full of chemistry-obsessed villains. The Joker with his laughing gas, Poison Ivy, the Scarecrow, the Fright… you sniff everyone and you can go crazy. Jeremiah was finally defeated, at that time trying on the role of Batman.

In the TV series Gotham, Black Mask is a businessman named Richard Sionis who gives job seekers at his firm the most brutal stress test - applicants must take part in underground fights to the death. In addition, the Black Mask appeared in the animated series "Batman" in 2004 and "Batman: Courage and Courage" and lit up in the game "Batman: Arkham Origins".

Hero characteristics

• Real name: Roman Sionis (Roman Sionis)
• Nicknames: The Crime King, Black Head, Orpheus
• Current Nickname: Black mask
• Personality: Well known
• Universe: New Earth, Earth One
• Gender: Male
• Position: Evil
• Height: 185 cm (6'1")
• Weight: 89 kg (195 lbs)
• Eye Color: White
• Hair Color: None
• Relatives: Unnamed parents (deceased)
• Group Affiliation: Gotham Organized Crime, False Facers, Secret Society, Black Lantern Corps
• Enemies: Batman, Robin, Catwoman, Red Hood
• Citizenship: American
• Family status: Single

Biography

Childhood

Roman Sionis, the original Black Mask, was born into a wealthy family in Gotham. His parents were part of the Gotham elite and, as a result, cared more about them. social status than about their own son. A few minutes after birth, the doctor dropped him on his head, something his parents tried to hide, fearing what other families would say about them. Many years later, his family again tried to cover up an incident when he was attacked by a rabid raccoon. His family was friends with the Waynes, and as a result he was forced to befriend Bruce Wayne. This was strongly imprinted in the character, because he was terribly insulted by his parents. During this time, Roman began to resent his family for the masks they wore in order to befriend the Waynes.

The murder of parents and the beginning of hatred for Wayne

After school he got high position in company his father, Janus Cosmetics(Janus Cosmetics). Right here he met and later fell in love with a secretary named Circe. However, due to her status, his parents forbade him to see her. As a result, an enraged Roman burned down their house in place with parents inside. After their death, Roman inherited everything family status and his father's business. However, he was not his father, causing the firm to go downhill and barely kept afloat. In his desire to prove that everything is not so bad and to stop ruin and decay at the company, he published a product that eventually turned out to be a deadly toxin. Circe, Roman's fiancee, broke with him in the presence the whole team, this humiliation terribly embarrassed Sionis. At the same time, Bruce Wayne, who was very successful businessman, offered to save the company but , with the condition that he appoints their own employees. Sionis agreed, but he was furious and visited graves of their parents by breaking the lid of his mother's coffin. Roman took one of the fragments of the coffin with him. He made a mask out of it and became the supervillain known as Black Mask.

Black mask

Sionis turned out to be a born criminal, and soon created his own a gang called False Face Society, who worked for him. Distinctive feature this criminal group was that each of its members had to choose a mask from an extensive collections of Sionis. Roman obliged them wear it to work and in his presence. Like Black Mask he started crusade against billionaire Bruce Wayne. At first he began to steal Wayne employees. When Roman took workers prisoner, then put on them masks containing a deadly Sionis makeup, which killed hundreds of women. Roman was later taken hostage Circe and mutilated with the help of chemicals trying to repair their relationship. In the end she committed suicide and then, to replace Circe, The black mask made a mannequin with which he communicated, like a living person. Soon the victims of the kidnappings of Sionis were found dead or mutilated. Thereafter Batman began his investigation. He began to destroy Roman crime family and in the end The black mask was found in ruins of the House of Sionis. Trying to escape, Black Mask set fire to his house again, however he himself fell into the rings of fire and would have died if not for Batman, who came to his aid. Ironically the mask burned to his face, severely disfiguring him.

Second Coming

Black mask spent some time in Arkham Asylum but when Bane released the Asylum patients during Knightfall(Knightfall), Roman escaped. After recovery Society of Lying Faces and nomination of a new deputy , Tattoos (Tattoo) Novel re-started crusade against Wayne Enterprises, this time he set fire to the company's main buildings and kidnapped CEO — Lucius Fox (Lucius Fox). Soon Batman infiltrated the ranks of the gang, saved Fox and beat the Tattoo, but Black Mask himself eluded him.

Crime Lord and No Man's Land

When Black Mask resurfaced, he ended his crusade against Wayne, focusing his attention on becoming Gotham's Crime King. He made an alliance with the Penguin. During the No Man's Land, he ruled most of underworld Gotham. After these events, he removed his mask, using his injured face instead. He formed a cult whose members mutilated their faces. Those who refused were killed immediately. But Batman and the Huntress stopped the cult, and soon Black Mask was locked in the Black Gate.

Conflict with Catwoman

Some time later, Roman escaped before Gotham returned to its former glory. When Sionis returned to Gotham, he set up a drug ring in Gotham's East End. However, Black Mask did not know that this part of Gotham (Gotham) swore to protect Catwoman (Catwoman). As a result, Catwoman stole Roman's money, making his business less successful. She also maimed many of his boyfriends. Black Mask was furious and soon found an old friend of Catwoman who said that the real name of the heroine was Selina Kyle. Then Sionis launched a personal campaign against Selina, blowing up a youth center that she supported. He kidnapped Kyle's sister along with her husband. After that, the Black Mask killed her sister's husband, forcing the unfortunate spouse to watch it. Then Roman ate the remains of the flesh and eyes of the slain. When Catwoman arrived, she discovered Black Mask, who had driven her sister into a frenzy, and was about to kill Selina's friend Holly Robinson. However, Robinson resisted the villain, and then the Black Mask fell. After the fight, everyone thought he was dead.

Another return

Later, it turned out that he survived, and for a certain time Sionis was hiding. Black Mask financed Niles Glass (Niles Glass). He, in turn, hid the Black Mask. Niles had a death spree and killed almost all of the crime lords. Glass did this until Batman stopped him.

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Some time later, Stephanie Brown, nicknamed Spoiler, became Batman's new partner. However, Wayne soon realized that Brown was not suitable for the role and fired her. Stephanie then decided to use Batman's contingency plan. He was to put all the kings of the underworld of Gotham under the control of Orpheus (Orpheus), an agent of Bruce. However, this plan did not work, resulting in a gang war. Spoiler, believing that it was not too late to fix everything, found Orpheus and told him about his role. At this point, Black Mask slit the throat of Wayne's agent, after which he began torturing Spoiler in order to get the rest of the information.

Then Roman, using a mask and acting talent, took the place of Orpheus, managing to fool even Batman. After that, Sionis united all the criminal elements and led them into a devastating war against Gotham and in particular against the Waynes. Roman then returned to his lair, where he discovered that Spoiler had escaped. Catching up with her, Black Mask entered into battle with the heroine, during which he was defeated. After that, Sionis made his way to the Oracle Tower, where he was overtaken by Batman. During the battle, Black Mask activated a bomb he had previously planted in the Tower. Thanks to this, Roman managed to escape.

Later, Sionis became the king of the underworld of Gotham. Teaming up with reporter Arturo Rodriguez, Black Mask organized a campaign against Batman. To do this, he deliberately killed several people by framing Wayne. Rodriguez, in turn, covered everything accordingly in the newspaper. However, the plans of the villains were prevented by the Joker, who wanted to kill Roman. In the end, the two criminals ran into each other. The fight continued until Batman intervened, who captured Sionis and cleared his name.

Death

After some time, Deathstroke (Deathstroke) turned to the Black Mask with a request to join his Society. Soon the Red Hood was on the trail of Roman's gang and began to reduce his power in the Underworld of Gotham. After several skirmishes with the Hood, Batman intervened, who didn't want the Society in Gotham. After that, Sionis turned his attention back to Catwoman. Wanting to test himself, he began to threaten Selina's friends and family. Eventually they came face to face. Roman knew that Selina had a code that she didn't kill people. However, Catwoman still shot Sionis in the head, blasting off his jaw and thereby killing him.

Blackest Night

During the Blackest Night, Roman was brought back to life as a member of the Black Lantern Corps and sought revenge on Catwoman. During the fight against Sionis, Selina did not show the emotions that the villain needed to win. So he soon sought out her sister. Catwoman intercepted Black Mask and defeated him with the help of Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. The novel was caught in the iwm factory, which decomposed it every time it was respawned. Sionis is supposed to be stuck there for the entire Blackest Night. After the fall of Nekron, Roman returned to the status of deceased.

Powers and abilities

Forces

Roman has the usual strength, height, and build for a man of his age who regularly engages in athletic training.

Capabilities

Genius of the underworld: Roman is considered one of the best commanders and organizers of the Gotham Underworld. He is distinguished by the skills of a talented and cold-blooded leader.

Hand-to-hand combat master: Sionis is an extremely good fighter. He fought alongside heroes and villains like Nightwing, Robin, Red Hood, Catwoman and Batman.

Shooter: Black Mask is a very good marksman, equally proficient with two pistols.

Torture Master: Sionis is a master of torture. He is able to physically and mentally torment his victims to the point where virtually all of them lose their minds and go insane.

Master of Disguise: Roman's level of disguise is on par with Batman's. And once Sionis was even able to get ahead of Wayne in this matter.

Equipment

Two pistols: Black Mask always carries two pistols with him, which he uses to fire at his enemies.

Black mask: Roman's mask is a piece from his mother's coffin (in other sources, this is his father's funeral mask). Subsequently, this mask was tightly fastened to the face of Sionis.

First appearance

Like Black Mask

Last appearance

Black mask (black mask) is a supervillain who appears in the universe. The original character is Roman Sioni, which first appeared in a comic called Batman#386 (August 1985) and was created by Doug Monch and Tom Mandrake. After the events Batman: Battle for the Cowl, Black Mask II appears, and hides under the mask Dr. Jeremiah Arkham. The character is one of the enemies.

The character was ranked 10th on the list" The 10 Best and Worst Batman Enemies"According to IGN.

Biography

Roman Sioni

Roman Ceoni was born into a wealthy and completely self-absorbed family in Gotham City. His parents take more care of yourself social status than about your son. At the moment of his birth, the doctor treated him carelessly and dropped him. Roman's parents were less not concernedHow does their son feel?, but how to hide this incident from the society of rich friends, fearing that they will react badly to information about their son's injury. After that, people, including his parents, commented that Roman's eyes held "strange stupidity". Also in childhood, on him attacked rabid e notes when he was in family estate Sioni and again his his parents forbade him tell about this incident to anyone, again preferring to hide it.

He was further influenced by "friendship" his fatherfrom one of the respected people Gotham City, Thomas Wayne; both of Roman's parents disliked Wayne and his wife Martha, and spoke very eloquently of them when they were alone, but they continued communicate with them not to lose your social status they even got Roman to befriend their son Bruce. The hypocrisy of his parents , had a strong influence on him, and he began to hate and he is outraged by their "masks" that his parents wore in public.

After graduation high school, Sionis took a high position in his father's company, Janus Cosmetics. There, he met and fell in love with Circe, who was middle class and worked as a secretary. His parents did not approve of their relationship and made it clear to him that they wanted him to end the relationship. Enraged, Sionis burned down the mansion and killed both of his parents. After their death, he inherited the family fortune and business. Roman did not have the same business streak as his father, and ended up bankrupting Janus Cosmetics by financing an unsuccessful cosmetics line. In desperation, he poured all his remaining money into a new product to save the company. After the creation of new cosmetics, the product was immediately sent to the market, but since it did not pass proper testing, it turned out to contain a deadly toxin that disfigured several hundred women.

After this incident, Circe began to hate Sionis and broke up with him in front of all the staff. Bruce Wayne, who is now head of Wayne Enterprises, offered to bail out his company on the condition that Sionis relinquish control and allow Wayne to appoint own advice directors. Sionis agreed, but was furious at the humiliation he had endured. Not wanting to blame himself for his failures, Sionis broke into the cemetery where his parents were buried; seconds before he opened the crypt, he was struck by lightning, throwing open the door, throwing him against a stone. Sionis took this as an omen of his "rebirth", he entered the crypt, breaking the black lid of his father's coffin. One of the parts he used to create a mask that symbolized his new identity: crime boss Black Mask.

Within a month, Black Mask collected dozens petty criminals Gotham , naming their organization, the Gotham False Face Society, using the Sionis Crypt as a base. Every member of society wore a mask , Gotham False Face Society quickly spread by Gotham, in the end attracted attention both the police and Batman.

Black Mask has begun his vendetta against those he believes have offended him. He killed three leaders of the Wayne Foundation using masks that were soaked in toxic make-up (Janus cosmetics). After that, he kidnapped Circe, who by this time had become a magazine model, he forced her to put on a mask with one kind of toxic makeup, she did not lose her life, but her face was disfigured. Then, Black Mask demanded that Circe join them. There was nothing left for her and Circe agreed, she was specially given the mask of a "mannequin" to mock her former life.

Meanwhile, Batman learned Black Mask's true identity and predicted that Sionis' next target would be Bruce Wayne. Hoping to set a trap for Black Mask, he held a masquerade ball at the Wayne Mansion, knowing that Sionis would not be able to resist. His guess came true and Sionis, along with Circe, came to the ball and mingled with the guests. Sionis subsequently lured Bruce into winter Garden mansion, intending to kill him with a pistol. Bruce manages to disarm Sionis, who subsequently escapes, allowing Robin (Jason Todd) to follow him to his hideout.

Jeremiah Arkham

Comic Battle for the Cowl, the second incarnation of the Black Mask appears. He drugged the Arkham prisoners (which included the Great White Shark, Poison Ivy, Victor Zsasz, Jane Doe, and Scarecrow) with a drug that could kill if activated. Black Mask is quickly recognized as the group's leader when he blows up the asylum and then prepares for his ascension by destroying Two-Face and Domination, thus becoming Gotham's crime boss once again.

Black Mask's identity was determined to be Dr. Jeremiah Arkham, who became Black Mask after suffering a psychotic breakdown due to exposure to various psychotropic substances from various Batman villains. After his capture and defeat by the new Batman, Dick Grayson, he is sent to prison in a rebuilt Arkham. He also appeared in three issues, Arkham Reborn, where he begins to manipulate patients, a storyline ending in Detective Comics.

Capabilities

A very skilled marksman, Black Mask usually uses two pistols. He also uses the sword in various comics. He is a skilled hand-to-hand fighter, able to stand up for himself even in battle against such experienced opponents as Batman and Catwoman. He has excellent stamina and endurance, and thus, despite numerous injuries, he can continue to fight. Black Mask is a brilliant strategist who is very long time plans his plans before striking his opponent. He is a master escape artist who managed to escape from prison several times. However, Black Mask's most important weapon is the ability to instill fear and intimidate his victim. He is known for his cruel and sadistic methods of torture. Black Mask also uses his underworld connections to gather information about his enemies and then strike them from where they are most vulnerable (such as family or friends).

In the media

Animated series

The Black Mask appears in the animated series "" released in 2004, voiced by James Remar. This version of Black Mask is influentialcrime bosswith many subordinateswho use high tech weapons. His right hand a person named"Number one " who performsas second leader. The Black Mask he wears a non-removable, and he has no fingerprint or others distinctive features, that makes him impossible to identify.

Black Mask appears in the animated series "", the role of the character was voiced by John DiMaggio. In this version of the Black Mask, his lips and teeth move while his teeth remain closed when he speaks. His right-hand man, a man named Tattoo, who commands the False Face Society.

Animation Films

The Black Mask appears in "", voiced by Wade Williams. In this version, Black Mask is shown as the first person to take control of all of Gotham City, and his right-hand man is Mrs. Lee. He is one of the criminals with whom the Red Hood plans to deal.

The Black Mask appears in "", voiced by Steven Blum. Shown to be at war with the Heretic Gang, he is pursuing a arms deal when he faces Batman (actually, he runs into Nightwing, who replaces at this Batman moment when he disappears) and Robin.

Games

The Black Mask appears in Batman: Dark Tomorrow.

The Black Mask appears in DC Universe Online.

The Black Mask appears in Lego Batman: The Videogame Lego.

The Black Mask appears in Batman 2: DC Super Heroes.

The Black Mask appears in Batman: Arkham.

The Black Mask appears in Batman: Arkham Asylum.

The Black Mask appears in Batman: Arkham City.

The Black Mask appears in Batman: Arkham Origins.

The Black Mask appears in Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate.

The Black Mask appears in Batman: Arkham Knight.

Black Mask is a supervillain in the DC Comics universe and an enemy of Batman. original character, Roman Sionis(Roman Sionis), first appeared in issue Batman#386 in August 1985 and was created by Doug Monch and Tom Mandrake. After the events of the storyline Batman: Battle for the Cowl and the search for a new Batman as Black Mask II the doctor appears Jeremiah Arkham(Jeremiah Arkham). The character was ranked ninth on IGN's "Batman's 10 Best and Worst Enemies" list. Listverse.com ranked Black Mask #6 on their top 10 best Batman enemies to film.

Roman Sayonis was born into a wealthy family, but his parents were more concerned about their social status than about their son. The doctor who delivered the baby to Roman's mother dropped the baby, picking it up. Roman's parents were more concerned not with their son's condition, but with hiding this incident from everyone, fearing how their rich friends would react to the news of their son's injury. Later, when Roman was a child, he was attacked by rabid raccoons while playing at the family homestead. This incident was also covered up by the Sionis family. Parents forbade Roman to talk about this to anyone.

Another circumstance that influenced Roman's character was his father's "friendship" with Thomas Wayne. Roman's parents hated the Waynes, however, in order not to lose their social status, they continued to communicate closely with Thomas and Martha Wayne, forcing Roman to become friends with their son - Bruce Wayne. The hypocrisy of his parents had a profound effect on him. He grew up with hatred and contempt for them and their "masks" they wore in society.

After graduating from high school, Roman took a high position in his father's company, Janus Cosmetics. There he met his secretary Circe and fell in love with her. The parents did not approve of this relationship and made it clear to their son that they wanted to destroy it. Enraged, Sionis burned down the family mansion, killing his parents. After their death, he inherited the family fortune and business. His company went bust after he financed a failed line cosmetic products, and Janus Cosmetics was in serious trouble. In desperation, Sionis threw the rest of his cash into making waterproof makeup, a product that was supposed to save the company. The makeup was released to the market without proper testing, resulting in it containing a deadly toxic substance that disfigured hundreds of women.

Upon learning of this, Circe, Roman's fiancée, broke up with him in front of all the staff. At the same time, successful tycoon Bruce Wayne offered his help to Janus Cosmetics on the condition that Sionis step away from management and allow Wayne to appoint his own manager. Roman agreed, but was furious at the humiliation. He went to the family mausoleum and broke the black lid of his father's coffin, one of the fragments of which Roman later used to create the mask of his alter ego, the Black Mask.

Within a month, dozens of petty criminals from Gotham City gathered in the Black Mask group. They used the Sionis Crypt as their base and called themselves the "Gotham False Face Society". Each member of the gang wore a distinctive mask. Subsequently, the police and Batman himself learned about the society.

Black Mask will appear in the online multiplayer game DC Universe Online.

Real name: Roman Sionis.

Nicknames:

Crime King, Blackhead, Orpheus.

Current Nickname: Black mask.

Personality: Well known.

Universe: New Earth, Earth One.

Gender: Male.

Position: Evil.

Height: 185 cm (6'1").

Weight: 89 kg (195 lbs).

Eye Color: White.

Hair Color: None.

Relatives:

Unnamed parents (deceased)

Group Affiliation:

Gotham Organized Crime, False Faces, Secret Society, Black Lantern Corps.

Enemies:

Batman, Robin, Catwoman, Red Hood.

Citizenship: American.

Family status: Single.

Childhood

Roman Sionis, the original Black Mask, was born into a wealthy family in Gotham. His parents were part of the Gotham elite and, as a result, cared more about their social status than their own son. A few minutes after birth, the doctor dropped him on his head, something his parents tried to hide, fearing what other families would say about them. Many years later, his family again tried to cover up the incident when he attacked by a rabid raccoon. His family was friends with the Waynes, and as a result, he was forced to befriend Bruce Wayne. This was strongly imprinted in the character, because he was terribly insulted by his parents. During this time, Roman began to resent his family for the masks they wore in order to befriend the Waynes.

The murder of parents and the beginning of hatred for Wayne

After school, he got a high position in his father's company, Janus Cosmetics. It was here that he met and later fell in love with a secretary named Circe. However, due to her status, his parents forbade him to see her. As a result, an enraged Roman burned down their house with his parents inside. After their death, Roman inherited the entire fortune of his family and his father's business. However, he was not his father, as a result of which the company went downhill and barely kept afloat. In his desire to prove that things are not so bad and to stop the company from going bankrupt and falling apart, he published a product that eventually turned out to be a deadly toxin. Circe, the bride of Roman, broke up with him in the presence of the whole team, this humiliation terribly embarrassed Sionis. At the same time, Bruce Wayne, who was a very successful businessman, offered to save the company on the condition that he appoint his own employees. Sionis agreed, but he was furious and visited his parents' graves, breaking the lid of his mother's coffin. Roman took one of the fragments of the coffin with him. He made a mask out of it and became the supervillain known as Black Mask.

Black mask

Sionis proved to be a born criminal, and soon created his own gang called the False Face Society to work for him. A distinctive feature of this criminal group was that each of its members had to choose a mask from the vast collection of Sionis. Roman obligated them to wear it at work and in his presence. As Black Mask, he started a crusade against billionaire Bruce Wayne. At first, he began to kidnap employees of Wayne's enterprises. When Roman took workers prisoner, he put on them masks containing the deadly makeup of Sionis, who killed hundreds of women. Roman later took Circe hostage and disfigured her with chemicals in an attempt to repair their relationship. In the end, she committed suicide, and then, in order to replace Circe, the Black Mask made a mannequin with which he communicated, as if he were a living person. Soon the victims of Sionis' kidnappings were found dead or mutilated. After that, Batman began his investigation. He began to destroy the Roman crime family, and eventually the Black Mask was found in the ruins of the Sionis home. Trying to escape, Black Mask set fire to his house again, but he himself fell into the rings of fire and would have died if not for Batman, who came to his aid. Ironically, the mask was burned to his face, severely disfiguring him.

Second Coming

Black Mask spent some time at Arkham Asylum, but when Bane released the Asylum's patients during Knightfall, Roman fled. After the False Faces Society was restored and a new deputy was promoted, Tattoo Roman once again launched a crusade against Wayne Enterprises, this time setting fire to the company's main buildings and kidnapping the CEO, Lucius Fox. Batman soon infiltrated the gang, rescued Fox and beat up the Tattoo, but Black Mask himself eluded him.

Crime Lord and No Man's Land

When Black Mask resurfaced, he ended his crusade against Wayne, focusing his attention on becoming Gotham's Crime King. He made an alliance with the Penguin. During No Man's Land, he ruled much of Gotham's Underworld. After these events, he removed his mask, using his injured face instead. He formed a cult whose members mutilated their faces. Those who refused were killed immediately. But Batman and the Huntress stopped the cult, and soon Black Mask was locked up in Blackgate.

Conflict with Catwoman

Some time later, Roman escaped before Gotham returned to its former glory. When Sionis returned to Gotham, he set up a drug ring in Gotham's East End. However, Black Mask did not know that this part of Gotham was sworn to protect Catwoman. As a result, Catwoman stole Roman's money, making his business less successful. She also maimed many of his boyfriends. Black Mask was furious and soon found an old friend of Catwoman who said that the real name of the heroine was Selina Kyle. Then Sionis launched a personal campaign against Selina, blowing up a youth center that she supported. He kidnapped Kyle's sister along with her husband. After that, the Black Mask killed her sister's husband, forcing the unfortunate spouse to watch it. Then Roman ate the remains of the flesh and eyes of the slain. When Catwoman arrived, she discovered Black Mask, who had driven her sister insane, and was about to kill Selina's friend Holly Robinson. However, Robinson resisted the villain, and then the Black Mask fell. After the fight, everyone thought he was dead.

Another return

Later, it turned out that he survived, and for a certain time Sionis was hiding. Black Mask financed Niles Glass. He, in turn, hid the Black Mask. Niles had a death spree and killed almost all of the crime lords. Glass did this until Batman stopped him.

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Some time later, Stephanie Brown, nicknamed Spoiler, became Batman's new partner. However, Wayne soon realized that Brown was not suitable for the role and fired her. Stephanie then decided to use Batman's contingency plan. He was to put all the kings of the underworld of Gotham under the control of Orpheus, an agent of Bruce. However, this plan did not work, resulting in a gang war. Spoiler, believing that it was not too late to fix everything, found Orpheus and told him about his role. At this point, Black Mask slit the throat of Wayne's agent, after which he began torturing Spoiler in order to get the rest of the information.

Then Roman, using a mask and acting talent, took the place of Orpheus, managing to fool even Batman. After that, Sionis united all the criminal elements and led them into a devastating war against Gotham and in particular against the Waynes. Roman then returned to his lair, where he discovered that Spoiler had escaped. Catching up with her, Black Mask entered into battle with the heroine, during which he was defeated. After that, Sionis made his way to the Oracle Tower, where he was overtaken by Batman. During the battle, Black Mask activated a bomb he had previously planted in the Tower. Thanks to this, Roman managed to escape.

Later, Sionis became the king of the underworld of Gotham. Teaming up with reporter Arthur Rodriguez, Black Mask organized a campaign against Batman. For this he deliberately killed several people by framing Wayne. Rodriguez, in turn, covered everything accordingly in the newspaper. However, the plans of the villains were thwarted by the Joker, who wanted to kill Roman. In the end, the two criminals ran into each other. The fight continued until Batman intervened, who captured Sionis and cleared his name.

Death

After some time, Deathstroke approached Black Mask with a request to join his Society. The Red Hood soon got on the trail of Roman's gang and began to reduce his power in Gotham's Underworld. After several skirmishes with the Hood, Batman intervened, who didn't want the Society in Gotham. After that, Sionis turned his attention back to Catwoman. Wanting to test himself, he began to threaten Selina's friends and family. Eventually they came face to face. Roman knew that Selina had a code that she didn't kill people. However, Catwoman still shot Sionis in the head, blasting off his jaw and thereby killing him.

Blackest Night

During the Blackest Night, Roman was brought back to life as a member of the Black Lantern Corps and sought revenge on Catwoman. During the fight against Sionis, Selina did not show the emotions that the villain needed to win. So he soon sought out her sister. Catwoman intercepted Black Mask and defeated him with the help of Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. The novel was caught in the iwm factory, which decomposed it every time it was respawned. Sionis is supposed to be stuck there for the entire Blackest Night. After the fall of Nekron, Roman returned to the status of deceased.

Forces

Roman has the usual strength, height, and build for a man of his age who regularly engages in athletic training.

Capabilities

Genius of the underworld: Roman is considered one of the best commanders and organizers of the Gotham Underworld. He is distinguished by the skills of a talented and cold-blooded leader.

Hand-to-hand combat master: Sionis is an extremely good fighter. He fought alongside heroes and villains like Nightwing, Robin, Red Hood, Catwoman, and Batman.

Shooter: Black Mask is a very good marksman, equally proficient with two pistols.

Torture Master: Sionis is a master of torture. He is capable of physically and mentally torturing his victims to such an extent that almost all of them lose their minds and go insane.

Master of Disguise: Roman's level of disguise is on par with Batman's. And once Sionis was even able to get ahead of Wayne in this matter.

Equipment

Two Pistols: Black Mask always carries two pistols with him, which he uses to fire at his enemies.

Black Mask: Roman's mask is a piece from his mother's coffin (in other sources, it is his father's funeral mask). Subsequently, this mask was tightly fastened to the face of Sionis.