Changes: Carmine Falcone (New Earth)

Carmine Falcone was one of the truly great crimelords of Gotham, back when it was a mafia-run town. Nicknamed The Roman for his unflinching ruthlessness and expansionism, his mafia network was often called "The Roman Empire."

History

Year One

Main article: Batman: Year One

Falcone virtually controlled the entire city, with the Mayor, the City council, and the Police Commissioner, Gillian B. Loeb under his influence. Falcone was completely untouchable by the law, but not by the Batman.

When Batman made his debut in Gotham, Falcone was his first real target. At a dinner party hosted at the Falcone mansion, attended by Gotham's wealthiest and most corrupt residents, Batman made his first announcement. He incapacitated the guards, broke in, and informed Gotham's corrupt that they would be brought to justice. Despite Commissioner Loeb's promises that he would be stopped, Batman's attacks grew more brazen. At one point, he even invaded the Roman's personal bedroom, assaulted him, stripped him to his underwear, leaveing him hogtied to his bed before dumping his car into the river. Humiliated, Falcone ordered Batman killed. But Batman was too elusive, and to the disbelief of the Roman Empire, nobody was able to even touch him, or Catwoman who, During an attack on the mafia head, scratched three scars into right side of Falcone's face.

Finally, Falcone ordered the wife and newborn child of police detective Jim Gordon - who had been stirring up trouble for Commissioner Loeb within the GCPD - kidnapped by his nephew Johnny Viti to bring him to heel. The plot was foiled by the joint efforts of Gordon and Batman. Eventually, with the help of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Commissioner Loeb was removed from office, and for the first time in years, Carmine Falcone's power began to slip. Angered by Johnny's failure, he ordered his nephew dead. Johnny survived the attempt on his life however, and Falcone had to battle his sister Carla Viti, the boss of the Viti crime family in Chicago.

The Long Halloween

Main article: Batman: The Long Halloween

A serial killer named "Holiday" soon surfaced, targeting Gotham's crime families, with particular attention paid to the Falcones. Batman, Gordon and Dent formed a coalition, and swore to each other that they will do whatever it took, within the system, to bring Falcone down. The murders committed by the mysterious Holiday grew increasingly brutal, and began to grow from simple hits, to full scale massacres of the Roman's men and loved ones, including Johnny Viti and Falcone's bodyguard and long-time friend Milos Grapa. Anyone remotely affiliated with The Roman were targeted, such as the Maroni family, and those not even involved in the mafia, like Carmine's son Alberto, who's body was found and identified by Gotham city coroner, Jasper Dolan.

Also trying to identify Holiday to end his bloodbath, Batman grew even more persistent with Falcone. He and Dent even managed to burn an entire warehouse of piled up unlaundered cash to the ground. While fighting off the attacks against him from both sides, Falcone was reduced to hiring several of the new "costumed freaks" in Gotham to do special jobs for him. His family saw some disgrace in this, as otherwise the crime in Gotham was largely organized, and the "freaks" were seen as unpredictable, disrespectful, and "bad for business." He hired Poison Ivy in an attempt to coerce Bruce Wayne into allowing the Falcone organization to use his bank for money laundering purposes. He recruited The Scarecrow and The Mad Hatter to attempt to blackmail the city by contaminating the water supply - after arranging Scarecrow's break-out from Arkham - and also asked The Riddler to solve the mystery of Holiday's true identity. He also had a hand in the birth of Two-Face.
Infuriated by Dent's efforts to disrupt his family's operations and convinced he was Holiday, The Roman persuaded his formal rival, Salvatore Maroni to murder Gotham's zealous district attorney while standing trial. Dent, while prosecuting Sal Maroni in court, had acid thrown in his face. This happened on August 2, also Falcone's birthday. Dent escaped from the hospital with half his face seared off, and disappeared below Batman and Gordon's radar for a disturbingly long time, despite their attempts to find him. Falcone's seemingly weakest son Alberto was eventually revealed to be responsible for the Holiday killings after murdering Maroni in prison. His motive was simply wanting to prove his father he was strong enough for the family business. He was committed to Arkham Asylum.

Alberto was not responsible for every death accredited to Holiday. Evidence pointed to Harvey and Gilda Dent's involvement in the killings.

Still devoted to his son, The Roman attempted to get Alberto to plead innocent, knowing he could get him off, but Alberto refused. With both his business and his family in shambles, Falcone returned to his house only to find Harvey Dent, now Two-Face, waiting for him. Despite Batman's attempts to intervene, Two-Face, gathered with The Mad Hatter, Solomon Grundy, The Joker, Catwoman, The Scarecrow, Poison Ivy and The Penguin, shot Falcone in the head, ending his control of Gotham once and for all. The most powerful mob in Gotham was brought to it's knees by the so-called "costumed freaks."

Dark Victory

Main article: Batman: Dark Victory

Sometime after his death, Falcone's grave was robbed and his body went missing. His finger is cut off and sent to his daughter, Sofia Gigante, the new leader of the Falcone Family. This "old style message", signified that someone was out to take everything away from the Falcone Family, crushing them both as a public business organization in the crime world, as well as literally killing members of the family.

At the Falcone mansion close to Wayne Manor where Alberto was under house arrest, he began to hear his deceased father's voice. Eventually the corpse of corrupt District Attorney Janice Porter ended up on Alberto's bed while he was sleeping, and his father's voice urged him to commit suicide. Knowing his father would never suggest that, he shot the mirror in anger, Behind which was Calendar Man. Alberto managed to escape, but was wounded by Calendar Man in the process. When Batman and Gordon investigated the home, they found secret passages and microphones used by Calendar Man to move freely about the house. Scarecrow most likely worked out a psychological profile for Alberto and discovered his fear was of his father. The cigarettes Alberto smoked were laced with Scarecrow's fear toxin. Janice's body, meanwhile, had been preserved with Mr. Freeze's cryo-technology. Batman and Gordon noted that it was a conspiracy against one man, Holiday. It was Two-Face all along who had Falcone's body.

In the quiet aftermath of another violent part of Gotham's history, Selina Kyle briefly visited the grave of Carmine Falcone, believing that Falcone was her biological father, despite being unable to obtain any evidence.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

Leadership
Tactical Analysis

Trivia

The character is based on and bears a striking resemblance to Marlon Brando's portrayal of mafia leader Don Vito Corleone from the 1972 film The Godfather. Loeb stated in an interview that he paralleled the Falcone family to that of the Corleone family: Carmine's power and wisdom akin to Vito Corleone.

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+| Overview                = '''Carmine Falcone''' was one of the truly great crimelords of [[Gotham City|Gotham]], back when it was a mafia-run town. Nicknamed '''The Roman''' for his unflinching ruthlessness and expansionism, his mafia network was often called "The Roman Empire."
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 {{main|Batman: Year One}}
+Falcone virtually controlled the entire city, with the Mayor, the City council, and the Police Commissioner, [[Gillian B. Loeb (New Earth)|Gillian B. Loeb]] under his influence. Falcone was completely untouchable by the law, but not by the [[Bruce Wayne (New Earth)|Batman]].
-'''Carmine Falcone''' was one of the truly great crimelords of [[Gotham City|Gotham]], back when it was a mafia-ran town. Nicknamed '''The Roman''' for his unflinching ruthlessness and expansionism, his mafia network was often called "The Roman Empire." As of the events of "[[Batman: Year One]]," Falcone virtually controlled the entire city, with the Mayor, the City council, and the Police Commissioner ([[Gillian B. Loeb (New Earth)|Gillian B. Loeb]]) under his influence. Falcone was completely untouchable by the law, but not by the [[Batman (Bruce Wayne)|Batman]]. When Batman made his first several appearances in Gotham, Falcone was his first real target. At a dinner party hosted at the Falcone mansion, attended by Gotham's wealthiest and most corrupt residents, Batman makes his first announcement. He incapacitates the guards, breaks in, and informs Gotham's corrupt that they will be brought to justice. Despite Commissioner Loeb's promises that he will be stopped, Batman's attacks grow more brazen. At one point, he even invades the Roman's personal bedroom, assaults him, strips him to his underwear, and leaves him hogtied to his bed, then dumps his car into the river. Humiliated, Falcone orders Batman killed. But Batman is too elusive, and to the disbelief of the Roman Empire, nobody is able to even touch him, along with [[Catwoman (Selina Kyle)|Catwoman]]. During an attack on the mafia head, Catwoman scratches three scars onto Falcone's right side of his face.
+When Batman made his debut in Gotham, Falcone was his first real target. At a dinner party hosted at the Falcone mansion, attended by Gotham's wealthiest and most corrupt residents, Batman made his first announcement. He incapacitated the guards, broke in, and informed Gotham's corrupt that they would be brought to justice. Despite Commissioner Loeb's promises that he would be stopped, Batman's attacks grew more brazen. At one point, he even invaded the Roman's personal bedroom, assaulted him, stripped him to his underwear, leaveing him hogtied to his bed before dumping his car into the river. Humiliated, Falcone ordered Batman killed. But Batman was too elusive, and to the disbelief of the Roman Empire, nobody was able to even touch him, or [[Selina Kyle (New Earth)|Catwoman]] who,  During an attack on the mafia head, scratched three scars into right side of Falcone's face.
-Finally, Falcone orders the wife and newborn child of police detective [[James Gordon (New Earth)|Jim Gordon]] (who had been stirring up trouble for Commissioner Loeb within the [[Gotham City Police Department|GCPD]]) kidnapped by his nephew [[Johnny Viti (New Earth)|Johnny Viti]] to bring him to heel. The plot is foiled by a joint effort on the parts of both Gordon and Batman. Eventually, with the help of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Commissioner Loeb is removed from office, and for the first time in years, Carmine Falcone's power begins to slip, just a little bit. Angered by Johnny's failure, he orders his nephew dead and has him slit with a knife. Johnny lives, however, and Falcone has to battle his sister [[Carla Falcone (New Earth)|Carla Viti]], the boss of the Viti crime family in [[Chicago]].
+Finally, Falcone ordered the wife and newborn child of police detective [[James Gordon (New Earth)|Jim Gordon]] - who had been stirring up trouble for Commissioner Loeb within the [[Gotham City Police Department|GCPD]] - kidnapped by his nephew [[Johnny Viti (New Earth)|Johnny Viti]] to bring him to heel. The plot was foiled by the joint efforts of Gordon and Batman. Eventually, with the help of District Attorney [[Harvey Dent (New Earth)|Harvey Dent]], Commissioner Loeb was removed from office, and for the first time in years, Carmine Falcone's power began to slip. Angered by Johnny's failure, he ordered his nephew dead. Johnny survived the attempt on his life however, and Falcone had to battle his sister [[Carla Falcone (New Earth)|Carla Viti]], the boss of the Viti crime family in [[Chicago]].
+===The Long Halloween===
 {{main|Batman: The Long Halloween}}
+A serial killer named "[[Alberto Falcone (New Earth)|Holiday]]" soon surfaced, targeting Gotham's crime families, with particular attention paid to the Falcones. Batman, Gordon and Dent formed a coalition, and swore to each other that they will do whatever it took, within the system, to bring Falcone down. The murders committed by the mysterious Holiday grew increasingly brutal, and began to grow from simple hits, to full scale massacres of the Roman's men and loved ones, including Johnny Viti and Falcone's bodyguard and long-time friend [[Milos Grapa (New Earth)|Milos Grapa]]. Anyone remotely affiliated with The Roman were targeted, such as the Maroni family, and those not even involved in the mafia, like Carmine's son [[Alberto Falcone (New Earth)|Alberto]], who's body was found and identified by Gotham city coroner, [[Jasper Dolan (New Earth)|Jasper Dolan]].
-Later, during the events of [[Batman: The Long Halloween|The Long Halloween]], a serial killer named "[[Alberto Falcone (New Earth)|Holiday]]" begins targeting Gotham's crime families, with particular attention paid to the Falcones. Meanwhile [[Batman (Bruce Wayne)|Batman]], [[James Gordon (New Earth)|Gordon]] and [[Harvey Dent (New Earth)|Harvey Dent]] form a coalition, and swear to each other that they will do whatever it takes, within the system, to bring Falcone down. The murders committed by the mysterious "Holiday" grow increasingly brutal, and begin to grow from simple hits to full out massacres of the Roman's men, and loved ones. Some of Holiday's victims include Johnny Viti and Falcone's bodyguard and long-time friend [[Milos Grapa (New Earth)|Milos Grapa]]. Sometimes including members of other syndicates, such as those in the Maroni family, sometimes people not even involved in the mafia like Carmine's son [[Alberto Falcone (New Earth)|Alberto]], who's body was found and identified by Gotham city coroner, [[Jasper Dolan (New Earth)|Jasper Dolan]]. Also trying to find Holiday and out an end to his bloodbath, Batman grows even more persistent with Falcone. He and Dent even manage to burn an entire warehouse of piled up unlaundered cash to the ground. While fighting off the attacks against him from both sides, Falcone is reduced to hiring several of the new "costumed freaks" in Gotham to do special jobs for him. His family saw some disgrace in this, as otherwise the crime in Gotham was largely organized, and the "freaks" were seen as unpredictable, disrespectful, and "bad for business."  For example, he hires [[Pamela Isley (New Earth)|Poison Ivy]] in an attempt to coerce Bruce Wayne into allowing the Falcone organization to use his bank for money laundering purposes, recruits the [[Jonathan Crane (New Earth)|Scarecrow]] and the [[Jervis Tetch (New Earth)|Mad Hatter]] to attempt to blackmail the city by contaminating the water supply- after arranging Scarecrow's break-out from Arkham-, and also asks [[Edward Nashton (New Earth)|The Riddler]] to solve the mystery of Holiday's true identity. He also has a hand in the birth of Two-Face; infuriated by Dent's efforts to disrupt his family's operations and convinced Dent is Holiday, he presumes his formal rival, [[Salvatore Maroni (New Earth)|Salvatore Maroni]] to murder Gotham's zealous district attorney while standing trial. Dent, while prosecuting [[Salvatore Maroni (New Earth)|Sal Maroni]] in court, is hit in the face by acid slipped to Maroni by one of his men. This happens on August 2, also Falcone's birthday. Dent escapes from the hospital with half his face seared off, and disappears below Batman and Gordon's radar for a disturbingly long time, despite their attempts to find him. Falcone's seemingly weakest son Alberto is eventually revealed to be responsible for the Holiday killings, after killing Maroni in prison, wanting his father to accept him into the family business. He is put in [[Arkham Asylum]]. It is important to note ambiguity was left as to the roles of Harvey and [[Gilda Gold (New Earth)|Gilda Dent]] in the killings, and Gilda seems to have committed at least one of the murders. Still loving his son, Falcone attempts to get Alberto to plead innocent, knowing he can get him off, but Alberto refuses. With both his business and his family in shambles, Falcone returns to his house and finds Harvey Dent, the newly established [[Two-Face]], waiting for him. Despite Batman's attempts to intervene, gathered with the [[Jervis Tetch (New Earth)|Mad Hatter]], [[Cyrus Gold (New Earth)|Solomon Grundy]], the [[Joker (New Earth)|Joker]], [[Catwoman (Selina Kyle)|Catwoman]], the [[Jonathan Crane (New Earth)|Scarecrow]], [[Pamela Isley (New Earth)|Poison Ivy]] and the [[Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)|Penguin]], Two-Face shoots Falcone in the head and ends his control of Gotham once and for all. The mob loses to the new power in Gotham, the so-called "costumed freaks."
+Also trying to identify Holiday to end his bloodbath, Batman grew even more persistent with Falcone. He and Dent even managed to burn an entire warehouse of piled up unlaundered cash to the ground. While fighting off the attacks against him from both sides, Falcone was reduced to hiring several of the new "costumed freaks" in Gotham to do special jobs for him. His family saw some disgrace in this, as otherwise the crime in Gotham was largely organized, and the "freaks" were seen as unpredictable, disrespectful, and "bad for business."  He hired [[Pamela Isley (New Earth)|Poison Ivy]] in an attempt to coerce Bruce Wayne into allowing the Falcone organization to use his bank for money laundering purposes. He recruited [[Jonathan Crane (New Earth)|The Scarecrow]] and [[Jervis Tetch (New Earth)|The Mad Hatter]] to attempt to blackmail the city by contaminating the water supply - after arranging Scarecrow's break-out from Arkham - and also asked [[Edward Nashton (New Earth)|The Riddler]] to solve the mystery of Holiday's true identity. He also had a hand in the birth of Two-Face.<br/>
+Infuriated by Dent's efforts to disrupt his family's operations and convinced he was Holiday, The Roman persuaded his formal rival, [[Salvatore Maroni (New Earth)|Salvatore Maroni]] to murder Gotham's zealous district attorney while standing trial. Dent, while prosecuting [[Salvatore Maroni (New Earth)|Sal Maroni]] in court, had acid thrown in his face. This happened on August 2, also Falcone's birthday. Dent escaped from the hospital with half his face seared off, and disappeared below Batman and Gordon's radar for a disturbingly long time, despite their attempts to find him. Falcone's seemingly weakest son Alberto was eventually revealed to be responsible for the Holiday killings after murdering Maroni in prison. His motive was simply wanting to prove his father he was strong enough for the family business. He was committed to [[Arkham Asylum]].
+Alberto was not responsible for every death accredited to Holiday. Evidence pointed to Harvey and [[Gilda Gold (New Earth)|Gilda Dent's]] involvement in the killings.
+Still devoted to his son, The Roman attempted to get Alberto to plead innocent, knowing he could get him off, but Alberto refused. With both his business and his family in shambles, Falcone returned to his house only to find Harvey Dent, now Two-Face, waiting for him. Despite Batman's attempts to intervene, Two-Face, gathered with The Mad Hatter, [[Cyrus Gold (New Earth)|Solomon Grundy]], [[Joker (New Earth)|The Joker]], Catwoman, The Scarecrow, Poison Ivy and [[Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)|The Penguin]], shot Falcone in the head, ending his control of Gotham once and for all. The most powerful mob in Gotham was brought to it's knees by the so-called "costumed freaks."
+===Dark Victory===
 {{main|Batman: Dark Victory}}
-In "[[Batman: Dark Victory]]," Falcone's grave is robbed and his body goes missing. His finger is cut off and sent to his daughter, [[Sofia Falcone (New Earth)|Sofia Gigante]], the new leader of the Falcone Family. This is described as an "old style message", signifying that someone is out to take everything away from the Falcone Family, crushing them both as a public business organization in the crime world as well as literally killing members of the family. While at a Falcone home close to Wayne Manor, Alberto is ordered under house arrest there, only for Alberto to begin to hear his father's voice in the home. Ultimately the dead body of corrupt District Attorney [[Janice Porter (New Earth)|Janice Porter]] ends up on Alberto's bed while he is sleeping. His father urges him to commit suicide. Knowing his father would never suggest that, he shoots the mirror in anger. Behind the mirror is [[Julian Day (New Earth)|Calender Man]]. Alberto manages to escape, but was shot by Calender Man in the process. When Batman and Gordon investigate the home, they found secret passages and microphones for the Calender Man to move freely about the house. Scarecrow most likely worked out a psychological profile on Alberto and discovered his fear was of his father, and the cigarettes Alberto smoked were laced with Scarecrow's fear toxin. Janice's body, meanwhile, had been preserved with Mr. Freeze's technology. Batman and Gordon note that it's a conspiracy against one man, Holiday. Not until the end it is revealed that [[Two-Face]] has Falcone's body, having frozen it using [[Victor Fries (New Earth)|Mr. Freeze's]] cryogenic technology. Selina Kyle briefly visits the grave at the conclusion of the story, where it is revealed that she believes that Falcone is her biological father, although she has been unable to obtain any evidence.
+Sometime after his death, Falcone's grave was robbed and his body went missing. His finger is cut off and sent to his daughter, [[Sofia Falcone (New Earth)|Sofia Gigante]], the new leader of the Falcone Family. This "old style message", signified that someone was out to take everything away from the Falcone Family, crushing them both as a public business organization in the crime world, as well as literally killing members of the family.
+At the Falcone mansion close to [[Wayne Manor]] where Alberto was under house arrest, he began to hear his deceased father's voice. Eventually the corpse of corrupt District Attorney [[Janice Porter (New Earth)|Janice Porter]] ended up on Alberto's bed while he was sleeping, and his father's voice urged him to commit suicide. Knowing his father would never suggest that, he shot the mirror in anger, Behind which was [[Julian Day (New Earth)|Calendar Man]]. Alberto managed to escape, but was wounded by Calendar Man in the process. When Batman and Gordon investigated the home, they found secret passages and microphones used by Calendar Man to move freely about the house. Scarecrow most likely worked out a psychological profile for Alberto and discovered his fear was of his father. The cigarettes Alberto smoked were laced with Scarecrow's fear toxin. Janice's body, meanwhile, had been preserved with [[Victor Fries (New Earth)|Mr. Freeze's]] cryo-technology. Batman and Gordon noted that it was a conspiracy against one man, Holiday. It was Two-Face all along who had Falcone's body.
+In the quiet aftermath of another violent part of Gotham's history, Selina Kyle briefly visited the grave of Carmine Falcone, believing that Falcone was her biological father, despite being unable to obtain any evidence.
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