Batman: Arkham's Biggest Running Joke Is Black Mask
Batman: Arkham includes many villains, and Black Mask is the biggest joke among them. While Black Mask is among the main antagonists of Batman: Arkham Origins — and has lesser roles in Arkham City and Arkham Knight - it doesn't make him a good villain, especially since his plans consistently fail. Whether it's being beaten up by TYGER guards in Batman: Arkham City's opening or having the spotlight stolen by Joker in Arkham Origins, Roman Sionis is constantly humiliated throughout the series of games.
[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Batman: Arkham.]
Introduced as a Batman villain in 1985 by writer Doug Moench and artist Tom Mandrake, Black Mask is a sadistic crimelord infamous in Gotham for wearing a skull-like mask carved out of ebony. Born into Gotham's high society, Roman Sionis grew to resent his parents and the city's other socialites, and eventually developed an obsession with masks. He eventually took control of his father's cosmetics business and used its resources to establish a criminal syndicate in Gotham, most notoriously coming to blows with Batman over the course of War Games, an arc where he tortured and seemingly killed the Spoiler, a Gotham vigilante who was also future Batgirl, Stephanie Brown. Black Mask's fierce reputation has not been consistent in the comics or other interpretations, however, with the character also having been portrayed as an unskilled hothead relying on gimmicks to intimidate Gotham — a theme that continued in Batman: Arkham.
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Black Mask is an iconic villain in the worst way. He isn't known for his devious plots or for successful ventures in Gotham's underworld. Instead, he's known for
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