| Alias |
|
| Black
Mask |
| Nick
Name |
| | |
| Civilian
ID |
| Roman Sionis |
| Occupation |
|
Crime Lord
Industrialist
|
| Legal
Status |
| Citizen
of the United States with a criminal record. |
| Nation
or Planet of Origin |
|
Gotham
City |
| Group
Affiliation |
|
Black Mask Gang
Secret Society of Super-Villains |
| Base
of Operations |
|
Gotham
City |
| Height |
| 6'
1" |
| Weight |
| 195
lbs. |
| Eye
Color |
| Brown |
| Hair
Color |
| None |
| Skin
Tone |
| Caucasian |
| Known
Powers |
| Normal
human with superb criminal organization skills.
Adequate
marksman and hand-to-hand combatant. |
| Accessories |
| Black
Mask: Mask carved from the coffin of Sionis'
father. Note: Sionis face was
disfigured by a fire while attempting to escape the Batman. He has
since decided to show his true face as his mask. |
| Common
Enemies |
|
Batman
I
Catwoman
Nightwing
III
Red Hood II
|
| Regularly
Appearing |
|
Batman
Catwoman
Vol. 2
Detective Comics
Nightwing
|
| First
Appearance |
| Batman #386 (Aug. 1985) |
| Creator |
| Doug
Moench & Tom Mandrake |
| Origin |
| Roman
Sionis was owner of Janus Cosmetics Company and a leading citizen of
Gotham
City. After losing his company to
bankruptcy, he became mentally unstable and sought revenge against those
he saw as responsible for his failures. Carving a mask from the lid
of his father's coffin Sionis assumed the identity of the Black Mask. |