Carmine Falcone

Carmine Falcone is a male comic character that features in DC Comics.

Biography

Origin

Carmine Falcone was the son of Vincent Falcone with him having a sister named Carla Falcone. (Batman: The Long Halloween v1 #9) His family originally came from Southern Italy before moving to Gotham City. It was said that the Roman's rise to power could not have happened without the blessing of Don Fillipe Verinni who was the Capo di Capi of the Mafia. (Catwoman: When in Rome v1 #1) He had a number of children including Alberto Falcone, Mario Falcone and Sofia Falcone Gigante. (Batman: Dark Victory v1 #1)

The weakened Falcone family soon came to be targeted by a serial killer calling themselves Holiday. When Batman and Dent burnt his hoard of stolen cash, Falcone strikes back by hiring costumed 'freaks' who become Batman's Rogues Gallery. Convinced that Dent is secretly Holiday, Falcone persuades his former rival Sal Maroni to kill Dent while standing trial for murder. Falcone arranges for Maroni to obtain a vial of acid, which he hurls at Dent during a court proceeding. The acid disfigures the left side of Dent's face, leading to his becoming Two-Face. Two-Face personally kills Falcone following a coin flip that lands on the scarred side. (Batman: The Long Halloween v1 #11) Falcone's son Alberto ultimately confesses to all of the Holiday killings in an attempt to be accepted into the family business. (Batman: The Long Halloween v1 #8)

Falcone's grave site came to be robbed and his body had gone missing. In the end, it was revealed that Two-Face has Falcone's body in his possession, having frozen it using Mr. Freeze's cryogenic technology. Selina Kyle briefly visited the grave where it was revealed that she believed that Falcone was her biological father and was determined to learn the truth. (Batman: Dark Victory v1 #10)

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. He was the son of Carmen Marie Falcone who was born in Naples, Italy where she became pregnant when she was 16 years old. Her father beat her to the point that her child was born and she fled her family home where she relocated to Gotham City. Once there, she took simple cleaning jobs where she scrubbed toilets for 40 years where she came to raise 10 children where nine of them being outstanding American citizens. One, however, fell into a life of crime and upon learning of this Carmen spat in his face after which she notified the police as she wept over her sons actions with her leaving her home. (Batman v3 #26)

During his rise, he encountered Gotham's ruling crime lord that was Rex Calabrese who he learnt much about how to rule the underworld. Ultimately, Falcone managed to displace Calabrese and take over his empire with him believing that the Lion was dead. (Batman Eternal v1 #21)

During the War of Jokes and Riddles, the Joker threatened Carmine and tasked his men with killing the Riddler. After they failed, the Joker then proceeded to take over Falcone's base of operations and used his resources in his conflict with Nigma. (Batman v3 #26)

Eventually, by the time Barbara Gordon had become Batgirl, Falcone was convicted and sent to prison. However, he retained intense influence over the GCPD, and used said influence to make life safe for former underlings who betrayed him, such as his former capo Tony Rigatoni. (The Joker 2021 Annual v2 #1)

Overview

Personality and attributes

He was noted as being the son of Vincent Falcone. (Batman: The Long Halloween v1 #9) His mother was named Carmen Marie Falcone who was initially unaware of her son's life of crime. (Batman v3 #26)

Notes

• Carmine Falcone was created by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli where he made his first appearance in Batman v1 #404 (February, 1987).

In other media

Television

• In Gotham, Carmine Falcone appeared in the live-action television series where he was portrayed by actor John Doman. He was depicted as a veteran Mafia Don who had Mayor James Aubrey,, Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb, and specific members of the Gotham City Police Department in his pocket as well as Victor Zsasz who served as a go-to hitman.
• In Justice League Action, Carmine Falcone appeared in the animated television series in the episode "Time Share" where he was voiced by actor Jason J. Lewis. He was a crime boss that headed the Falcone crime family that engaged in numerous criminal enterprises including extortion. Carmine was the first case that the Batman first solved with him capturing Falcone. The time traveler Chronos tried to change this event by tipping off Falcone about Batman's arrival. Upon entering one of his warehouses, Batman was ambushed by Falcone's men and was nearly killed if his future self and Blue Beetle didn't intervene. Their actions, however, remained unnoticed so they wouldn't create a time paradox. Results of this encounter were largely the same as the normal timestream, although this time Falcone actually tried to run away during the chaos before being knocked out by the future version of Batman

Films

• In the Nolanverse, Carmine Falcone was referenced a number of times in the shared live-action film setting of The Dark Knight Trilogy.
  • In Batman Begins, Carmine Falcone appeared in the live-action movie where he was portrayed by actor Tom Wilkinson. He controls Gotham City's criminal underworld, flooding the city with drugs and crime, and serves as a symbol of Gotham's rottenness and corruption. With most city officials and cops either on his payroll or simply afraid to cross him, Falcone is effectively above the law, with few in the city willing to challenge his power. He has a connections with Jonathan Crane and his benefactor Ra's al Ghul in drug smuggling business. He and his henchman are defeated by Bruce Wayne as Batman. While in the custody, Crane gives him fear toxin, driving him insane and is turned to Arkham Asylum. His crime organization is later taken over by Sal Maroni.
  • In The Dark Knight, Carmine Falcone did not appear but was referenced as being locked away in Arkham Asylum.
• In Batman: Year One, Carmine 'Roman' Falcone appeared in the setting of the animated film adaptation where he was voiced by actor Alex Rocco.
• In Batman: The Long Halloween, Carmine Falcone appeared in the setting of the two-part animated film where he was voiced by actor Titus Welliver.
• In The Batman, Carmine Falcone appeared in the setting of the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor John Turturro. A noted Gotham mobster, during his younger years he was shot with him being brought to the home of Thomas Wayne who removed the bullet from him. Carmine Falcone was a sadistic, uncompromising criminal who rose to power in Gotham City, New York, through the Falcone Crime Syndicate. He amassed many powerful allies in his quest for power, including the cunning gangster known as the Penguin, and Thomas Wayne, a righteous socialite and surgeon who saved Falcone's life one night. He was a ruthless man, and would do anything to accumulate more control and power in Gotham City, even going so far as to strangle Maria Kyle for getting too close to his operation, despite having slept with her and unknowingly fathered her child, Selina Kyle, in 1997. In 2001, Thomas Wayne began running for mayor and founded the Gotham Renewal Corporation, a massive charitable fund with no proper oversight, to fund protects like the Gotham Orphanage. When reporter Edward Elliot began investigating the Wayne family and discovered that Thomas Wayne's wife had a history of mental illness, Thomas went to Falcone and asked him to intimidate Elliot. Falcone instead had Elliot killed, and a distraught Thomas decided to go to the police about it. That night, Thomas and his wife were murdered in front of their son Bruce, possibly by Falcone's hand. After the Waynes' deaths, the crime families of Gotham took control of the Renewal fund and used it for bribes and money laundering. However, Falcone got greedy and, in 2019, orchestrated a drug bust of mobster Salvatore Maroni with politicians Don Mitchell and Gil Colson, and police officer Pete Savage. They told the public the operation was shut down, but in reality they took control of it and used it to have even more control in the city. Falcone put his aides in positions of great power, making Mitchell mayor, Colson district attorney, and Savage police commissioner, while they were all on his payroll to help him control the city from behind the scenes. Falcone continued his reign over the city as the Penguin became his top lieutenant, and the wrathful vigilante detective known as the Batman emerged and began fighting crime in the city.

Video games

• In DC Universe Online, the Falcone crime family appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game during the villain campaign.
• In Batman: Arkham Underworld, Carmine Falcone appeared in the setting of the mobile video game where he was voiced by actor Jon Polito. This version was under heat from the newly-elected district attorney Harvey Dent and will occasionally pop up after completed missions to either express his admiration of the player's 'moxie' or give thinly-veiled threats warning the player to back off.
• In Batman: The Telltale Series, Carmine Falcone was shown as an antagonist in the 2016 video game series where he was voiced by actor Richard McGonagle. Falcone was notorious mobster though no proof of illegal action had been proven against him. In the past, he along with Thomas Wayne and Hamilton Hill were allies of one another where they engaged in corruption along with illegal acts where they effectively ruled Gotham City. He was courted by Harvey Dent to get his support for his campaign to become Gotham City's new mayor. Batman later was responsible for apprehending Falcone from the Skyline club. Whilst in police custody, he was shot in the head by a brainwashed Renee Montoya.

Appearances

• Batman v1: (1987)
• Batman: The Long Halloween v1:
• Batman: Dark Victory v1:
• Batman Eternal v1:
• Batman v3:

External Links

• DC Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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