Black Mask

Background

Full Name: Roman Sionis

Powers & Abilities

• Mind Control: By means of his mask, Black Mask is able to link to people's minds; able to apply mind control with varying degrees of effort.
• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): Black Mask is a highly accomplished athlete and hand to hand combatant who has been shown fighting on par with the likes of Nightwing, Red Hood, Robin, Catwoman, and even Batman himself on at least one occasion. In the last case, however, Batman later mentioned that he had been previously exhausted by three days of nonstop fighting in Gotham's citywide gang wars.
• Criminology: Black Mask is arguably the greatest criminal strategist and organizer in Gotham, having taken almost full control of the city's underworld on at least two occasions.
• Business Management: Black Mask is the owner of a gigantic criminal empire in Gotham City which has ran for years without being shut down by the police or the Batman. He knows when to minimize his organization to avoid the police.
• Tactical Analysis:
• Disguise: Black Mask is a formidable master of disguise as well as a highly gifted actor, as he was able to fool even the deductive skills of Batman when disguised as Orpheus. He most often uses face putty or plastic masks to hide his skull-head and look like someone else.
  • Acting: He has led almost all of Gotham to believe he was Batman when donning his suit.
• Marksmanship: Roman Sionis is an excellent marksman who always carries at least two semi-automatic handguns. He has proven capable of hitting highly nimble athletes (like Jason Todd and Catwoman) in mid-air with relatively little effort and has also shot mid-flight batarangs away from himself.
• Weaponry: Perhaps Black Mask's most defining skill is his mastery of both physical and psychological torture, which he often uses either to extract information, or simply to torment his enemies.
  • Firearms:
• Interrogation: Black Mask is an expert on torture techniques that would make talk even the most strong-willed person.
• Leadership: Black Mask commands a small army of thugs and petty criminals that worked for his criminal empire. The thugs that work under him are incredibly loyal and work as mindless drones for his cause.
  • Intimidation: He mainly rules through fear as he has been known to execute employees from time-to-time when they irritate or fail him.

Equipment

• Toxic Masks: Early in his criminal career, Black Mask often made use of masks laced with Janus Cosmetics' defective makeup. A heavy enough dose of the toxic makeup could kill a grown man in 30 seconds when applied to unprotected skin. Roman also occasionally used masks with more diluted amounts of the makeup as torture devices.
• Firearms: Roman has used a variety of firearms throughout his criminal career, beginning with:
  • .45 pistol:
  • Thompson Submachine Gun:
• Knives:
• Poison:
• Disguises:
• Smoke Bombs:
• Black Lantern Ring: While a member of the Black Lantern Corps, Black Mask possessed a Black Lantern Ring and was endowed with all of its abilities, including:
  • Energy Constructs:
  • Flight:
  • Super Strength:
  • Emotional Reading:
  • Regenerative Healing:

Weaknesses

• Mental Disorder: Roman Sionis has gone insane with his power. He considers the mask to be a separate being that he is addicted to letting free.