12 Facts About Sal Maroni

1.

Salvatore Vincent Maroni is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman.

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2.

In live-action, Sal Maroni has been portrayed in film by Dennis Paladino in Batman Forever and Eric Roberts in The Dark Knight, while on television he has been portrayed by David Zayas in the series Gotham.

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3.

Sal Maroni survives an assassination attempt by Two-Face in the first story, but his legs are left paralyzed.

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4.

When Sal Maroni realizes Strange might be responsible for the robbery, he sends enforcers to intimidate and threaten him.

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5.

Sal Maroni is saved by Batman, who as a favor to Julie Madison, forces him to call off her father's debt.

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6.

Sal Maroni is featured prominently in Jeph Loeb's maxi-series Batman: The Long Halloween, which retells Two-Face's origin.

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7.

Sal Maroni is the most powerful mobster in Gotham next to Carmine Falcone and was shown to have notorious enforcer Tony Zucco as one of his henchmen.

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8.

When his father is killed by Holiday, Sal Maroni makes a deal with Dent to reveal all of Falcone's criminal activities in exchange for leniency.

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9.

Sal Maroni then gets into a scuffle with a bailiff who shoots him twice in the chest, which he survives.

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10.

Sal Maroni appears in the Elseworlds story "Citizen Wayne" which was published in 1994.

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11.

Bruce Wayne is a newspaper publisher and fierce critic of Batman who, following Sal Maroni's death, decides to take down the Caped Crusader personally; he feels that Batman has overstepped the mark by committing murder.

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12.

In Batman '66, Sal Maroni snapped during a trial conducted by Harvey Dent and threw acid in Dent's face, causing the DA's transformation into Two-Face.

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