Black Mask (Roman Sionis) is a fictional supervillain appearing in
comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Doug Moench and Tom
Mandrake, the character debuted in Batman #386 (August, 1985). He is
commonly depicted as a brutal and ruthless crime lord in Gotham City
who has a fixation with masks and derives sadistic pleasure from the
act of torture. Black Mask is one of the most enduring enemies of the
superhero Batman and belongs to the collective of adversaries that
make up his rogues gallery.The character has been substantially
adapted from the comics into various forms of media, including the
cartoon show The Batman, the animated film Batman: Under the Red Hood,
and the Batman: Arkham video game series. Black Mask made his
live-action debut in the 2020 DC Extended Universe film Birds of Prey,
portrayed by Ewan McGregor.Black Mask's origin story was established
in his first appearance. Roman Sionis was born to wealthy and utterly
self-absorbed parents, who cared more about their social status in
Gotham City than their own son. Moments after Roman's birth, the
doctor carelessly dropped him on his head, and his parents covered up
the entire incident so that their high society friends would not find
out. Years later, he was attacked by a rabid raccoon at the Sionis
family country estate, and his parents forbade him to mention the
incident to anyone. Despite their dislike for fellow socialites Thomas
and Martha Wayne, Roman's parents continued to associate with them to
maintain their social standing, and forced Roman to befriend their
son, Bruce. His parents' hypocrisy had a deep impact on Roman, and he
grew to resent them and the "masks" that they wore in public.After
graduating from high school, Roman was given a high-ranking position
in his father's company, Janus Cosmetics. There, he met and fell in
love with working class model Circe, though his parents did not
approve of the relationship and forced him to break it off. Enraged,
Roman burned down his family mansion, killing both of his parents and
inheriting their fortune and business. Roman lacked his father's
business acumen and eventually ruined Janus Cosmetics by funding a
failed line of face-paint make-up. Desperate, Roman had the staff
chemists create a product that was rushed to the market without proper
testing, disfiguring several hundred women. Circe, now Roman's
fiancée, then broke up with him in front of his entire staff. Black Mask (character) Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter