Carmine Falcone is a classic Batman villain. Although he's not a traditional supervillain, he's managed to be quite a big threat to Batman.
Carmine Falcone was created by writer Frank Miller and artist David Mazzucchelli.
Carmine Falcone first appeared in 1987.
Carmine Falcone's first appearance was the Batman: Year One storyline from the comics. That story takes place before Batman became Gotham City's symbol of hope.
Before the colorful supervillains came around, Carmine Falcone was the most dangerous villain in Gotham City. He was a powerful mob boss that was able to control just about anyone, including the police. He was friends with Commissioner Loeb. He practically ruled the city, until he was stopped by Batman.
Carmine Falcone's visual design is heavily inspired by Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in The Godfather. In Batman: The Long Halloween, Carmine is dressed in a black suit that looks almost exactly like Vito's black suit from The Godfather. Both suits even have a red flower.
In addition to looking like Marlon Brando's Godfather character, Carmine Falcone also acts a lot like him. Like Vito Corleone, Carmine Falcone is a sinister mob boss that has a soft side when it comes to family. Like Vito, Carmine deeply loves his family and tries to take care of his loved ones.
In Batman: The Long Halloween, lots of Carmine's family members are introduced. Most of them are involved with Carmine's mob.
Carmine Falcone has the same first name as Carmine Coppola, the father of Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola. Whether or not Carmine Falcone was named after the director's father is unknown.
Carmine Falcone has a daughter named Sofia. Francis Ford Coppola's daughter is also named Sofia. Like with the Carmine name, it's unknown if Sofia Falcone is named after the director's daughter.
One of Carmine Falcone's sons, named Alberto, was likely inspired by Michael Corleone.
Catwoman believes that Carmine Falcone is secretly her father. The comics usually avoid directly confirming whether or not he is her birth father.
Carmine Falcone's first film appearance was 2005's Batman Begins. He was played by Tom Wilkinson. Carmine's role in the film was based off of his role in Batman: Year One.
In the comics and Gotham television series, Carmine Falcone is rivals with fellow mob boss Sal Maroni. In The Dark Knight trilogy, Sal Maroni becomes Carmine's successor as Gotham City's main mob boss.
Carmine Falcone appeared in the animated adaptations of Batman: Year One and Batman: The Long Halloween.
Carmine Falcone was a recurring character in the Gotham television series. He was played by John Doman. This version of the character was a traditional mob boss who tried to thrive in a city that was starting to become overrun by supervillains.
Carmine Falcone appeared in 2022's The Batman. He was played by John Turturro. This version of the character was Penguin's boss.
In the comics, Carmine Falcone is often referred to as Carmine "the Roman" Falcone. In the animated adaptation of The Long Halloween, he is referred to as "Godfather", which is yet another thing that he has in common with Vito Corleone.
Carmine Falcone was created by writer Frank Miller and artist David Mazzucchelli.
Carmine Falcone first appeared in 1987.
Carmine Falcone's first appearance was the Batman: Year One storyline from the comics. That story takes place before Batman became Gotham City's symbol of hope.
Before the colorful supervillains came around, Carmine Falcone was the most dangerous villain in Gotham City. He was a powerful mob boss that was able to control just about anyone, including the police. He was friends with Commissioner Loeb. He practically ruled the city, until he was stopped by Batman.
Carmine Falcone's visual design is heavily inspired by Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in The Godfather. In Batman: The Long Halloween, Carmine is dressed in a black suit that looks almost exactly like Vito's black suit from The Godfather. Both suits even have a red flower.
In addition to looking like Marlon Brando's Godfather character, Carmine Falcone also acts a lot like him. Like Vito Corleone, Carmine Falcone is a sinister mob boss that has a soft side when it comes to family. Like Vito, Carmine deeply loves his family and tries to take care of his loved ones.
In Batman: The Long Halloween, lots of Carmine's family members are introduced. Most of them are involved with Carmine's mob.
Carmine Falcone has the same first name as Carmine Coppola, the father of Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola. Whether or not Carmine Falcone was named after the director's father is unknown.
Carmine Falcone has a daughter named Sofia. Francis Ford Coppola's daughter is also named Sofia. Like with the Carmine name, it's unknown if Sofia Falcone is named after the director's daughter.
One of Carmine Falcone's sons, named Alberto, was likely inspired by Michael Corleone.
Catwoman believes that Carmine Falcone is secretly her father. The comics usually avoid directly confirming whether or not he is her birth father.
Carmine Falcone's first film appearance was 2005's Batman Begins. He was played by Tom Wilkinson. Carmine's role in the film was based off of his role in Batman: Year One.
In the comics and Gotham television series, Carmine Falcone is rivals with fellow mob boss Sal Maroni. In The Dark Knight trilogy, Sal Maroni becomes Carmine's successor as Gotham City's main mob boss.
Carmine Falcone appeared in the animated adaptations of Batman: Year One and Batman: The Long Halloween.
Carmine Falcone was a recurring character in the Gotham television series. He was played by John Doman. This version of the character was a traditional mob boss who tried to thrive in a city that was starting to become overrun by supervillains.
Carmine Falcone appeared in 2022's The Batman. He was played by John Turturro. This version of the character was Penguin's boss.
In the comics, Carmine Falcone is often referred to as Carmine "the Roman" Falcone. In the animated adaptation of The Long Halloween, he is referred to as "Godfather", which is yet another thing that he has in common with Vito Corleone.
