A.K.A.: Tony "Fats" Zucco
First Appearance: Detective Comics I#38(April1940)
Abilities: Threatening circuses
Weapons: Acid, guns
Quotes: "I'm the boss of this town, see!"
Worst Act: Murdering a pair of trapeze artists
Created by: Bill Finger (writer) and Bob Kane (artist-credited), Jerry Robinson(pencils/inks)
Now here's a character that has been overshadowed by a certain red and green supporting character.
Boss Zucco was introduced as a fairly typical (a la Edward G. Robinson) mobster. When extorting money from Haley's Circus fails, he arranges for a certain accident to happen to the Flying Grayson act. The accident is witnessed by Bruce Wayne, who takes an interest in the surviving Grayson.
Robin has certainly made an impact on the Bat-mythos, so as such Zucco will always be around in some fashion. Notably whenever they retell Dick Grayson's origin there is usually an appearance, most recently Dark Victory and the new 52.
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