Salvatore Maroni

**Salvatore Maroni** is an infamous former drug lord in Gotham City who was arrested and jailed as part of a conspiracy to allow rivaling crime lord Carmine Falcone to rise in power.

## Biography

### Rise to Power

In his early years, Salvatore Maroni became the biggest criminal in Gotham City and Metropolis, as he and anyone in his criminal organization were responsible for most crimes committed. Every time he'd been arrested, his lawyers managed to get him off, keeping him out of prison, so far. He is also responsible for the creation of Drops, a drug which later became an epidemic in Gotham.

During Thomas Wayne's mayoral election run, Maroni wanted to get Thomas in his pocket, so he had his reporter Edward Elliot dig up dirt on Thomas and found out that his wife Martha, had spent time in Arkham State Hospital due to mental illness and planned to reveal it to the world. Thomas, not caring about his political career and only caring about his wife and their son Bruce, went to Maroni's rival Carmine Falcone and asked him to put "the fear of god" into Elliot to keep him from running his story. Instead Falcone killed him.

It later theorized by Falcone that Maroni was worried that Thomas might become Falcone's corrupt mayor, so he had a mugger kill him and Martha, though it was never proven, or Falcone lied.

### Involvement in Renewal

Following the death of Thomas and his wife Martha Wayne, criminals began using the Gotham Renewal Fund to launder and earn money. They also used it to bribe city officials, with Maroni expanding his ever-ceasing influence. Maroni earned a similar share as Carmine Falcone and other criminals, yet everyone was still piling for a bigger slice, which eventually led to a sting operation against Maroni.

### Arrest

Sometime later, Maroni and his criminal organization were busted in the sting operation organized by Mayor Don Mitchell Jr. and arrested. The event was reported in the *Gotham Gazette* sometime later.

The *Gazette* article also mentioned that the Gotham City Police Department seized 'mountains of hard evidence' on Maroni with the district attorney believing that with it, Maroni would be put away for life.

It was later revealed that Maroni was set up by Carmine Falcone and other corrupt city officials such as Pete Savage, Gil Colson, and Don Mitchell Jr. to solidify Falcone's control over the underworld. His Drops operation were later taken over by the Falcone Crime Syndicate and the Gotham City Police Department.

## Relationships

* Gotham Renewal Corporation
* Edward Elliot † - Possible Associate
	+ Carmine Falcone † - Rival and Successor
* Thomas Wayne † - Possible Indirect Victim
* Martha Wayne † - Possible Indirect Victim
* Gotham City Police Department
	+ Pete Savage †
* Don Mitchell Jr. †
* Federal Bureau of Investigation
* Gil Colson †

## Behind the Scenes

* In the DC Comics, Salvatore Vincent "Sal" "The Boss" Maroni was one of toughest gangsters in Gotham City, and the second most powerful mobster after Carmine Falcone. He is largely credited with being the mobster to throw acid at Harvey Dent and turn him into Two-Face.
* Salvatore Maroni in The Batman Universe is the fourth live-action incarnation of the character following incarnations portrayed by Dennis Paladino, Eric Roberts, and David Zayas.
* Christopher Jon Gombos was a stunt double for Clancy Brown in the role of Salvatore Maroni.

## References

1. ↑ "'The Penguin' Casts Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni" - Deadline
Reeves, Matt & Craig, Peter (writers); Reeves, Matt & Clark, Dylan (producers); & Reeves, Matt (director) (March 4, 2022). *The Batman*.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Before The Batman: An Original Movie Novel*

## External Links

* Salvatore Maroni on Wikipedia
* Salvatore Maroni on DC Database