Max\u2019s The Penguin<\/em> isn\u2019t the primary TV sequence to return from Hollywood\u2019s fascination with Gotham Metropolis\u2019s seedy underbelly, however it is perhaps the one most dedicated to staying away from any whiff of Batman or Arkham Asylum\u2019s monikered rogues\u2019 gallery. Working example: Even its one Arkham affected person, Sofia Falcone, aka the Hangman, is straight out of Batman\u2019s nice mafia fiction period. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n [Ed. note: <\/strong>This piece contains spoilers for The Penguin<\/em>\u2019s premiere episode, \u201cAfter Hours.\u201d] <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Picture: Warner Bros. Discovery<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Penguin<\/em> introduces Sofia Falcone, daughter of the Falcone crime household performed by actor Cristin Milioti, as perhaps the scariest participant jostling for the Falcone crown. Sofia may very well be a shoo-in to observe her father\u2019s dying in 2022\u2019s The Batman<\/em> and her brother\u2019s demise in The Penguin<\/em>\u2019s premiere, however her path is hampered by common mafia sexism, and likewise the notion that she\u2019s not mentally match to be a boss. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sofia, Penguin<\/em> tells us, simply acquired out of Arkham Asylum, and, in a previous life, she dedicated a string of murders. However who did she kill, and why did it earn her the nom de guerre of \u201cthe Hangman\u201d? The Penguin<\/em> hasn\u2019t laid out its personal solutions to that simply but \u2014 however the DC Comics tales that Sofia originated in have. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sofia first appeared in Batman: The Lengthy Halloween<\/em>, a 1996 miniseries from author Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale that\u2019s among the finest Batman thriller tales to grace the web page and indisputably some of the cinema-influential trendy Batman comics. Lengthy Halloween<\/em> adopted Batman and different characters as they sought the actual id of the serial killer Vacation, who preyed on members of Gotham\u2019s mafia elite. Sofia is available in about midway by way of the story, proper after she will get out of jail. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Common<\/em> jail, that’s, not Arkham Asylum. Reasonably than the household pariah, Lengthy Halloween<\/em>\u2019s Sofia is Carmine Falcone\u2019s beloved daughter and finest enforcer. Additionally she\u2019s, like, a complete brick shithouse nicknamed \u201cSofia Gigante.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Picture: Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale\/DC Comics<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Sofia wouldn\u2019t get her serial killer cred till Lengthy Halloween<\/em>\u2019s sequel, Batman: Darkish Victory<\/em>, the place she turned out to be the mysterious serial killer the Hangman. That\u2019s a big<\/em> spoiler for Darkish Victory<\/em>, however, nicely, blame The Penguin<\/em>, not us. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Because the Hangman, Sofia preyed on police and different legislation enforcement figures (largely corrupt ones, as a result of that is Gotham Metropolis). She would shock her victims with a noose and depart them hanging in plain sight, along with her calling card pinned to their chest: half-finished hangman video games, scrawled on papers taken from Harvey Dent\u2019s pre-villain-turn workplace desk. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The purpose of all of it was revenge: On the climax of The Lengthy Halloween<\/em>, Harvey (as Two-Face) had executed her father, Carmine Falcone, and all of Hangman\u2019s victims had been individuals who had helped Harvey construct his profession. Sofia, who had survived a fall from Carmine\u2019s rooftop penthouse on the finish of Lengthy Halloween<\/em>, escaped suspicion for many of the story by pretending that the autumn had paralyzed her from the neck down. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Penguin<\/em> isn\u2019t the primary \u201cgrounded\u201d Batman TV sequence to faucet Sofia for the highlight \u2014 Crystal Reed (Teen Wolf<\/em>) performed her for a number of seasons of Gotham<\/em>. She\u2019s a pure match for a sequence trying to mess around with succession within the Falcone household and dabble in a extra conventional true-crime type of supervillain. Sofia dies by the hands of Two-Face on the finish of Darkish Victory<\/em>, so her comics presence has remained contained inside it and The Lengthy Halloween<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/platform.polygon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25548776\/The_Penguin_Max_01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400\"\/)
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nJust a little on Sofia Falcone in DC Comics <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWho did the Hangman kill? <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n