Victor Zsasz (Prime Earth)
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Victor Zsasz is a Gotham City serial killer who makes a tally mark on his body with a knife for every person he kills, making him an extremely dangerous sociopath.
Early Criminal Career
Mister Zsasz would become an active killer in Gotham as early as Batman's second year of operation, during the War of Jokes and Riddles. When all the villains in Gotham were asked to choose sides in the gang war between Riddler and the Joker, Zsasz sided with the former.[1] As casualties built up and the war raged on, Batman was forced to pick a side to end the conflict and sided with the Riddler. However, as Batman and the Riddler's army made their final move for the Joker, Batman betrayed them all, and Zsasz was finally captured.[2]
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- Mister Zsasz was created by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle, first appearing in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Mister Zsasz first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Batman (Volume 2) #1 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo.
- Victor Zsasz considers his victims, male and female, to be his betrothed. He not only makes a cut in his own skin, but makes one in the skin of each victim as well, as if exchanging rings, "marrying" them in heavenly matrimony by the blade. He finds this romantic, and continues to "speak" to his dead "spouses" through the scars.[3]
- 93 Appearances of Victor Zsasz (Prime Earth)
- 32 Images featuring Victor Zsasz (Prime Earth)
- 1 Quotations by or about Victor Zsasz (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Victor Zsasz (Prime Earth)
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Suicide Squad member
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