Talk:Black Mask (character)

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Movie appearance?

Batman-On-Film reports that Black Mask will be in the Batman Begins sequel. His character will reportedly be slightly altered to be a "dark mirror" of Bruce Wayne.

Black Mask vs. Red Skull

When I first saw the picture of Black Mask, I noticed an uncanny physical resemblence to Marvel's Red Skull character. Was this intentionally made?

It's probably just coincidence. He actually looked quite different early on. It's only since No Man's Land that they've really emphasized the 'Skull' aspect of his face. SMegatron 10:48, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It was a retcon/artist changing the character's appearance on the fly; in his previous appearances in the 1990s, when the character appeared post-disfigurement, the character's face was simply horribly burnt. Also, the character was, for lack of a better term, fat and since no-man's land the character has been portrayed as being quite thin looking. BakerBaker

That still doesn't mean his change in appearance wasn't inspired by Red Skull. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.253.64.213 (talk) 23:41, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not another medium, another continuity

In other media Black Mask is spotlighted in Batman Adventures #5-8. Criminals in his employ are:

Hey, a comic book based on a tv cartoon is still a comic book.

Enda80 13:07, 21 May 2006 (UTC)Enda80[reply]

Under the hood

Should a picture of Black mask as he appeared in "Under the Hood" be included in this article, as to depict how different artists depict his disfigurement?

other media

Black Mask's history seems to be the inspiration for the Joker's plan in the first Tim Burton Batman movie, even down to the disfigurement of his suicidal masked lover.

It also seems to be the inspiration for the general plot of the Catwoman movie, with the evil boss of a cosmetics company launching an extremely harmfull product, and again, having the boss's wife as a successfull model. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.0.246.41 (talk • contribs) at 03:43, July 31, 2006

You know, I'd argue coincidence, but you make good points, GIPU. Perhaps a few more mentions should be made to Mr. Mask. ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 18:13, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

=A note

Appearances in a book based on a TV show are not appearances in another medium. A book based on a TV show is not a TV show.

10:18, 14 October 2006 (UTC)~Enda80

True. On the other hand, I can see what the contributer meant; Batman Adventures takes place in the "world" of the animated series, not in the DCU.

Incidentally, was a member of the Adventures False Face Society really called the Red Skull? And if so, how close was he to the Marvel version? Daibhid C 15:10, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Batman Adventures

It should be noted in "Other Media."Claycrow 00:48, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Death

in which issue he was killed? 87.78.135.164 (talk) 20:51, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CatWoman...52...it's in the low 50's for sure. I know he came back in Catwoman 83...

Improving

During the AfD for the bibliography I dropped a few notes in about improving this entry, rather than needing a new one purely for the bibliography [1]. So I thought I'd throw it in for discussion. (Emperor (talk) 01:27, 2 May 2008 (UTC))[reply]

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Superhuman abilities

I removed the superhuman abilities (specifically, the superhuman healing) mention, since I have been unable to find any reference to them elsewhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.85.98.164 (talk) 13:27, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

To the person that keeps reverting my edits

Please stop, it's annoying and you're annoying. I don't care if you haven't played Batman Arkham Origins yet, but the game is already out and no, Black Mask as it turns out, wasn't the head baddie of the story. I even explained why I removed that sentence in the Edit Summary. (186.30.64.243 (talk) 04:23, 30 October 2013 (UTC))[reply]

Black Mask in Gotham?

I've reverted the addition of an unconnected character from the tv section. Until a reliably-sourced reference is presented connecting the comic book character to the Gotham one-off character, it cannot be added. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 16:33, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Continuity

In the section Origin Story, it says that Black Mask burns down his childhood home and kills his parents, inheriting their fortune. However, in the section Criminal Career, it say he flees from Batman to his old room in his family's mansion with the intent to burn it down, for symbolic personal reasons. Amusing that the same building can't be burned down twice, there is a contradiction here. I realize that comic books aren't known for their long term continuity, but this seems too egregious to be from the same cannon. 130.245.192.6 (talk) 07:11, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]