![]() Zsasz later appears in Parts 3 and 4 of the Knightfall saga. Both Nightwing and Batman catch up to Zsasz when he tries to escape for the final time and put him back in Arkham. Due to these continuous conversations with Jeremiah Arkham, Zsasz realises Batman is a plant and subsequently murders both the contractor and another inmate at Arkham who knows of Zsasz's ploy. Jeremiah Arkham is exceptionally brutal towards Batman, who had supposedly murdered a police officer over the course of the "treatment", Zsasz had warped Jeremiah's mind and turned him into a mere henchman. ![]() After murders fitting his modus operandi begin surfacing, Batman and Commissioner James Gordon fake Batman's insanity to get him inside the asylum and investigate Zsasz. Although Zsasz is restrained during the daytime when he is being treated personally by Jeremiah Arkham, he is brought back to his cell at night where he would leave the asylum through the secret passage, unbeknownst to the night guards. He has been declared insane and is regularly incarcerated in Arkham Asylum courtesy of Batman, breaking out on occasion to carry on his killing.ĭuring his debut appearance in Batman: Shadow of the Bat's opening story arc, Batman: The Last Arkham, Zsasz bribes a contractor to include a secret passage leading out from his cell during the asylum's reconstruction under its new head, Jeremiah Arkham, who inherited the asylum from his uncle, Amadeus Arkham. He slits his victims' throats and leaves them in lifelike poses, adding a tally mark to himself each time. He usually preys on young women, but has no qualms over whom he murders. From then on, he dedicated himself to "liberating" others from their pointless existence (Zsasz often refers to his victims as "zombies"). ![]() He then proceeded to stab the man to death as a "gift" for saving his life. Instinctively grabbing the knife, Zsasz saw in the man's eyes that all life is meaningless and that nothing and no one matters. While Zsasz was attempting to commit suicide by jumping from Gotham Bridge, a homeless man tried to assault him with a knife after Zsasz refused to give him money. One night, he ended up in a Gotham City casino known as the Iceberg Lounge, where he gambled everything he owned and ended up losing it all to the Penguin afterwards he saw that his life was empty, driven by desire, and there was no point to his existence. He turned to gambling, losing money in competitions around the world. ![]() At the age of 25, his parents died in a boating accident, sending him into a deep depression. In Batman Chronicles #3, told by Zsasz himself, it is learned that Victor Zsasz was the head of his own international company and had amassed a large personal fortune in addition to his family's wealth. Fictional character biography Origin story As revealed in the foreword to the trade paperback of "Batman: The Last Arkham", Zsasz's name is derived from that of psychiatrist Thomas Szasz Grant saw the name while visiting a library. Zsasz first appeared in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 (June 1992), as part of the " Batman: The Last Arkham" four-part story arc, and his origin story was told in The Batman Chronicles #3 (December 1996) both stories were written by Alan Grant and drawn by Norm Breyfogle. Most notably, Danny Jacobs has voiced Zsasz in the Batman: Arkham video game franchise, and he has been portrayed in live-action by Anthony Carrigan in the television series Gotham, Alex Morf in the Arrowverse series Batwoman, Tim Booth in the film Batman Begins (2005), and Chris Messina in the DC Extended Universe film Birds of Prey (2020). The character has been featured in various forms of non-comics media. A recurring adversary of the superhero Batman, Zsasz belongs to the collective of enemies that make up Batman's rogues gallery. He is a sadomasochistic and psychopathic serial killer who carves a tally mark onto himself for each of his victims. The character first appeared in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 (June 1992). Zsasz or simply Zsasz, is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Victor Zsasz ( / ˈ ʒ æ ʃ/ or / ˈ z æ z/ or / ˈ ʒ ɒ s/), also known as Mr. Cover art to Batman: Streets of Gotham #4 (November 2009)
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