This minifigure has only appeared in video game(s)Although this article is about an official minifigure, it never existed in physical form, or appeared in any official LEGO sets. Black Mask is an enemy of Batman. He first appeared as a playable character on the DS version of LEGO Batman: The Videogame in 2008 but later returned for portable versions of the sequel, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, under the Super Heroes banner in 2012. Black Mask's first variant reuses the Black Skeleton Warrior's head from the 2007 Castle theme. He wears a dark grey suit similar to the on worn by Bruce Wayne and other minifigures, but was never officially released. His legs are coloured dark grey to match his suit and has black hands to match his mask. He caries two revolvers and a briefcase. His moveset is the same as Two-Face and Hush's. In LEGO Batman 2 Black Mask receives a redesign with an original black face that has PC Black Ir lines to add depth and shape behind the eyes, on the brow, and at the cheeks and nose.
His eyes are coloured red and he has yellowed teeth posed in a position like a skeleton. He wears a white, button-up shirt with a dark grey neck tie and belt. There are two pockets on either side of his chest. Though he has flesh showing just under his neck, his hands are coloured black. His legs are also coloured black. He is able to use bombs to destroy silver LEGO objects. Roman Sionis was a businessman and owner of Sionis Mills running a cosmetics company until he made a mistake which cost him the business to Bruce Wayne. With a newfound hatred of Wayne, Sionis carved a mask from his father's black coffin and turned to crime as the Black Mask. Roman set his family's mansion on fire to burn all ties to his past life, which also burned the mask he used to conceal his identity from Batman onto his skin. Black Mask started a gang known as the False Faces and became a leader of the Gotham City underworld with a hatred of both Bruce Wayne and Batman. He appears only on DS versions of LEGO Batman, but his parts are unlocked for the character creator once 100% completion is reached on consoles and PSP.
In the sequel, he is unlocked for purchase after finding the second minikit of the fifth level, Ace Chemicals. He costs 50,000 studs and is once again exclusive to portable versions.Mr. Freeze Henchman | Dr. Harleen Quinzel | Dr. Hugo Strange | Dr. Jeremiah Arkham | Poison Ivy Goon | Ra's Al Ghul | Talia Al Ghul | Ventriloquist and Scarface | Azrael, aka Jean-Paul Valley Jr. (1st Variant) and Michael Lane (2nd Variant), is an ally of Batman. In his first variation Azrael wore a red hood with a black mask underneath with his nose and mouth further covered with a red fleur de lys. His torso and arms are also red and the latter is designed with a golden belt and armour, part of which is covered by red pauldrons with golden floral designs. His legs are coloured red, and his hips and hands are gold. He carries a flaming sword and can double jump. Even though his cape is absent from the DS versions, it is available for use on consoles and makes use of black colouring to give it it's unique shape.
Azrael was redesigned with a more modern costume for his next variation. This costume is known as the Suit of Sorrows. He now has a dark grey hood and a white costume. His mask is now white and while the red decor remains, it's shape is slightly different and a red triangle is now also on his forehead. His torso is less ornamental and is now white and muscle-bound with a red cross on his chest. He wears a brown belt with a golden buckle. He has printing on his legs of an apron and a knotted tie off to the side. His arms are decorated with four black slashes above the hands. He once again uses a flaming sword and can use grapple and glide. Jean-Paul Valley Jr. became the crusading anti-hero Azrael due to brain-washing by the Sacred Order of Saint Dumas. He is notable in that while a hero, he lacked any sort of no-kill rule. Even though the people Azrael killed were considered evil, this was not approved of by Batman, who convinced him to adopt his ethics. He developed a working relationship with Batman and Robin.
He has acted as a "substitute Batman" when Bruce Wayne's back was broken by Bane. His detective skills were not as honed as his predecessor and he would make false assumptions, such as regarding Catwoman's activities at the time which were meant to help, not harm others. After being attacked by The Scarecrow, "AzBat's" brain-washing came into play and suffered visions and built a special Batsuit to destroy crime until he was defeated by the returned Bruce Wayne. Jean-Paul was disgraced at first, but returned to the Azrael mantle shortly later when he understood that he had been forgiven. Azrael was playable on the DS version of LEGO Batman: The Videogame, but played no role in the story. Despite being absent from consoles, he was mentioned in the Batcompter's data section which confirmed his role in the events of Batman: Knightfall and Beyond in LEGO's DC Universe. His parts are also unlocked for the character creator along with The Spoiler, Black Mask, and Huntress' when 100% completion is reached, including his cape which is absent from the DS.
In LEGO Batman 2 Azrael is unlocked on handheld versions of the game when his minikit is found on Gotham Metro. In LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, Azrael appears as a DLC character, included in the "75th Anniversary". LEGO Batman: The VideogameLEGO Batman 2: DC Super HeroesLEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (DLC)Roman Sionis, a former business executive and mafia boss who originally hated Bruce Wayne rather than Batman, wears a black wooden mask and leads the cult like society of False Facers. Black Mask eventually became a mob boss controlling large sections of Gotham City's criminal underworld. Following the suspicious death of his multi-millionaire parents, Sionis had inherited their fortune and went on to bankrupt their company. Saved by a buyout by Bruce Wayne, Sionis came to resent and hate Wayne. Fixated on the concept of masks, Sionis carved one from his father's black coffin and sought revenge; his ensuing battle with the Dark Knight caused his mask to be burned into his skin, remaking him as the Black Mask.
Sionis is now a feared gang leader and one of the most powerful mob bosses in Gotham, with a burning hatred for Batman. Young Roman Sionis came from a rich family, his father a successful industrialist. His parents only cared for their social status, and were more concerned about that then their son's well being when a nurse dropped him on his head after he was born. They would frequently drag him around to parties, and force him to be friends with the children of other wealthy Gothamites like the young Bruce Wayne. His parents hated other people like the Waynes though, but put on almost social masks in public to seem like more charming people. Roman hated the masks his parents wore. He would later inherit the prosperous Janus Cosmetics Corporation after his parents died in a suspicious fire. Roman quickly drove the company into the ground, leaving the company open to a Wayne Industries buyout. Driven mad by losing his legacy, he turned his hatred on Bruce Wayne. Donning a mask carved from his father's coffin, he began murdering Wayne employees.
In the ensuing battle with Batman, Sionis's mask became permanently burned into his face as a living death mask. Over time he would become one of Gotham City's most ruthless and sadistic crime lords, commanding the "False Facers," a masked army of henchmen. With each subsequent loss to Batman, his empire shrank and his sadism grew. Among his many crimes were the destruction of a community center on Gotham's East End, the painstaking murder of Catwoman's brother-in-law, and driving her sister Maggie insane. Believed dead at Catwoman's hands, Black Mask survived, and when Gotham City's gang wars erupted part of a "war game" created by Batman that went horribly wrong - they created a power vacuum in the underworld that he could exploit to build a criminal empire. Murdering Orpheus, a costumed gang leader working secretly with Batman to end the unrest in Gotham, he took the tragic hero's identity and gained the trust of the teen hero Spoiler (who had triggered Batman's "war games" in a misguided attempt to prove herself), learning information vital to his cause before betraying and torturing her.
Following Batman's plans, the faux Orpheus rallied all the factions, revealed his true identity and initiated a spree of carnage culminating with Spoiler's death. Black Mask became undisputed ruler of the entire Gotham underworld. Deathstroke later approached Black Mask offering him a place within The Society. Eager to strengthen his increasingly tenuous grip on the underworld (Batman and the new Red Hood had both been targeting his operations), he accepted, and Captain Nazi, one of the Hyenas, and Count Vertigo were sent after Batman and Red Hood. However, these villains were defeated, and Batman ultimately prevented the Society from securing a foothold in Gotham. In an attempt to "improve himself" after this debacle, Black Mask threatened the most important people in Catwoman's life, from Slam Bradley to Holly Robinson.Still thinking that she adhered to a strict no-kill rule, Black Mask was caught by surprise when Catwoman retaliated by shooting him in the head and blowing off his jaw, seemingly killing him.
After the shooting, Selina Kyle passed the mantle of Catwoman to her friend Holly Robinson. Not long after, Holly was arrested for the killing of Black Mask. In the "Battle For The Cowl" storyline, a new Black Mask surfaces. He has drugged several of Arkham Asylum's inmates, including The Great White Shark, Poison Ivy, Killer Croc, Mr. Zsasz, Firefly, Jane Doe, and the Scarecrow, with a substance that can kill when triggered. Black Mask is quickly acknowledged as the leader of the group when he blows up much of Arkham Asylum, and then prepares for his ascension by destroying Two-Face's and Penguin's reign and becoming Gotham City's crime lord once again. Mask eventually comes under fire by the National Guard, as well as Mario Falcone and Penguin, and barricades himself in a part of Gotham called Devil's Square. He establishes the Ministry of Death, made up of Hugo Strange, Doctor Death, and Fright, who resurrect The Reaper to serve the Black Mask. They also create an army of mind-controlled "False Facers" to aide them.
Eventually, the new Black Mask is revealed to be Jeremiah Arkham, administrator of Arkham Asylum. After being defeated by Batman, he is imprisoned in the rebuilt Arkham Asylum. It is revealed that Arkham is no longer Black Mask but merely "had a ride" with Sionis' friend. Roman Sionis turns himself over to Arkham's care apparently hoping Arkham can save him from the mask. During a storming of Arkham Asylum by a Talon of the Court of Owls sent to kill Jeremiah Arkham, Sionis asks Arkham to give him his mask so he can stop the Talon. The mask is revealed to have mind control abilities granted by the ebony it's carved from. He commands the other inmates to attack the Talon and seals it inside with them. Sionis is then defeated by Batman and returns to Arkham's care. Black Mask is revealed to have been the leader of a gang called the False Facers Society who wore masks of the same wood that his own mask was carved from giving him direct control of their minds and letting him operate the gang like fingers of a glove.