

As a young man, he runs away from the orphanage and joins one of Gotham's major crime families, and quickly moves up Gotham's criminal food chain. She tries to counsel Zucco, but he is a lost cause consumed by anger, he prays only for the deaths of the men who killed his parents. Zucco is sent to an orphanage, where he is cared for by Sister Mary Elizabeth. A first-generation immigrant from Italy, Zucco is orphaned at a young age when a gang of criminals murder his parents for refusing to pay protection money. Post-Crisis Batman: Year Three ĭick Grayson's narration establishes Zucco's backstory. On Earth-One, Tony Zucco's history and his showdown with Batman and Robin is the same as his Earth-Two counterpart. When he does get to Tony Zucco, Robin finds that he does not recognize him. At the time when he was under the influence of the Stream of Ruthlessness, Robin combated Infinity, Inc. Many years later, Zucco was seen in the hospital where he has become senile. Afterwards, Robin becomes Batman's sidekick. The police used this as evidence to arrest Zucco.

Robin was able to secretly record Zucco punishing his henchman Blade by pushing him off the skyscraper. Both of them locate Tony Zucco where they defeated his henchmen. After overhearing Blade talking to Zucco about committing the sabotage, Dick is subsequently adopted by Bruce Wayne (a.k.a. Haly to pay him protection money to prevent any further "accidents". Because the Graysons perform their act without a safety net, they fall to their deaths. The ropes break while John and Mary Graysons are in mid-air. Haly (who runs an honest business) refuses to pay him protection money, Zucco has his henchman Blade sabotage the trapeze ropes the Graysons use in their act. Zucco tries to extort the Haly's Circus, where the Flying Graysons are the main attraction. Throughout the years, Zucco's role in Robin's origin remains largely the same. Fictional character history Pre-Crisis Īntonio Zucco (originally just "Boss Zucco" in his first appearance) is a Mafia crime boss or simple low level thug (his position of power varies depending upon the Golden and Silver Age continuity) in Gotham City who is responsible for the death of Dick Grayson's parents. Tony Zucco first appeared in Detective Comics #38 (April 1940) and was created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger, and Jerry Robinson. Richard Zeppieri portrayed him in the first season of the DC Universe series Titans.

Wilson, and The Batman, voiced by Mark Hamill. The character has appeared in Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Thomas F. Batman and becoming the latter's sidekick and original Robin and Nightwing. First appearing in Detective Comics #38 (April 1940), Zucco is a mobster responsible for murdering the parents of Dick Grayson, which leads to Grayson's adoption by Bruce Wayne a.k.a. Anthony Zucco is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
