Spoilers for “The Penguin” comply with.
“The Batman” ended by suggesting that Oz Cobb/Penguin (Colin Farrell) could be entering into the footwear of his late boss, Carmine Falcone (Mark Sturdy, recast from John Turturro). “The Penguin” reveals that his ascension will not be that easy.
The sequence opens on Oz assembly with the Falcone princeling Alberto (Michael Zegen) — and killing him. Now, he has to eliminate the physique, or the remaining Falcone forces will kill him. When Oz heads again to his automobile, he finds some teenagers attempting to tirejack it; he scares most of them off with a gun (hitting his automobile within the course of), then drafts one named Victor Aguilar (Rhenzy Feliz) to assist him dump Alberto’s physique.
Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) immediately pins Oz as her brother’s killer, noticing the bullet holes in his automobile’s purple (or “plum”) paint job and monitoring down certainly one of Victor’s buddies to disprove Oz’s alibi. Nonetheless, Oz has a plan to border rival boss Sal Maroni (Clancy Brown) for the hit, executed with some assist from Victor. The episode ends with them sharing some slushy drinks collectively, whereas Victor asks Oz to maintain him below his wing.
Seems prefer it’s not simply heroes in Gotham Metropolis who want sidekicks. Batman, as soon as a wayward orphan himself, has amassed a verifiable military of Robins and Batgirls from Gotham’s troubled youth. He even met the second Robin, Jason Todd, the identical approach that Oz meets Victor.
Jason Todd’s DC Comics origin as Robin, defined
Jason Todd was created by Gerry Conway and Don Newton in 1983, debuting in “Batman” #357. He was initially only a carbon copy of Dick Grayson, the unique Robin, all the way down to having the identical origin as a circus acrobat whose dad and mom had been murdered by a gangster. Jason was launched on the tail finish of the pre-“Disaster On Infinite Earths” DC Universe, although. When “Batman” relaunched within the “Publish-Disaster” world, Max Allan Collins revised Jason’s origin.
Dick Giordano’s cowl of “Batman” #408 (the primary problem revealed after Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s four-issue “Batman: Yr One” arc) reveals a younger avenue punk having stolen a tire from the Batmobile. He then appears to be like up in horror to see Batman landed on the automobile roof, leering over him. Who would suppose from the duvet that this child is the brand new Robin?
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The story contained in the pages of “Batman” #408 depicts Dick Grayson’s retirement as Robin and Batman’s first assembly with Jason. Whereas investigating a case in Gotham’s Crime Alley slum, he returns to his automobile and finds it lacking a tire. Shocked by the audacity, Batman laughs, just for Jason to clock him together with his tire iron. Batman chases down the boy and makes him return the automobile’s wheel. Sensing the child wants some steerage, he helps Jason transfer off the road into a faculty for troubled boys. When that does not take, he adopts him and trains him as the brand new Robin.
This new origin for Robin II mirrored a shift in how he was written. Jason wasn’t a plucky Burt Ward do-gooder, he was a punk with plenty of festering rage. That perspective (and readers’ damaging response to it) finally bought him killed by the Joker within the storyline “A Dying in The Household” (by Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo, revealed in “Batman #426-429).
Is Victor headed for a destiny as bloody as Jason’s? Oz would be the Penguin, however he is additionally a snake. Earlier than Victor proved his price, and Oz sensed a kindred spirit social climber, the Penguin was able to kill him as a unfastened finish. I, for one, wouldn’t wish to be in Victor’s footwear proper now.
“The Penguin” is streaming on Max.