Aliases : Zsasz, Mr. Zsasz.
Base of Operations : Gotham City, NJ.
Tag : victor zsasz
Important Plots : None
Journal(s) : jla_villains
Status : Available

Powers and Abilities : Zsasz has no special abilities, aside from his psychotic unpredictability. He is a formidable hand to hand combatant.

History : Before turning into a dangerous psychopath, Zsasz was the head of his own intergovernmental company and had amassed a large personal fortune in addition to his family's wealth. At the age of 25 his parents died in a boating accident, sending him into a deep depression.

Zsasz turned to gambling, losing money in competitions around the world. One night, he ended up in a Gotham City casino, 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. While he was attempting to commit suicide by jumping from Gotham Bridge, a homeless man tried to assault him with a knife after he refused to give him money. Instinctively grabbing the knife, Zsasz saw in the man's eyes that all life is meaningless. He became aware of nihlism in that moment, and proceeded to stab the man to death as a "gift" for saving his life. From then on, he dedicated himself to "liberating" others from their pointless existence (Zsasz often refers to victims as "zombies").

Victor usually preys on young women, but has no qualms over whom he murders. He slits his victims' throats and leaves them in lifelike poses, adding a tally mark to himself each time. He has been diagnosed as insane and is regularly incarcerated in Arkham Asylum courtesy of Batman, breaking out on occasion to carry on killing.

Zsasz took an all girl's college hostage after Bane broke a great deal of the Arkham Asylum inmates out, and held the students at knife point until Batman arrived, briefly leaving to kill two police officers who were sent to arrest him. Though weakened both physically and mentally, Batman fought with Zsasz and tried to ignore the lunatic's mockery. He finally snapped, however, after Zsasz said that they are really one and the same, prompting Batman to beat on him with an added viciousness. Batman most likely would have killed Zsasz with his bare hands had the police not stopped him.

Zsasz has escaped Arkham on multiple occasions since this time, adding more and more talleys to his skin. He was recently reincarcerated, but given Arkham's history, it's unlikely he'll remain inside for long.

Other Sources :

• Zsasz at the DC Database Project
• Zsasz at Wikipedia

Divergences : Diverges at Identity Crisis #1.


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