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gangsters
 

Name: gangsters

Classification: supporting characters supporting characters   group group   real/historical group real/historical group  

Type of Organization/Group: occupation

Number of group members listed below: 193

Character
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Religious
Affiliation
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Sonny Abbott villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)7946] Image Homage 4
Antonio Accelli villain
  Mafia DC 1
Donna Accelli Donna Accelli supporting character
  Mafia
[mobster's wife; kidnapped by rival]
DC 1
Mr. Ahmet supporting character
CBR Scale: U Muslim
[killed after leaked info about criminals to Punisher] Marvel 1
Mr. Altieri villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)029] DC 1
Nino Angelo Nino Angelo villain
  [head of Angelo crime family] DC 3
Vincent Anotelli villain
  [grandson's kidnapping investigated by Josie Mac] DC 2
Arson Carson Arson Carson (Carson) villain
  [worked for Hairy Arms, until he learned Arms served Axis] Quality 1
"Boss" Barron villain
  [used electrofaciograph to steal identities of rich men] DC 1
Benny villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Mafia Marvel 4
Benny villain
  [member of Stone-Face's gang] Marvel 1
Biggie Benson villain
  [hired Starr Saxon to use his Plastoid against Daredevil] Marvel 4
Big Arthur villain
  [1st app: Howard the Duck (vol. 1) #29 (Jan. 1979)] Marvel 1
Big Joe (Joe) villain
  [tried to kill Fogg Nelson] Marvel 1
Billy villain
  Mafia Marvel 4
Billy villain
  Mafia
[evil leader of Lou's confidence gang]
DC 1
The Black Hood The Black Hood (Hit Coffee) hero
CBR Scale: S cursed to "do only good"
The Mighty Crusaders
[was chief henchman for mob boss Patriarch]
DC Impact 14
Blackie Blackie villain
  Maggia Marvel 5
Nick Blake villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[1st app: Superman (vol. 1) #5 (Summer 1940)] DC 1
Bloodshot Bloodshot (Angelo Mortalli) hero
  Secret Weapons
[former mob enforcer]
Valiant 120
Alexander Bont villain
  [NYC crimelord from post-WWII until modern era] Marvel 6
Roxy Brenner villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)92] DC 1
Eddie Brown villain
  [stole Rocket's belt buckle (the source of her powers)] DC Milestone Media 1
Bruno villain
  Mafia Marvel 1
The Buzzard The Buzzard (Hugo Van Beck) villain
  [1st app: Superman (vol. 1) #2 (Fall 1939)339] DC 1
Carlos Camedia villain
  Mafia
[kidnapped mob rival's wife]
DC 1
Don Salvatore Cannelloni supporting character
  [his son committed suicide due to Coven's activities] Marvel New Universe 1
Carlin villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[1st app: Superman (vol. 1) #5 (Summer 1940)] DC 1
Fat Carlo villain
  Maggia Marvel 1
Carmelo villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)8152] Marvel 1
Carnation Joe (Joe) villain
  [leads own criminal gang] Marvel 1
Buggsy Cathcart Buggsy Cathcart villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[in jail for murder, his gang kidnapped key witness] DC 1
Charlie Chicago supporting character
  [1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #148 (Apr. 1972)] Marvel 1
Chico villain
  black
[member of Stone-Face's gang]
Marvel 1
Chunky villain
  [1st app: Deathstroke, the Terminator #14 (Sep. 1992)] DC 1
Caesar Cicero villain
  Maggia Marvel 15
Circus Charlie (Charlie) villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
Crime Syndicate, Inc.
[masqueraded as Batman]
DC 1
Sonny Corleone Sonny Corleone villain
CBR Scale: S Catholic
[1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)0414] G. P. Putnam's Sons Paramount Pictures 5
Giacomo Cornelius villain
  [a local Don] DC Milestone Media 3
Bruno Costa villain
  Mafia Marvel 6
Mr. D'Angelo villain
  Mafia
[assistant to mob boss Emile Jarrett]
DC 2
Jack Danlabiote Jack Danlabiote villain
  [1920s: Icon got caught in war between Danlabiote and cops] DC Milestone Media 1
Vinnie DeGliato villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)8151] Marvel 1
Digger (George Sims, and 12 other men merged) villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)2691] Marvel 4
Dorian villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[head of organized crime in Springdale; murdered Lola] Marvel 1
Dzemal supporting character
CBR Scale: U repentant
[lived in District X] Marvel 4
Eel Eel (Edward Lavell) villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: A Latter-day Saint (lapsed)
Maggia; Serpent Squad... 
[probably named after football coach Lavell Edwards]
Marvel 26
El Brutale villain
  [1st app: Marc Spector: Moon Knight #6 (Nov. 1989)] Marvel 2
Jackson Farrell villain
  [went to Gilligan's Island (by boat) to evade authorities] CBS 1
Mr. Fields villain
  Mafia Marvel 1
Fishy villain
  [stole Ramblin' Jim's lunch] DC 5
Mickey Fondozzi Mickey Fondozzi supporting character villain
CBR Scale: S Catholic
[1st app: The Punisher: War Zone (vol. 1) #1 (Mar. 1992)] Marvel 32
Joe Fonti Joe Fonti villain based on a real person
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)7283] Event Comics 6
Frankie Franchetti Frankie Franchetti villain
  Mafia
[leader of the Franchetti Family]
Top Cow Wizard Entertainment 37
Frankie villain
  Mafia Marvel 1
Frankie the Fish (Frankie) villain
  [1st app: Spider-Man Unlimited (vol. 1) #6 (Aug. 1994)] Marvel 1
Rock Gatty Rock Gatty villain
  [1st app: Police Comics #3 (Oct. 1941)] Quality 1
Blackie Gaxton supporting character
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)2202] Marvel 2
Dominic Geraci villain
  Mafia
[older son of Mario]
Marvel 3
Joey Geraci villain
  Mafia
[younger son of Mario; wants to take over crime family]
Marvel 9
Papken Gharamarukian villain
CBR Scale: U Armenian Apostolic Church (nominal)
[1st app: Soldier X #4 (Dec. 2002)] Marvel 3
Gnucci Family villain group
  Mafia Marvel 18
Bobbie Gnucci villain
  Gnucci Family; Mafia Marvel 1
Carlo Gnucci villain
  Gnucci Family; Mafia Marvel 1
Dino Gnucci villain
  Mafia Marvel 1
Stevie Gnucci villain
  Mafia Marvel 1
The Golem (Dennis Golembuski) villain
CBR Scale: U Jewish
[1st app: The Hood #2 (Aug. 2002)] Marvel 5
Eddie Gordon Eddie Gordon villain
  [1st app: The Atom (vol. 1) #22 (Dec. 1965 - Jan. 1966)] DC 2
Capo Gorlotti villain
  [former boss of Body Doubles ally "Uncle" Nick Hoffman] DC 1
Don Gralla villain
  Mafia
[mafia patriarch whose daughter escaped mob lifestyle]
DC 1
Billy Grippo villain
  [has shady past with Foggy Nelson's mother Rosalind Sharpe] Marvel 1
Grogan Grogan villain
  [befriended Impossible Man; tricked him to help w/crimes] DePatie-Freleng Enterprises Marvel Productions, etc. 1
Mr. Guido supporting character
  [1st app: Kickers, Inc. #3 (Jan. 1987)] Marvel New Universe 1
Mr. Gullutti villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)029] DC 1
Gyp villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[1st app: Superman (vol. 1) #7 (Nov.-Dec. 1940)] DC 1
Max Hammer villain
  [gangster mutated by gamma radiation cure] Marvel 3
Hank Hank villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)9982] CBS 1
Heels villain
  [1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #192 (Dec. 1975)] Marvel 1
Herman villain
  [1st app: Black Panther (vol. 1) #8 (Mar. 1978)] Marvel 1
Hippo villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
Tri-State Gang
[competed for chance to kill captive Batman]
DC 1
Hymie Hogan Hymie Hogan villain
CBR Scale: S believes in ghosts
[readily believed a dummy the Mouthpiece set up was a ghost] Quality 1
Pug Hogan Pug Hogan villain
CBR Scale: S believes in ghosts
[readily believed a dummy the Mouthpiece set up was a ghost] Quality 1
The Horror That Walked (Dacio) villain
  [killer whose brain was put into Horror that Walked] Marvel Timely 1
Mr. Hyle villain
  [influential mobster; employed amnesiac Daredevil] Marvel 1
Injun Joe (Joe Carson) villain
CBR Scale: M Native American
[1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)4228] Marvel 4
Ivan villain
  [1st app: Punisher: Blood on the Moors (Dec. 1991)] Marvel 1
Ivan Ivan villain
  Tracksuit Mafia
[former landlord Hawkeye bought his building from]
Marvel 1
Jaz villain
  black
[former boss of Falcon when he was criminal]
Marvel 2
Jimmie supporting character
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[almost killed an undercover cop he thought was a stoolie] Marvel 1
Jimmy villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)8152] Marvel 1
Jimmy the Gent villain
  [early mentor of Amos Fortune, Royal Flush Gang] DC 1
Jimmy-6 (Giacomo Fortunato) supporting character
  Mafia
[Don Fortunato's son; opposed father's violent excesses]
Marvel 17
Jo-Jo villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)3852] Marvel 1
Jocko supporting character
CBR Scale: I alien
Little D's Den O' Thieves Marvel 1
Joey villain
  [1st app: Superman (vol. 1) #2 (Fall 1939)026] Marvel 1
Joey villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)8151] Marvel 1
Joey villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)8152] Marvel 1
Mr. Johnston villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)2438] Marvel 7
Joisey Joe (Joe) villain
  [killed by the Trust] Marvel 5
Hymie Kiel Hymie Kiel villain
  [1st app: Police Comics #7 (Feb. 1942)] Quality 1
Trigger Kiel Trigger Kiel villain
  [1st app: Police Comics #7 (Feb. 1942)] Quality 1
Manny King villain
  [Dreadface forced him to summon FF to his resort] Marvel 1
Leo Locke villain
  [1st app: Justice League of America (vol. 1) #62 (May 1968)] DC 1
Lou Lou villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[1st app: Superman (vol. 1) #7 (Nov.-Dec. 1940)] DC 1
Lou Lou villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)4136] Marvel 2
Louie villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[1st app: Superman (vol. 1) #4 (Spring 1940)] DC 1
Lucky villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)9982] CBS 1
Mac villain
  [1st app: Judomaster #97 (Oct. 1967)] Charlton 1
"Machine Gun" Martin villain
  [Prohibition era gangster idolized by Skrulls of Kral] Marvel 1
"Moose" Mallard supporting character
  [1st app: Captain America (vol. 1) #148 (Apr. 1972)] Marvel 1
Bruno Mannheim Bruno Mannheim villain
CBR Scale: M Religion of Crime
Intergang (leader) DC 28
Butch Matson Butch Matson villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[first-ever named Superman villain] DC 1
Maxie villain
  [1st app: Deathstroke, the Terminator #14 (Sep. 1992)] DC 1
Mikall villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)029] DC 1
Mike villain
 prob. indeterminate  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)67] ABC 2
Lau Kin Ming Lau Kin Ming villain lead character
  Asian; The Triads
[Triad member who infiltrates Hong Kong police]
Basic Pictures Media Asia Films 3
Misha villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)029] DC 1
Lou Monkton supporting character
  [framed for murder by Trask; defended by Jen Walters] Marvel 1
Mr. Morrow villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)029] DC 1
Mugface villain
  Crime Syndicate, Inc. DC 1
Mugsy villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)8] DC 1
Myron villain
  [1st app: Team America #4 (Sep. 1982)] Marvel 1
Nicky the Roach (Nicky) supporting character
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)7283] Event Comics 1
North Wind (Kita) villain
CBR Scale: U Ninjutsu
Asian; Four Winds Marvel 2
Mr. Nunzio supporting character
  [1st app: Kickers, Inc. #3 (Jan. 1987)] Marvel New Universe 1
The Old Man villain
  Tracksuit Mafia Marvel 2
Omerta Omerta (Paulie Provenzano) hero
CBR Scale: U religious
United States Marine Corps; X-Men
[briefly recruited to X-Men to stop Magneto's Genosha war]
Marvel 4
Otto villain
  [1st app: Deathstroke, the Terminator #14 (Sep. 1992)] DC 1
Paul Pardee villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
Tri-State Gang DC 1
Peklar villain
CBR Scale: U Armenian Apostolic Church (nominal)
[1st app: Soldier X #4 (Dec. 2002)] Marvel 3
Pete Pete villain
  [a top lieutenant in first crime gang Vulcan faced] Ace Magazines 1
Lou Piccone Lou Piccone supporting character
  [Zip-Kid's boyfriend; was engaged to her] DC 6
Casca Rivista villain
  Mafia DC 1
Louis Rivista villain
  Mafia
[mob princess escaped arranged wedding to him]
DC 1
Dutch Rosenblatt villain
CBR Scale: U Jewish
[1st app: The Sensational She-Hulk #21 (Nov. 1990)] Marvel 3
Paul Rosso villain
  [1st app: The Punisher (vol. 6) #6 (Jan. 2002)] Marvel 1
Sal villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)8151] Marvel 1
Hon Sam Hon Sam villain
  Asian; The Triads
[triad boss that Lau Kin-ming secretly works for]
Basic Pictures Media Asia Films 3
Sammy One-Eye villain
  Mafia DC 1
Gordon Savinsky villain
  Mafia Marvel 3
Antonio Sazia villain
  [1st app: Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #73 (Apr. 1993)] DC 5
Snake Scalotti villain
  [1st app: Detective Comics (vol. 1) #60 (Feb. 1942)] DC 1
Scarface Scarface (Al Capone) villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Mafia DC Marvel 109
Scarface (Tony Montana) villain non-feature lead character
  Hispanic Universal Studios 14
Sergei villain
  Tracksuit Mafia
[Cherry's ex-husband]
Marvel 1
Shaky villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)0949] Marvel 1
Sharpie villain
  [tried to bribe Lois Lane to kill a story about him] DC 1
Shut-Eye Shut-Eye villain
  [tried robbing train by impersonating actors] Timely Marvel 1
Skinner villain
  Mafia
[Vinnie Veronica's hired goon; captured, tortured Punisher]
Marvel 1
Eric Slaughter Eric Slaughter villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
[elderly; led group of assassins; hired Bullseye to kill DD] Marvel 10
Mr. Sloan villain
  Mafia
[killed Jack Magniconte's brother Steve]
Marvel New Universe 1
Slug Slug villain
  [worked for Hairy Arms, until he learned Arms served Axis] Quality 1
Viktor Smerdilovisc Viktor Smerdilovisc villain
CBR Scale: R Serbian Orthodox (lapsed)
[war criminal; was in Serbian death squad Black Mariah] Marvel 2
Snaky Duvall (Duvall) villain
  Maggia
[branch manager for the Maggia]
Marvel 1
South Wind (Minamiyori) villain
CBR Scale: U Ninjutsu
Asian; Four Winds
[brother of Agent-X]
Marvel 1
Squirrel Squirrel (Johnny Amato) villain
  [target who Jackie Cogan is hired to kill] Alfred A. Knopf 2
Sticky Eddie (Eddie Gnucci) villain
  Gnucci Family; Mafia Marvel 1
Colin Sullivan Colin Sullivan villain
CBR Scale: S Catholic
Mafia
[infiltrates police on behalf of the mob]
Warner Brothers Plan B Entertainment, etc. 1
Jimmy Sweets villain
  Maggia Marvel 2
Tony villain
  [in Big Jake Gole's criminal gang] DC 1
Tony villain
  [attended funeral for one of the "Three Vinnies"] Marvel 1
Malachi Toomes villain
  [the Vulture's nephew] Marvel 2
Tracksuit Mafia Tracksuit Mafia villain group
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)4027] Marvel 8
Nick Trask villain
  [his men shot Jennifer Walters; led to her becoming She-Hulk] Marvel 5
Harley Traynor villain
  Maggia
[Biohazard's father]
Marvel 2
Mr. Tucker villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)029] DC 1
Uncle D (Dominik D. Noto) villain
  Mafia
[killed by Punisher]
Marvel 1
unnamed accomplice unnamed accomplice villain
  [with 2 other gangsters, tricked Impossible Man to do crimes] DePatie-Freleng Enterprises Marvel Productions, etc. 1
unnamed clean-shaven gangster unnamed clean-shaven gangster villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)] DC 1
unnamed gambler gangster villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[1st app: Superman (vol. 1) #2 (Fall 1939)] DC 1
unnamed gangster villain
CBR Scale: I believes in ghosts
[1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)8] DC 1
unnamed gangster unnamed gangster villain
  [with 2 other gangsters, tricked Impossible Man to do crimes] DePatie-Freleng Enterprises Marvel Productions, etc. 1
unnamed hood wearing sunglasses villain
  [attacked Jen Walters, leading to her becoming She-Hulk] Marvel 1
unnamed muscular hood villain
  [dressed as doctor, attacked Jen Walters in hospital] Marvel 1
unnamed mustachioed gangster unnamed mustachioed gangster villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
[1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)] DC 1
unnamed mustachioed hood villain
  black
[attacked Jen Walters, leading to her becoming She-Hulk]
Marvel 1
Don "Shorty" Vansante supporting character villain
  [1st app: Kingpin #2 (Sep. 2003)] Marvel 3
Mr. Varley villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)2438] Marvel 6
Rocky Vars villain
  Bridgeport University Charlton 1
Venom Venom (Angelo Fortunato) villain
  Mafia
[son of rich mobster/Mad killer bent on proving his worth]
Marvel 3
Vinnie Veronica villain
  Mafia
[led the Veronica Mob Family]
Marvel 1
Viceroy Viceroy (Miles Warbeck) villain
  Commission on Superhuman Activities; Redeemers (ally)... 
[father of Lifeguard and Slipstream]
Marvel 9
Vinnie villain
  Three Vinnies
[worked in Gnucci crime family, Digger's crime family]
Marvel 1
Vinnie villain
  Three Vinnies
[worked in Gnucci crime family, Digger's crime family]
Marvel 1
Vinnie villain
  Three Vinnies
[worked in Gnucci crime family, Digger's crime family]
Marvel 1
Vito villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)8152] Marvel 1
Weasel villain
  Crime Syndicate, Inc. (leader) DC 1
Weepin' Willie (Willie) villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)3852] Marvel 1
West Wind (Manishi) villain
CBR Scale: U Ninjutsu
Asian; Four Winds Marvel 1
Chan Wing Yan Chan Wing Yan supporting character
  Asian; The Triads
[undercover cop; infiltrates Triads]
Basic Pictures Media Asia Films 3
Wooley Wooley villain
  [worked for Hairy Arms, until he learned Arms served Axis] Quality 1
Zaniac (Thug Thatcher) villain
  [1st app: Journey Into Mystery (vol. 1) #89 (Feb. 1963)] Marvel 5
Zebra Daddy Zebra Daddy villain
  [1st app: Action Comics (vol. 1) #1 (June 1938)9909] Marvel 6

This character is in the following story which has been indexed by this website:
Police Comics #1 (Aug. 1941): "The Origin of Plastic Man"