First Appearance:
Batman Adventures #5
Adventures Changes: First Appearance
Bio: Matches Malone was a mid-level enforcer for Rupert
Thorne's mob, and he had a deal with Batman. Once a week, he
would keep him informed of Thorne's criminal activities and that
kept Malone out of jail. The arrangement was condoned by
Commissioner Gordon, as long as Malone kept talking. But Malone
began to skim money from Thorne's scores--and one week, on the
way to his meeting with Batman, Malone got shot by two hit men.
Batman found Malone two hours later, right before he died.
Batman removed Malone's sunglasses and, for the first time, saw
the haunting resemblance between him and Malone. Malone's last
words were "The Imperial Room," a classy restaurant. Going in
these clues, Batman assumed the persona of Matches Malone and
went into the Imperial Room and waited until someone acted like
they had seen a ghost. Once they had rushed out, they were
easily taken down and thrown into police custody.
Bruce Wayne / Matches Malone: Assuming Match's identity
for his own underground uses, Bruce Wayne used the Malone name
when attempting to join the False Face Society. Once he got in,
he was able to learn of Black Mask's moves before they were
made. Black Mask trusted Malone till the very end, until Batman
appeared and took down Black Mask.
While under the persona of Malone, Bruce
met a woman named Charlotte Reade whom he had pulled from a
burning Firefly torched after it's owner failed to pay Black Mask.
Though they went on a few "dates," once Reade found out that
Malone was working for Black Mask, she couldn't be with him
anymore.
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