Gotham: Who is Victor Zsasz?

In the episode, Zsasz is a suave if somewhat unbalanced character who is seen in promotional photos standing atop a desk in the Gotham City Police Department in a suit. 

In the comics, he’s…somewhat less debonair. 

Created by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle in 1992, Victor Zsasz — often called Mr. Zsasz — is a serial killer who prefers to use a blade, and then carves a tally mark on his body after each kill. As you can see by the image above, he’s…prolific.

Zsasz believes that live is pointless, and that he’s freeing his victims from a meaningless existence by killing them. He mostly preys on young women, but will kill anyone if it suits his purposes.

Zsasz has appeared in Batman: Assault on Arkham, Batman Begins and in a number of video games including the Arkham franchise.

Who will be in his sights this week? Well, Gordon seems a likely target…!