Sofia Falcone is currently stealing the show in HBO's The Penguin, but her comic book history goes back to the 1997 classic Batman: The Long Halloween.

In its second episode, The Penguin waddles toward the pulpy crime show it needs to be.

From the moment she first emerges a soft-focus haze over Oz Cobb’s shoulder in HBO’s The Penguin series premiere, Cristin Milioti’s Sofia Falcone is a riveting, terrifying, live-wire presence; her opaque eyes never missing a trick and aggressively advertising her widely presumed instability - sure,

The Penguin, a spin-off of Matt Reeves’ The Batman (2022), is as much a show about the titular character (played by Colin Farrell) as it is about Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti), the daughter of deceased mob boss Carmine Falcone.