- "Meet the daughter of the richest, most powerful Mafia don in Gotham City. Helena Bertinelli. Yep, that Bertinelli."
- ―Harley Quinn[src]
Franco Bertinelli was the father of Helena Bertinelli and the criminal head of the Bertinelli Crime Family.
Biography[]
Bertinelli Massacre[]
Franco Bertinelli ruled a vast criminal empire that possessed an valuable diamond, until Stefano Galante, the head of the Galante Crime Family, decided to take over to gain the diamond under the orders of Roman Sionis to further consolidate power for his criminal empire in Gotham City. Bertinelli fled with his wife and daughter to his mansion, but the Galantes was on their heels. The Galante eventually invaded the mansion where Mandragora killed Franco, his wife, and the rest of the Bertinelli Family, forever scarring the young girl.[1]
Legacy[]
Franco's death along with the rest of the Bertinelli Family would cause Helena to train hard to become an assassin and take out her family's killers, in which she was successful after she track down and killed all of her family killers and worked with new allies to take out Sionis, avenging Franco and the rest of the Bertinelli Family.[1]
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Behind the Scenes[]
- Franco Bertinelli in the DC Extended Universe is the second live-action incarnation of the character, following an incarnation portrayed by Jeffrey Nordling.
