Able Crown is a fictional character

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, a crime boss in publications from DC Comics

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. The character first appeared in Detective Comics

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#744 (May 2000)

Fictional character biography

Able Crown is a crime boss

Crime boss

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 from Gotham City

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. He heads up the many street gangs which form the Burnley Town Massive. He also owns an orphanage, the Able Crown Youth Center, which is destroyed by Kyle Abbot

Kyle Abbot

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 in an attempt to kill Batman

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. However, he believes it was destroyed by the Colombians. With this false information he is controlled for a short time by evil Ra's`al Ghul's

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 and his agent Whisper A'Daire

Whisper A'Daire

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. Able discovers Whisper has the ability to shapeshift; he then blows the operation's cover to the police.

Death

As detailed in Batman: The 12 Cent Adventure #1 Able Crown and other crime bosses are fooled by a hastily, badly implemented plan that Spoiler

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 discovers in Batman's files. The meeting, which is supposed to result in Able and the others falling under the control of Matches Malone, a Batman cover identity, goes badly due to Batman not actually being involved. High tensions result. Able goes for a cigarette and is assumed to be reaching for a weapon. A firefight breaks out, leaving Able and many other crime bosses dead.