Matches Malone and his brother Carver were a pair of small-time criminals who had resorted to a life of crime after they were orphaned. Their specialty was insurance fraud and arson, but they never crossed the line into violence. Looking to expand their trade, the brothers made a move to Gotham City where they ran afoul of the Batman. Attracting the vigilante's attention when Carver was murdered, although Malone was the prime suspect, there was no concrete evidence to make the charges stick and Matches was released. Undeterred, the Batman watched Matches' every move until he apparently committed suicide by torching himself with gasoline. However, Batman, who had been attempting to establish a criminal alias for himself to help gather information, opted to not report the death and instead a