Yes, Sofia is a DC Comic character who first appeared in the Long Halloween series of Batman, which ran from 1996 to 1997. The character was created by Jeff Loeb, who once confessed that Sofia’s inspiration was taken from 1972’s The Godfather’s Sonny Corleone.

While HBO’s The Penguin will naturally devote most of its attention to the rise to power of Colin Farrell’s titular character, also known as Oswald “Oz” Cobb, in the Gotham City underworld, it’s clear he will have plenty of competition from the Falcone crime family.