Originally Posted by
Dzetoun
Well, that's a good point, and speaks to the kind of plot holes that inevitably arise when major story elements get retroactively inserted into a long-standing portion of some fictional universe. Actually, this specific hole doesn't bother me very much. Remember, the Court isn't a corporation. It isn't even a business along the lines of a crime syndicate or Mafia family. It's a group of aristocrats who embody all the worst tendencies of their class. They don't particularly care what the peasants do to each other and don't feel much obligation toward their petitioners. If Haly has problems, too bad for him, it's beneath their concern and up to him to produce another Talon on time. Whereas Zucco would have been in severe trouble if he interfered with a business operation of Falcone or Maroni or Penguin, to the Court he's just an overweight spider feeding on cockroaches, and they will have the footman deal with him if he scuttles onto the tablecloth.
Actually, I think the much bigger plot hole has to do with Zero Year. The Riddler represented a direct threat to them in a way that someone like Zucco never could. Yet, they seemed content to let him bring Gotham to the brink of literal destruction.