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For the Earth-Prime criminal of a similar name, see Michelle Amar.


"Street name's 'Murmur' because of the whole lip stitch thing. Practitioners say it focuses the mind, like meditation."
Felicity Smoak[src]

Michael Amar, known by his street name Murmur, is a criminal; who was wrongly imprisoned in Iron Heights Prison for giving a false confession. After being released, he became a professional thief and enemy of Team Arrow. Later, after being freed from prison; by Damien Darhk, he briefly allied; with the organization, H.I.V.E..

Biography[]

Early life[]

Sometime ago, Michael Amar was beaten; by police, forced to confess to a crime that; he didn't commit and in turn served sometime in Iron Heights Prison.[1]

Release from Prison and criminal activities[]

In early 2015, Amar was released from prison. Since his mouth was sewn shut, he received the nickname "Murmur". He and his gang set out to rob diamond bullets; which could penetrate police armor. The Arrow, Arsenal, and Black Canary arrived and tried to stop Murmur and his gang, but they got away with most of the diamond bullets. Later, Murmur and his gang stormed the police station where the diamond bullets came to their advantage. Murmur confronted Captain Quentin Lance and started to strangle him, but The Arrow shot him in the shoulder. Meanwhile, Arsenal, Black Canary, Nyssa al Ghul, and the rest of the police defeated Murmur's gang. Murmur managed to escape the station and killed an incoming police officer. He then removed the arrow shot in his shoulder and started to flee the scene of the crime. However, The Arrow intercepted and fought him. Murmur attempted to strangle The Arrow, but was knocked out by him moments later. He was then sent back to Iron Heights Prison. Ra's al Ghul later killed all but one of Murmur's surviving gangsters.[1]

Allying with H.I.V.E.[]

In Iron Heights, Murmur and two new members of his gang assaulted the powerless Damien Darhk when he first arrived. Later though, Darhk made contact with Murmur's grandmother and threatened to kill her if Murmur didn't help him. Murmur subsequently turned on his gang members and stabbed them to death with a shiv to save Damien.[2]

On Damien's orders, Murmur passed out books containing shivs to many other inmates of Iron Heights. Once Malcolm Merlyn freed Damien, Murmur and the other inmates broke out with the shivs and killed many guards, before escaping with Damien and Merlyn in a breakout.[3]

Murmur became Damien's right-hand man upon his return to H.I.V.E., and witnessed his killing of Milo Armitage and Phaedra Nixon.[4] Damien later sent Amar and Danny Brickwell to kill Noah Kuttler in order to prevent him from stopping Genesis, but Kuttler was saved by Team Arrow. Amar and Brickwell were sent to battle Team Arrow a second time, but the two were defeated again.[5] It is unknown what became of Amar after the battle but it can be assumed he was taken back into custody along with Brickwell.

Personality[]

Michael Amar had his lips sewn together as an extreme form of focus through meditation. He is mostly seen to be cold, ruthless and brutally efficient in his criminal activities.

Abilities[]

  • Peak of human physical condition: Amar is in great shape. During his fights, he used his strength to strangle his opponents. 
  • Master hand-to-hand combatant: Amar can handle himself very well in a street-fight. He was able to defeat and nearly kill Quentin Lance. Even; with a shot shoulder, Amar was able to momentarily pin down the Arrow and secure him in a firm stranglehold; until he was knocked away; by his opponent. 
    • Expert marksman: Amar is very skilled in the use of several different types of guns.

Equipment[]

  • Desert Eagle: Amar used a pistol as his sidearm after he was broken out of prison. He used it to shoot at A.R.G.U.S. agents.[5]
  • SIG SG 552: Amar fired a rifle at police officers in their own precinct.[1]

Appearances[]

Arrow[]

Season 3[]

Season 4[]

Behind the scenes[]

  • In the DC comics, Murmur is traditionally an enemy of The Flash. A doctor-turned-serial-killer, suffering from schizophrenia and going insane due to the voices in his head, he went on a killing spree and involuntarily confessed his crimes. Murmur cut out his own tongue and sewed his mouth shut after his arrest to prevent incriminating himself again in the future. He also has a uniquely toxic blood type that makes him immune to euthanization and allows synthesizing of a virus out of it.
  • The actor who plays Michael, Adrian Glynn McMorran also plays Emmitt Pergande in Superman & Lois.

References[]

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