THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Wasn't Joe Colombo a nephew of the Musacchios? He probably didn't need any outside help getting in. Many members were made after their fathers/brothers were killed, so I doubt that would have been a strike against him given it had happened many years earlier. He seems to have been a major up-and-comer even before being inducted.

At the time Joe Colombo was made, Carlo Gambino was either still a captain or had been recently promoted to consigliere, so he was definitely influential in Brooklyn at the time, but I don't think there's anything out there to suggest he was a factor in Colombo becoming made, though he was a factor in Colombo becoming boss.

It´s an interesting thought. They were obviously close. It was Colombo, or someone close to him, who "ratted" Magliocco out. I have not seen anything on Gambino pushing for Colombo to become made though. But our sources pre 1960 are limited in this matter.

I'm not aware of any connection between Gambino and Colombo before Joe Magliocco was boss. Anthony Colombo was killed while Joe Profaci was the capo of that borgata and an unknown number of years later his son, Joe Colombo, was made a member while Profaci was still the boss. Quindi non credo Gambino aiutato Colombo.

The guys you come across information that Carlo Gambino helped to become Joe Colombo mademan.I have heard that there is a rule that when a mobster killed, his son can not be mademan .What would not be revenge.After Tony Colombo killed for his novel and his wife made man.
Carlo Gambino helped Joe Colombo mademan ?
Sorry for my English.