The head of Gotham's Skeevers Crime Family, Edward Skeevers, along with his younger brother Jefferson were business associates of Carmine Falcone, responsible for the importing, exporting, and trafficking of stolen goods for "The Roman Empire".
Despite Carmine's death at the end of The Long Halloween, he continued to work with the Falcones, swearing loyalty to The Roman's daughter, Sophia Falcone Gigante.
However, his own operations were drastically weakened by Carmine's passing, as smaller gangs rose up against them. One such opponent was Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, aka The Penguin. During a firefight between Cobblepot and his gang, he was shot in the arm, barely escaping with his life thanks to the timely intervention of both Batman and Anthony Zucco; the former arrested Penguin and his associates, while the latter got him to safety.
Grateful to Zucco for his assistance, Edward formed a coalition with the up-and-coming gangster, acting as his right-hand man.
With the GCPD and Batman cracking down on their operations, Anthony proposed that they find other means to continue their operation, hijacking a legitimate business to serve as a front for their own operations. They settled for Haley's Circus, concluding that the size of the group would be ideal for covering their tracks, especially as the Circus was always in and out of Gotham without facing any legal issues.
After the owner refused, they took matters into their own hands, sabotaging the trapeze and killing their headline acts, The Flying Graysons. While Zucco felt safe and assured that they had sent a message to Haly, Eddie remained unconvinced suggesting that they also kill the Grayson's only surviving member, Dick to ensure that he could not reveal anything he may have accidentally witnessed to the G.C.P.D.
During the Columbus Day Massacre Eddie was attacked outside of The Tiger Room by Mr. Freeze. Although he tried to defend himself from his assailant, he was far too slow to shoot his assailant and was frozen on the spot.
Although he was survived by Jefferson, the Skeever Crime Family could not recover, collapsing with the rest of The Roman Empire.