MOTH

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: NA 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Magically empowered human (supposedly) 

LEGAL STATUS: DECEASED 

OTHER ALIASES: Crimson Moth 

PLACE OF BIRTH: NA 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Ultimate Super Agents (USA) 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Mobile 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Mystery Men Comics #9 (April 1940) 

HEIGHT: 6' 0" 

WEIGHT: 189 lbs 

EYES: Black 

HAIR: Black 

 

HISTORY 

The first hero known as Crimson Moth was a true man of mystery. He used to act on Fox City and was a member of Ultimate Super Agents (USA), but other than that, little else is known about him.

When Jakob Karno, aka the ChessMaster, and his Chessmen kidnapped scientist Dr. Fung and his young assistant, american Dan Barrister, the old hero Crimson Moth came to the rescue. Unfortunately Crimson Moth was defeated by the Chessmen and killed. But thanks to the hero's sacrifice, Fung, Barrister and young heiress Irene Jonson managed to escape taking with them one of the Chessmen's combat suits. Fung modified the uniform for his assistant to wear, calling himself the Crimson Moth, after the man who had sacrificed his life for them. Barrister (with Fung's help) managed to defeat the Chessmen and turned Karno over to justice to finally pay for all of his crimes. Dan, as Crimson Moth, was part of The Crime Smashers Unlimited, where he met and formed an unbreakable friendship with his partner Rip Regan, aka the Power Jacket. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

The first Crimson Moth possessed authentic super-powers, such as increased strength, great resistance to physical damage, and the ability to fly. He never revealed the true origin of those powers. Crimson Moth II, for his part, wore a bulletproof battle-suit (a modified Chessmen one), which allowed him to fly and wielded a gas gun as weapon.