Killer Moth / pre-Crisis
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Killer Moth (a. k. a. Cleer Van Cameron), is a DC Comics supervillain, enemy of Batman and Robin, characterized by dressing in a spandex costume that emulates a moth and saving criminals from the police, created by Bill Finger and Lew Schwartz in Batman #66 (February 1951), during the late golden age of comics but developed during the silver age of comics, being in consecuense, part of the continuities known as Earth-1 and Earth-2.
The original pre-Crisis version of the character, which is virtually the same in both continuities, is a threat to the point that he actually learned Batman's true identity and was part of the Secret Society of Super Villains. However, in the post-Crisis continuity, the character is reintroduced as a "loser" among the Gotham City costumed villains.
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[edit] Appearances
[edit] Earth-2 (golden age)
| Title | Issue | Story title | Date | Writer | Artist | Comment |
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| Batman | 66 | The Origin of Killer Moth | February 1951 | Bill Finger | Lew Schwartz | 1st. appearance. Identical cases appear for both GA and SA Batmen. |
| Detective Comics | 173 | July 1951 | Vs. Batman and Robin |
[edit] Earth-1 (silver age)
| Title | Issue | Story title | Date | Writer | Artist | Comment |
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| Justice League of America (title) | 35 | May 1965 | The Real Killer Moth only appeared behind the scenes. | |||
| Detective Comics | 359 | The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl | January 1967 | Vs. Batman, Robin and Batgirl. | ||
| Batman | 200 | The Man Who Radiated Fear | March 1968 | With the Joker and the Penguin as colaborators of a plan of the Scarecrow (Earth-1) Vs. Batman. | ||
| Batman Family | 10 | Those Were the Bad Old Days | Mar / Apr 1977 | Bob Rozakis | Bob Brown | With the Cavalier (Earth-1 Vs. Batgirl and Batwoman |
| Batman Family | 15 | Find the Batcave and Rule the Underworld | Dec / Jan 1977 | Bob Rozakis | Lee Elias | Vs. Batgirl and Robin |
| Secret Society of Super-Villains (title) | 16 17 | Vs. the Freedom Fighters (not published until Comics Cavalcade #2 | ||||
| Detective Comics | 526 | With many villains Vs. Batman. |
[edit] Other versions
| Earth/continuity | Creators | First appearance | Appearances | Main article |
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| New Earth | Killer Moth | |||
| Earth-2 and Earth-1 | Killer Moth / pre-Crisis |
[edit] Sources
- The Killer Moth appreciation and conservation society Source of all the Killer Moth pictures used early in this article as well as several fact of his fictional biography.
