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Publisher: DC ComicsFirst appearance: (van Cleer) Batman #63 (February 1951) (Walker) (as Charaxes) Underworld Unleashed #1 (November 1995)
Created by: (van Cleer) Bill Finger, Lew Schwartz
Alter ego: Drury Walker
Abilities: Flight via suit, incapacitating cocoon gun, razor-sonar waves. (Walker)
(as Charaxes) Proportionate abilities of a moth, flight, sharp claws, sticky cocoon mucus
Drury Walker
In the 1990s, in the Post-Crisis continuity, Killer Moth's real identity is revealed as Drury Walker, an unsuccessful criminal who no one takes seriously. He again adopts the false identity of Cameron van Cleer and the persona of Killer Moth to fight Batman. This version first appears in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #7 (December 1992), with a more detailed origin appearing in Batgirl: Year One.
In Shadow of the Bat, Killer Moth sets up a team called "the Misfits", comprising second-string Batman villains such as Catman and Calendar Man, to make another kidnap attempt on Bruce Wayne, as well as other prominent citizens. This team proves unsuccessful, turning against Moth when they realize he plans to kill the hostages.
He is one of the villains who sells their souls to the demon Neron in Underworld Unleashed, where he asks to become feared. He is metamorphosed into a moth-like like monster called Charaxes. As Charaxes, Walker resembles a vaguely humanoid, giant brown moth. He consumes humans and spins cocoons in which to keep his prey.
In a later story, Charaxes begins laying hundreds of eggs, all of which hatch into duplicates of Drury Walker. Charaxes despises his progeny, but is unable to destroy them. Following his capture, these duplicates are taken into government custody. During an argument between various bodies as to what should be done with them, they attack a scientist and are killed.
At around the same time, Oracle is confronted by a criminal named Danko Twag who claims to be the "real" Killer Moth (the one she had defeated), and that Drury Walker had been an imposter. During a rant in which he claims they are going to be a team, she captures him in an energy cell and he seemingly disintegrates himself.
In Infinite Crisis, Charaxes is ripped in half by Superboy-Prime during the Battle of Metropolis, and killed.
In order to ensure the existence of Batman, Rip Hunter tells Booster Gold and Skeets have to make sure Wiley Dalbert, a time-traveling criminal who hired Killer Moth, completed his crime successfully. Booster does this by dressing up as Killer Moth and taking his place. During the robbery he winds up in a fight with Batman and Robin and takes them both down. A side-effect is when they return to the present that Gotham still has no Batman and Killer Moth is now a serious threat, thanks to the "street cred" from the robber. Booster, Skeets and his sister Goldstar attempt to fix the anomaly they created by taking Batman's place in the robbery but things go wrong when Alfred intervenes; The Time Masters barely escape in the Batmobile. Instead they steal Batgirl's costume and purchase an Elvis costume for Booster. Booster stop the version of him dressed as Killer Moth and makes sure that Wiley gets away with the loot; restoring the timeline.
During the Adventure Comics series' Blackest Night tie-in story, Charaxes is reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps. Superboy-Prime destroyed Charaxes on Earth Prime, using the black ring cycling through the power set of the resulting in a burst of colored energy that destroys Black Lanterns.
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"I hear your words, but I must say I do not see any basis behind them. You, the greatest villain Gotham has ever seen? I think you may wish to either prove your point, or retract false words." Ragady spoke calmly from the darkness, from the rafters above. She smiled down at the form of killer moth, dropping her razor wire about behind her as she walked, so she would have more to work with should it be needed. She was not really there to kill, just to have something to do. After all, she did not know this other villain, and a pecking order was a very important thing in their world. As with anyone new, it was important to establish where each of them sat.
Make sure he takes his medicines every day.
Batman then walked to the Batmobile, speeding back to the Batcave.
Here, take these, they should make you feel better.
Batman approached Killer Moth slowly once again.
It's time for you to go back to Arkham.
You just don't get it, do you?