Killer Moth Week, 2: Who He Is and How He Came To Be

Prisoner 234026 had a hobby: Batman.

Yes, he kept pictures of Batman and Batman stuff under his mattress.  Prison's a lonely place, folks.

Wait; damn you, 234026, you tricked me into saying "Batman Stuff".

"Lore"? Okay, then; all that stuff under my mattress? It's Adrien Brody 'lore', baby.

But it was no idle interest! It was a part of plan to become: THE ANTI-BATMAN.  

"fantastic" = "bone stupid"

Fortunately he had some loot left over.  Enough that he could:

• buy a fully furnished mansion

First-time homeowners; always hold out for a realtor with a Homburg and white gloves.

• hang out with Bruce Wayne and get on the museum board

"Gradually, a wall of metaphor is built which keeps the shadow of bone stupidity from darkening the absurd plan of Convict 234026..."

• and hire people to excavate a giant cave under his recently purchased fully furnished mansion.

So, how do you find people to build you a cave?  I mean, before Yelp?

Lawns of velvet are not cheap. That's... a lot of loot.  Like, enough to retire on.  Or to have hired lawyers to get you out of prisoner earlier.  Shouldn't you save some of that money...?

That does save money, doesn't it?  I always forget that paying for things in lead is an option in Gotham City. 

Convict 234026,  I mean, "Cameron Van Cleer" isn't just a crook.... he's a KILLER.  So to become a guardian of crime, and 'anti-Batman', he picks what is obviously the appropriate symbol/totem: an OWL!  He becomes OWLMAN, because OWLS are KILLERS.  KILLERS of BATS.  Because he's going to KILL Batman's ass and that of anyone else who gets in his way or expects standard, fungible, non-lead payment for excavation work.  Behold, the original anti-Batman, the sentinel of crime, the terrifying OWLMAN:

Yes, wearing that outfit definitely counts as "a horrible reality".

Wait, what?  That... that doesn't look like an owl costume.  Not even, like, a really gay owl costume.  And I know, because I've seen those.

HA! 

I fooled you!  You thought I was going to become something cool and terrifying!

I...I... A moth?  Like, the thing bats eat?  Okay, yeah, a 'killer moth', but still?  Because moths are such fearsome killers of....wait, what do moths prey on?  *Googles* .  Nectar?  Sap?  Decaying fruit?  

Yes, I guess decaying fruit is what guys in really gay owl costumes would prey on.  And anyone who falls for this "Killer Moth" routine is definitely a sap.

Some moths don't even EAT. They just become moths, then die. Way to tempt fate, there, "Cameron".

Okay, so you are "Killer Moth".  With, um, a Moth Cave.  Couldn't just call it "The Cocoon", could you?  Are you sure you aren't a Green Arrow villain...?

Dude, you just invented a car with Spider-sense; retire NOW.  And take off those shoes.

Yes, those must have been "amazing weeks", indeed.  Did KM wear that outfit the whole time he was building the Mothmobile?  Or did he just hire some guys to build it and then pay them in lead?

Killer Moth's empty Trophy Room is probably the most pathetic panel in any comic book, ever, even including the time Enemy Ace's puppy fell out of the plane.

 Ladies and gentlemen, the Inventor of the Gun Condom.

At least he's got some real Batman-chops there, with his 'crime lab'.  But, really, once you're invented the gun condom, don't you think you'd be content to get rich on that? I mean. richER; you already live in a mansion with velvet lawns.  

Well, Cameron's nice to sacrifice his time (and fortune) to give the criminal community a service by dressing like a pretty pretty moth to protect them the police.  I'm sure they will be very appreciative of his help tomorrow...