NOTE: This thread is to serve as continuation of the previous Crimson Avenger Appreciation Thread, which can be found at https://community.cbr.com/showthread...r-Appreciation
from the previous version (originally created by Timothy Hunter):And, from a different version (later merged into the previous one):1) No negative comments about the honoree of this thread. It's an appreciation thread, not a non-appreciation one.
2) No negative discussion about any competitors of the honoree of this thread (i.e. Barry Allen in the Wally West thread). No ifs, ands, or buts. Find another non-appreciation thread to do that, just not here.
3) No negative comments about other versions of the character. For example, if you like the Post Crisis version of Bepo the Supermonkey , but hate the New Fifty Two version (or visa versa), just appreciate the earlier version and keep your comments about the latter to yourself.
He was DC's first masked "mystery man", making his initial appearance in Detective Comics #20 (October 1938), seven issues before "The Bat-Man" debuted in that title. (NOTE: Superman's first appearance pre-dated The Crimson Avenger by a few months, but Superman wasn't a masked hero.)
While the character eventually traded in his cloak/coat and hat outfit for a more spandex/superhero-looking costume, it was back in the mid-1980s that Roy Thomas put more focus back on his original attire.