He again adopts the false identity of Cameron van Cleer and the persona of Killer Moth to fight Batman. In the 1990s, in the Post- Crisis continuity, Killer Moth's real identity is revealed as Drury Walker, an unsuccessful criminal whom no one takes seriously. He teams up with the Cavalier twice: the first time in Batman Family #10 (March-April 1977), where they battle Batgirl and Batwoman (Kathy Kane, who comes out of retirement for the first time in years) and the second (and final) time in Batman Family #15 (December 1977-January 1978), where they battle Batgirl and Robin. He remains a persistent enemy through the Silver Age of Comic Books, being the first villain Batgirl encounters in Detective Comics #359 (January 1967).
However, he is shot by other criminals and the resultant cranial injury causes amnesia. In his third appearance ( Detective Comics #173 (July 1951)) Killer Moth kidnaps Bruce Wayne and learns his secret identity. The duo escape and lead Killer Moth to a climactic battle on Gotham Bridge, in which he is defeated. In his first job, he rescues some criminals from the police and then uses his Mothmobile to defeat and capture Batman and Robin. Meanwhile, he promotes himself to Gotham's criminals using his identity as Killer Moth, giving them each an infrared Moth-Signal. In this guise, he becomes friends with Bruce Wayne. Killer Moth also establishes a false identity as millionaire philanthropist Cameron van Cleer. Upon his release, he uses the hidden proceeds of his crimes to build a "Mothcave", modeled on the photos of the Batcave in the newspaper article he read. While in prison, he reads a newspaper article about Batman and decides to set himself up as the "anti-Batman", hiring himself out to Gotham City's criminals to help them elude capture by police. The original Killer Moth was a prisoner identified only by his prison number, 234026.
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