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The Crimson Avenger has the distinction of being DC Comic’s first masked super-hero. "He was the first of our kind." -Martian Manhunter. The Crimson Avenger follows in the footsteps of the Green Hornet. Both are newspaper publishers and have menservants that are Asian in origin. In late October of 1938 Lee Travis was a young publisher for the Globe-Leader, a newspaper that reported progressive causes. Travis had always been a hard worker, forward thinker and humanitarian, but had become quite comfortable with his place among the social elite. That would change on the day he was interviewed by Claudia Barker from Downtowner Magazine. Travis told her about his past and how his godfather, Winston W. Smythe weathered the Great Depression quite well and paid for his journalism schooling. His godfather thought highly of him until he joined the Abraham Lincoln brigade during the Spanish Civil War of 1936. Travis lasted 3 days before being wounded and sent back to the States. It wasn’t long after that his godfather passed away and left Travis sole proprietorship in the Globe-Leader. Travis concluded by revealing to Miss Barker that he was attending a benefit ball for the Chinese war relief at the Vangilder Estate the night before Halloween. Miss Barker would be attending as well and reminded Travis that it was a costume party. Thinking he had not yet ordered a costume he contacted his secretary, Miss Stevens, and discovered she had ordered it days ago. His manservant and chauffeur, Wing How, voiced his frustration with wealthy Americans not taking a more active role in world events than just holding charity balls. Having donned a “Highway Robber” costume Travis attends the gala the same night as the Orson Welles radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds. During that evening a group of criminals dressed in alien-like costumes took advantage of the hysteria caused by the radio broadcast. They robbed the Vangilder gala of funds raised for Chinese war victims. Amidst the hold up Claudia Barker was shot while one of the criminals attempted to steal her prized gold lighter. Angry over Barker’s foolish action, Travis almost missed her dying last words …”Qui Vindicet Ibit”. An enraged Travis went after the fleeing criminals with How driving him in his godfather’s bulletproof limo. They ran the crooks off the road and into a ditch. Travis and How subdued the criminals except one that was shot by a local farmer still caught up by the radio hysterics. Travis recovered Barker’s gold lighter and connected its engraved inscription with her dying words. It was Latin for “The Avenger will come”. Taking the meaning as cue, Travis and How drove away from the scene before cops arrived. Travis was content to let the credit of the capture go to a mysterious “Crimson Avenger”, thus providing him with a greater purpose in life. Travis called himself The Crimson at first, but quickly adopted the name Crimson Avenger. As a publisher Travis thought it would further the mystique of his alter ego by painting him as a criminal and offering an award for the masked vigilante in his newspaper. As costume men grew more common Travis adopted a yellow and red cowl unitard with a stylized symbol of a bullet hole (for years believed to be a sun symbol) on his chest. Wing adopted a similar costume a while after with yellow, instead of red, being the dominate color. Well, as always, ENJOY

Crimson Avenger is (c) of DC Comics.

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The Crimson Avenger has the distinction of being DC Comic’s first masked super-hero. "He was the first of our kind." -Martian Manhunter. The Crimson Avenger follows in the footsteps of the Green Hornet. Both are newspaper publishers and have menservants that are Asian in origin. In late October of 1938 Lee Travis was a young publisher for the Globe-Leader, a newspaper that reported progressive causes. Travis had always been a hard worker, forward thinker and humanitarian, but had become quite comfortable with his place among the social elite. That would change on the day he was interviewed by Claudia Barker from Downtowner Magazine. Travis told her about his past and how his godfather, Winston W. Smythe weathered the Great Depression quite well and paid for his journalism schooling. His godfather thought highly of him until he joined the Abraham Lincoln brigade during the Spanish Civil War of 1936. Travis lasted 3 days before being wounded and sent back to the States. It wasn’t long after that his godfather passed away and left Travis sole proprietorship in the Globe-Leader. Travis concluded by revealing to Miss Barker that he was attending a benefit ball for the Chinese war relief at the Vangilder Estate the night before Halloween. Miss Barker would be attending as well and reminded Travis that it was a costume party. Thinking he had not yet ordered a costume he contacted his secretary, Miss Stevens, and discovered she had ordered it days ago. His manservant and chauffeur, Wing How, voiced his frustration with wealthy Americans not taking a more active role in world events than just holding charity balls. Having donned a “Highway Robber” costume Travis attends the gala the same night as the Orson Welles radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds. During that evening a group of criminals dressed in alien-like costumes took advantage of the hysteria caused by the radio broadcast. They robbed the Vangilder gala of funds raised for Chinese war victims. Amidst the hold up Claudia Barker was shot while one of the criminals attempted to steal her prized gold lighter. Angry over Barker’s foolish action, Travis almost missed her dying last words …”Qui Vindicet Ibit”. An enraged Travis went after the fleeing criminals with How driving him in his godfather’s bulletproof limo. They ran the crooks off the road and into a ditch. Travis and How subdued the criminals except one that was shot by a local farmer still caught up by the radio hysterics. Travis recovered Barker’s gold lighter and connected its engraved inscription with her dying words. It was Latin for “The Avenger will come”. Taking the meaning as cue, Travis and How drove away from the scene before cops arrived. Travis was content to let the credit of the capture go to a mysterious “Crimson Avenger”, thus providing him with a greater purpose in life. Travis called himself The Crimson at first, but quickly adopted the name Crimson Avenger. As a publisher Travis thought it would further the mystique of his alter ego by painting him as a criminal and offering an award for the masked vigilante in his newspaper. As costume men grew more common Travis adopted a yellow and red cowl unitard with a stylized symbol of a bullet hole (for years believed to be a sun symbol) on his chest. Wing adopted a similar costume a while after with yellow, instead of red, being the dominate color. Well, as always, ENJOY

Crimson Avenger is (c) of DC Comics.