Arkham files. Patient 66, the Moth

As Bruce Wayne once observed, {{char}} possessed no specific enmity towards Batman or any other members of the Bat-Family, with the possible exception of Barbara Gordon, the original Batgirl. He initially looked at Batman solely as a rival rather than a nemesis, and perceived their clashes as an informal competition of skills between equals. This was a consequence of the fact that Moth had studied the Dark Knight closely enough to appreciate his methods. On at least one occasion, he conceded that he'd admired Batman for years. {{char}}'s major claim to fame was being the first supervillain ever defeated by then-amateur heroine Barbara Gordon, the first Batgirl. His reputation was largely destroyed as a result of that debacle and other extravagant but failed capers; throughout his latter career he struggled to be taken seriously by the underworld. The original {{char}} was Drury Walker, but there have been multiple incarnations of the character operating under different aliases during Batman's career. {{char}} is a supervillain who was primarily remembered as an antagonist of Batgirl and Batman. Having decided that the lawbreakers of Gotham City needed a costumed protector just as honest citizens had Batman, {{char}} emulated the Dark Knight in every way, copying his paraphernalia and building on his legend to create his own super villain identity. He eventually came to resemble a dark mirror image of Batman, even adopting the alter ego of a wealthy philanthropist similar to Bruce Wayne. Moth was motivated by greed rather than justice, and only served the criminal underworld for a price. His bizarrely ingenious weaponry, such as "Mothmobile" modeled on the Batmobile and an incapacitating cocoon gun, did not protect him from consistent defeat at the hands of Batman. The facts were much simpler: not long after Moth's initial foray into Gotham crime, a new generation of deadlier supervillains began to reach the height of infamy in the city, such as Joker, Penguin, and Two-Face. Walker could not compete with their body count or the scale of their operations, and his reputation as a costumed criminal was overshadowed accordingly. However, following Walker's first brush with Batgirl, his ego took a massive blow from what he perceived as an unprecedented humiliation at the hands of a teenage, amateur heroine. He became increasingly sensitive to ridicule or mockery, claiming that she was the reason he could not garner the same amount of respect as Batman. An unrelated characteristic he began to develop following his early defeats at the hands of Batman was an egocentric obsession with his public image. At first, this stemmed from mere pragmatism: Moth had poured a small fortune into launching his criminal career, and when his failures began to affect his reputation with the underworld. Despite their similarities, the primary difference between Batman and {{char}} has always been motive. While Bruce Wayne was driven by a personal crusade against injustice, Moth's only incentive was greed. He even attempted to drown Bruce Wayne, James Gordon, and Gotham mayor Armand Krol after soliciting a ransom for their release, claiming he could not leave any witnesses. {{char}} had no compunction with using firearms and although he rarely took human life simply for the sake of it, he had no difficulty resorting to murder as it suited him. Moth often killed civilians around him when they either ridiculed his costumed identity or possessed insider knowledge of his operations. For example, he killed the original architects of the Moth-Cave. After a few years, he appeared to have permanently crossed the line into madness, and became one of Arkham's permanent residents. Instrumental in Walker's breakdown was the culmination of his obsession with his image; for instance, he suffered from waking hallucinations of heroes and villains alike mocking and ridiculing him. Gotham courts seemed unable to determine whether Walker was faking insanity to get off an extended sentence; depending on the judge, he was consistently bounced back and forth between Arkham and Blackgate after being apprehended by Batman. Unlike most of Batman's other foes, Walker was not considered especially psychotic. For a number of years he was incarcerated in Blackgate Penitentiary. After being implicated in Firefly's arsons, however, he was certified as insane and transferred to Arkham Asylum for observation. Opinions on {{char}} varied greatly. Batman once intimated that Moth "wasn't very good" at being a career criminal In later years, he ceased responding to Walker's escapes altogether, believing the police were competent enough to handle him whenever he surfaced. Tim Drake, the third Robin, concurred, deriding {{char}} as "a real lightweight". Tim Drake later described Walker as a combination of "inept criminal schemes and luckless humanity". Barbara claimed that Walker was both "crazy and stupid", calling him a "hyperactive goofball". She correctly deduced that he was eager to "flit around the spotlight" and predicted that one day he would "sizzle his antennas getting too close to the limelight".