One of the most stressful parts about being a superhero is keeping your civilian identity a secret. For guys like Batman and The Flash it might easy with their cowls, but guys like Superman and Green Lantern leave little-and almost nothing-to the imagination. That's why today's Z-Lister is a cut above the rest. Today we talk about the twins who trade-off the moniker of The Crimson Fox.
Created by Keith Griffen and Bart Sears in 1989's "Justice League Europe #6", The Crimson Fox was a superhero persona used by a pair of French twin sisters named Vivian and Constance D'Aramis. The twins were born with enhanced speed and strength, but most importantly a control of pheromones. Using their knowledge and mastery of pheromones they opened a perfume company and used the finances to cover their superhero expenses. However, in order to keep themselves and The Crimson Fox away from speculators they agreed to fake Constance's death. Now while one of the sisters fought crime, the other would run the company. While nobody could tell the twins apart, readers could identify them by Vivian's most pronounced French accent. The Crimson Fox was enlisted onto the short-lived Justice League Europe and both fell in love with the hero Metamorpho, creating tension. It is assumed that Metamorpho-who's power is that he can transform/create any element on the periodic table-had a chemical compound that made him invulnerable to either sister's pheromone powers, thus creating actual attraction rather than manipulation.
During a fight with the villain Puanteur, Vivian was killed. With her sister murdered Constance regressed into a more feral state and developed enhanced senses. Sadly Constance would meet her fate at the hands of The Mist in an issue of "Starman". After the two sisters were murdered, Hal Jordan/The Green Lantern met a new Crimson Fox a few years later who had the exact same powers as the sisters. While her connection to the sisters is never revealed, this woman claims to be the heir to The D'Aramis Fortune.
The Crimson Fox is the beginning of an interesting concept. Twins who trade off being a superhero. That's not something you see a lot of. Usually, twins in comic books have powers that relate to each other so they can't be separated, but in this case it seems like the 1-in-a-million instance of twins having the same powers, but with no dependence. Either of them could have been The Crimson Fox. It's too bad this idea hasn't been reused because for as simple as The Crimson Fox is, she at least brought something to the table that made her stand out from the typical seduction super-woman. Maybe we'll see the likes of her again. Hopefully in a show that doesn't suck.
Thanks for reading.
During a fight with the villain Puanteur, Vivian was killed. With her sister murdered Constance regressed into a more feral state and developed enhanced senses. Sadly Constance would meet her fate at the hands of The Mist in an issue of "Starman". After the two sisters were murdered, Hal Jordan/The Green Lantern met a new Crimson Fox a few years later who had the exact same powers as the sisters. While her connection to the sisters is never revealed, this woman claims to be the heir to The D'Aramis Fortune.
The Crimson Fox is the beginning of an interesting concept. Twins who trade off being a superhero. That's not something you see a lot of. Usually, twins in comic books have powers that relate to each other so they can't be separated, but in this case it seems like the 1-in-a-million instance of twins having the same powers, but with no dependence. Either of them could have been The Crimson Fox. It's too bad this idea hasn't been reused because for as simple as The Crimson Fox is, she at least brought something to the table that made her stand out from the typical seduction super-woman. Maybe we'll see the likes of her again. Hopefully in a show that doesn't suck.
Thanks for reading.
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