At one point, he invented a particle blaster that apparently killed Radioactive Man (albeit accidentally). For instance, in their first battle, Crab used an 'Atom Smasher Ray' that sapped Radioactive Man's strength. Instead, he uses weapons and scientific gadgets. Crab rarely engages in hand-to-hand combat with his adversary. Crab has the 'proportionate strength and cunning of a large crab.' Īware that Radioactive Man far outmatches him physically, Dr. His bases range from an abandoned factory to an asteroid in orbit around the earth (a parody of Asteroid M). Most often, he relies on his trusty crab-bots. Modus OperandiĬrab's schemes range from sedition to espionage to simple larceny, and he employs minions ranging from ordinary communist citizens to the Red Fez spy ring. Story editor Paul Dini (fictionally) redesigned Crab to closely resemble the Joker to Hallie's Harley Quinn. He had as his assistant/girlfriend Hallie Claw, a nagging villainess who would complicate his schemes. Crab also served as the main antagonist for Radioactive Man: The Animated Series, a 1990s cartoon based on Batman: The Animated Series. Its destruction brought Prawn back to his usual crab-like appearance. Crab and ultimately destroy the Airwave Silencer and Regresso Ray. It turned Radioactive Man back into Radio Man, leaving him still with more than enough power to defeat Dr. The ray did briefly change Crab back to his human form, but it backfired. Crab also developed an 'Airwave Silencer' that would dampen transmission of airwaves, disabling the 'capitalist media.' Together, Crab and the worm developed the 'Regresso Ray,' a ray designed to change people into past selves. Prawn conspired with Radioactive Worm to regain his former human appearance and destroy Radioactive Man. He gradually mutated even further, becoming Prawn, a creature with the same crab-like pincers but even more hideously grotesque in appearance. Crab's obsession with Radioactive Man deepened, and his nuclear research escalated accordingly. As Crab blames his adversary for his transformation, at the same time he acknowledges his role in creating Radioactive Man, as revealed in the landmark Radioactive Man #400. He blames this transformation on Radioactive Man, although because of it he developed an attraction to similarly-freakish villainess Larva Girl. The transformation became complete around the time of Radioactive Man #27 (although he has occasionally temporarily transformed back into his human form since then ).

He initially terrorized America in human form, but a combination of radioactive experimentation and his addiction to shrimp cocktail gradually transformed him into a humanoid crab. Krabokov later came to America intending to undermine its capitalist structure and make the country a satellite for the USSR. He took her brain and placed it in a robot, brainwashing her to make her the robotic supervilainess Pneumatica.

During the war, he also captured wartime aviatrix Camellia Kane. In World War II, the Nazis forced Krabokov to work for them, during which time he became an adversary of Radioactive Man's wartime predecessor, Radio Man. Various sources state that he came from Minsk ( Radioactive Man #18) or Moscow ( Radioactive Man #23), but he nevertheless appears to speak with a German accent.

Vladimir Krabokov was a Russian scientist and dedicated communist with a taste for shrimp cocktails.

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