Name: Bug-Eyed Bandit
Universe: Earth-1
Alter Ego: Bertram Larvan
Occupation: Entomologist, Amateur Inventor, now Professional Criminal
Marital Status: Single
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Ivy Town
Known Relatives: None
Height: 6 ft. 1 in.
Weight: 187 lbs.
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
First Appearance: Atom #26

History:
An amateur inventor, Bertram Larvan designed a mechanical insect that could help to control the insect, bird, and animal life that prey on man. Larvan was convinced this would make him his fortune. Unfortunately, without financial backing, Larvan could not build a working model of his robot insect, and without a working model of his robot insect, no one would give him financial backing.

Rejected repeatedly, and growing more and more bitter against society as time passed, Larvan at last decided to break this vicious cycle by stealing the money he needed for his invention.

Larvan used the robot insect he built with money from his first robbery to steal more money, until he had built himself a veritable army of robot insects, beginning a crime wave which at last brought him to the attention of Ray Palmer, the Atom.

In his guise as the Bug-Eyed Bandit, Larvan accidentally discovered the Atom's secret identity, and used this information in repeated attempts to destroy the Mighty Mite. These attempts all failed and Larvan, now a victim of amnesia, is currently serving a long term in prison.

Powers:
An average hand-to-hand combatant, Larvan has a superior knowledge of entomology and microelectronics, enabling him to build an army of mechanical insects that replicate the powers and abilities of the real insects they emulate. Thus, Larvan's mechanical Stag Beetle is able to bite through solid steel, while his spider can weave a web capable of supporting the weight of a full-grown man.

Larvan also developed a memory-destroying gas, to which he ultimately fell victim.