Crimson Fox

In DC Comics continuity the Crimson Fox identity was first borne by identical twins Vivian and Constance D'Aramis, who shared the role while running a Parisian perfume company. The precise supernatural or scientific mechanism behind their abilities is not clearly explained in the sources; the comics suggested their powers may have resulted from genetic manipulation connected to experiments intended to enhance the potency and effects of certain perfumes. After plot developments including the death of Vivian, Constance conducted further self-experimentation that altered her senses and behavior. A later, third bearer of the Crimson Fox identity appears in Green Lantern vol. 4 #11 (2006), claiming to be an heiress to the D'Aramis fortune and pressed into service by the Global Guardians; her exact relationship to the original twins is unknown.

The original Crimson Fox costume was a specialized suit with a long hood that showed only the wearer's face; the twins also used metal talons on their gloves for fighting, climbing, and exploration. Readers distinguished the twin bearers chiefly by personality and Vivian's stronger French accent; later bearers are described as wearing a similarly equipped costume.

Reported abilities include superhuman speed and agility and the emission of pheromones that stimulated intense sexual attraction in men. Constance, after further self-experimentation following Vivian's death, developed enhanced animal-like senses—hearing, smell, and sight beyond normal human ranges—and became more animalistic in behavior as a side-effect. The third Crimson Fox appears to possess similar pheromone-based powers and uses a similar costume; fuller details of her powers are not provided in the cited sources. Combat equipment included metal talons built into the gloves.