T.B. Harrah (Earth-One)

Mole
Mainstream Universe‎, 1950s-1986
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Real Name	T.B. Harrah
Main Alias	Mole
Base Of Operations	Gotham City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Construction foreman
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	Earth-One
Creators	Edmond Hamilton · Dick Sprang
First Appearance	World's Finest #80 (January, 1956)
Last Appearance	Batman #340 (October, 1981)

The Mole was an enemy of Batman.

History

Mr. Harrah was the owner and president of the Harrah Construction Company. His company was in charge of building a new sewer system for Gotham City, but there were rumors about a criminal known as Mole working in that company. Harrah tried to deny such association, but it was later revealed that he was in fact The Mole and his company has been using public funds for his personal gain while building a "storm-sewer" near the Gotham Bank for easy robbery. Harrah was eventually captured by Batman and Superman and was locked in the Gotham City Jail.

Years later, Harrah escaped from prison after he was denied parole. Harrah dug a tunnel from his prison cell, but his escape route was in the way of a drainpipe of contaminated water. When he came in contact with that water, Harrah transformed into a large mole-like creature capable of creating tunnels. His criminal alias became more appropriate as the Mole tunneled around Gotham, killing the parole board members who denied him early release as he blamed them for his accident. Mole was eventually stopped by Batman during a confrontation in the Batcave, where Mole was dragged away by the water current and never seen again.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

When in his earlier crimes he was a ordinary human, he was turned into a human mole in his last appearance.

• Unique Physiology
  • Superhuman Strength
    • Digging
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Night Vision

Abilities

• Thievery
• Business Management: owner and president of the Harrah Construction Company.
• Architecture

Notes

• This version of Mole, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022–2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

Related

• 4 Appearances of T.B. Harrah (Earth-One)
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• Character Gallery: T.B. Harrah (Earth-One)

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