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The Red Bee is the name of two superheroes in the DC Universe, the first of which was originally owned by Quality Comics.

Richard Raleigh

The Red Bee

Real Name	Richard "Rick" Raleigh
First Appearance	Hit Comics #1 (July, 1940)
Creators	Toni Blum, Charles Nicholas
Team Affliations	All-Star Squadron
Aliases	Red Bee
Base of Operations	Superior City, Oregon
Powers	None
Skills and Abilities	Fighting Experience, Trained Bee
Tools and Weapons	Stinger Gun, Alto-Gainer

Richard Raleigh was the first Red Bee, a superhero of the Golden Age.

Origin

An assistant to the District Attorney, Richard Raleigh became tired of seeing criminals get off on technicalities and decided to use his skills as an apiarist and fighting abilities to fight crime as the Red Bee.

Biography

Quality Comics

Note that the character was originally owned by Quality Comics before being owned by DC Comics. It is assumed that the character's pasts are identical in the early stories told by both companies, but there might be minor differences.

The youth of Richard Raleigh remains largely unknown. At some point, he became the assistant to District Attorney of Superior City Tom Darrow. Tired of criminals evading punishment due to technicalities and the slow tediousness of the justice system, Richard became masked crime fighter Red Bee. His fighting prowess made him capable enough to take on various foes. By his side fought Michael, a trained bee who was kept safely in a compartment on Rick's belt. Unlike normal bees, Michael is able to sting without dying, allowing him to annoy and inflict pain upon the enemies of the Red Bee repeatedly. As the Red Bee, Richard still worked under the District Attorney. The District Attorney unintentionally aided Richard, giving him the fresh scoop on the latest crimes and the perpetrators involved. The Red Bee would battle villains such as "Boss" Storm, Dr. Mara, Kalak and Rugi (a pair of swordsmen), and various Nazi villains. The Red Bee created and made use of a device he called the "Alto-Gainer", which allowed Richard to propel himself into the air and scale buildings with ease.

DC Comics

It is implied that though the Red Bee and other Quality Comics characters were folded into the DC conintuity, the previous comics are still considered canon to the DC Universe. It was explained the Richard was killed by Nazis while trying to save other Golden Age heroes. According to Plastic Man, Richard was an old drinking buddy of his. Since his death, his ghost was one of several that appeared before Jack Knight, the superhero known as Starman.

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-The '''Red Bee''' is the name of two superheroes in the DC universe.
+The '''Red Bee''' is the name of two superheroes in the [[DC Universe]], the first of which was originally owned by [[Quality Comics]].
-==Richard Releigh==
+==Richard Raleigh==
 {{Infobox
 |Box title = The Red Bee
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 |Image size = 250
 |Row 1 title = Real Name
-|Row 1 info = Richard Raleigh
+|Row 1 info = Richard "Rick" Raleigh
 |Row 2 title = First Appearance
 |Row 2 info = Hit Comics #1 (July, 1940)
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 |Row 4 info = All-Star Squadron
 |Row 5 title = Aliases
-|Row 5 info = None
+|Row 5 info = Red Bee
 |Row 6 title = Base of Operations
 |Row 6 info = Superior City, Oregon
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 |Row 7 info = None
 |Row 8 title = Skills and Abilities
-|Row 8 info = Fighting Experience, Experienced Bee Trainer
+|Row 8 info = Fighting Experience, Trained Bee
 |Row 9 title = Tools and Weapons
-|Row 9 info = Stinger Gun}}
+|Row 9 info = Stinger Gun, Alto-Gainer}}'''Richard Raleigh''' was the first Red Bee, a superhero of the [[Golden Age]].
-'''Richard Releigh''' was the first Red Bee, a superhero of the Golden Age.
 ===Origin===
-An assistant to the District Attorney, Richard Releigh became tired of seeing criminals get off on technicalities and decided to use his skills as an apiarist and fighting abilities to fight crime as the Red Bee.
+An assistant to the District Attorney, Richard Raleigh became tired of seeing criminals get off on technicalities and decided to use his skills as an apiarist and fighting abilities to fight crime as the Red Bee.
 ===Biography===
 ====Quality Comics====
 *''Note that the character was originally owned by Quality Comics before being owned by DC Comics. It is assumed that the character's pasts are identical in the early stories told by both companies, but there might be minor differences.''
-The youth of Richard Releigh remains largely unknown. At some point he became the assistant to the District Attorney of Superior City, Tom Darrow. Tiring of criminals getting away with crimes due to technicalities and the slowness of the justice system, Richard decided to become a masked crime fighter. He used his fighting prowess, as well as a much more unusual aid: a trained bee he kept in a compartment on his belt that he named Michael. Unlike normal bees, Michael is able to produce multieple stings without dying, allowing him to frustrated the enemies of the Red Bee. He would go on to battle the villains such as "Boss" Storm, Dr. Mara, Kalak, and Rugi (a pair of swordsman) and various Nazi villains.
+The youth of Richard Raleigh remains largely unknown. At some point, he became the assistant to District Attorney of Superior City Tom Darrow. Tired of criminals evading punishment due to technicalities and the slow tediousness of the justice system, Richard became masked crime fighter Red Bee. His fighting prowess made him capable enough to take on various foes. By his side fought Michael, a trained bee who was kept safely in a compartment on Rick's belt. Unlike normal bees, Michael is able to sting without dying, allowing him to annoy and inflict pain upon the enemies of the Red Bee repeatedly.  As the Red Bee, Richard still worked under the District Attorney. The District Attorney unintentionally aided Richard, giving him the fresh scoop on the latest crimes and the perpetrators involved. The Red Bee would battle villains such as "Boss" Storm, Dr. Mara, Kalak and Rugi (a pair of swordsmen), and various Nazi villains.  <span style="font-weight:400;">The Red Bee created and made use of a device he called the "Alto-Gainer", which allowed</span> Richard to propel himself into the air and scale buildings with ease.
+====DC Comics====
+''It is implied that though the Red Bee and other Quality Comics characters were folded into the DC conintuity, the previous comics are still considered canon to the DC Universe.''
+It was explained the Richard was killed by Nazis while trying to save other Golden Age heroes. According to [[Plastic Man]], Richard was an old drinking buddy of his.  Since his death, his ghost was one of several that appeared before Jack Knight, the superhero known as Starman.
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 [[Category:DC Universe]]
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 [[Category:Male Superheroes]]
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+[[Category:Comic Book Characters]]
+[[Category:Comic Book Superheroes]]
+[[Category:Golden Age]]
+[[Category:Golden Age Characters]]
+[[Category:Insect-Themed Heroes]]