Disillusioned by humanity's rejection of his work, Vorpalstein set up a new laboratory in the mountains of Torrado. He began a century-long experiment which would incubate a new life-form, one that would take his revenge on the human race. The result was the Crustacean.

The Crustacean is enormously arrogant, and believes that all mammals are inferior and outdated animals. His goal is to wipe them from the Earth, so that the arthropods - insects, spiders, lobsters, crabs, etc. - can supplant them, as the mammals once supplanted the dinosaurs.

The Crustacean's problem is that, sure, he's super-strong and super-intelligent - but he's still only a lobster. He must temporarily rely on humans to accomplish his short-term goals of acquiring weapons and money. He just doesn't understand human interactions, and so most of his attempts so far have been slightly bumbling. For instance, he has incurred the wrath of several BC Mafia bosses by stealing from them. He subsequently fled to Ottawa, where he hooked up with henchpersons Big Joe Switchboard and Pu Wing Fu.

Most of the Crustacean's money-making schemes came to nought. Then, one of his European connections - none other than Hans-Raoul's crony Karten - offered him unlimited resources. The Crustacean jumped at the chance, although it meant collaborating with human villains to destroy Hydrogen Guy.

This collaboration ended dramatically when the Crustacean was holed by a high calibre bullet fired by Desdemona. He is now thoroughly dead. He was a lobster, taken for all in all. I think we shall not look upon his like again. Thank God.