He later made a guest appearance in Mighty Crusaders #4 (April 1966), as part of a crowd scene featuring nearly every superhero published by MLJ (the story, somewhat ironically, was titled "Too Many Super Heroes!").

[2] He returned in issue #5, where he forms a team called the Ultra-Men with heroes Captain Flag and the Web.

The Fox returned in another five-issue series in April 2015 under the relaunched Dark Circle Comics imprint.

[8] The Fox is secretly Paul Patten, a young news reporter and photographer for The Daily Globe, and a former athlete at Penn State University.

[11] His first mission pitted himself against the hooded Night Riders, a stand-in for the Ku Klux Klan.

[12] Whenever dangerous situations arise, Patton quickly changes into his costume, which consists of a black, skin-tight body suit, complete with pointed ears and (in some adventures) a golden fox head logo on his chest.

Ron Goulart says, "It took Hasen a couple of issues to realize a hero's costume is a fantasy thing that doesn't have wrinkles or baggy knees.

"[9] Although the transformations from photographer to superhero are never illustrated (artists favored a simple panel with the caption "Paul Patton becomes the Fox!

It was announced that in March 2010,[14] the Fox would appear in a back-up feature in the Shield comic book series, written by Brandon Jerwa and with art from Michael Avon Oeming.