To help with his right doings he was approached by Aristotle “Tot” Rodor and was given an artificial skin called Pseudoderm. Which was a second skin that could be applied with a bonding gas, but it was found to be toxic with open wounds. With this covering his face Vic was free to find all the answers he needed, and deliver his vigilante justice without giving his Identity. Vic died in the 1990’s after complications with cancer, and passed the mantle to Gotham detective Renee Montoya.