Barnaby worked as a researcher at a local museum. He was working late one night when thieves broke in to steal artifacts. Barnaby caught them and attempted to fight them off. He was thrown across the storeroom and into a shelf. A box fell on him and opened. The medallion inside fell out onto his chest. As he grabbed it, it began to glow. The glow then covered his entire body. He becomes a superhero and fights crime in the streets, and later, in the war. He carries two tonfas which he usually carries on his back.