 A middle-aged tough guy and private eye, Trench carried a single gun, which he lovingly referred to as "Lulu".He was intended as a knockoff of Sam Spade, from the "Maltese Falcon", using the word "gunsel" as Spade did to refer to low-level hoodlums and mentioning his late partner Archie Miles (Spade's partner was Miles Archer).Tim aided Wonder Woman and I Ching in defeating the terrorist Doctor Cyber, but Wonder Woman's long-time boyfriend Steve Trevor was killed in the process.