Jaspar Crow was a United States Senator and a wealthy industrialist whose holdings included factories, mines, and shipping lines. He was a corrupt, ruthless man who pushed his agenda through the Senate through bribery and intimidation. He also had extensive connections in the American criminal underworld. Accustomed to getting his way, he was unpleasantly surprised when Senator Thomas Wright decided to take a stand and vote against his pork-ridden dam funding bill. To make an example out of the young senator, Crow arranged to have Wright murdered. But Crow didn’t count on Black Condor coming across Wright as he was dying. Black Condor took Wright’s place to cast the vote against the bill. Black Condor soon decided to masquerade as Wright full-time. In this guise, the flying hero rallied other senators against Crow and his cronies. Desperate to hang on to power, Crow sent goons to kill his long-time opponent, Senator Gibbs. His goons were stopped by Black Condor, but before they could implicate him, Crow fled the country, presumably resigning from the Senate to avoid expulsion. He returned to the United States in the next issue. Though he was no longer a senator, he had his industrial assets to fall back on. Black Condor kept an eye on him, exposing his corrupt practices and forcing him to make concessions to his workers. With every defeat, Crow became more desperate and megalomaniac, and grew increasingly obsessed with gaining power by any means necessary. In Crack Comics #22, he went so far as to make a deal with Hitler. In Crack Comics #26, Crow somehow uncovered Black Condor’s origin (without uncovering the fact that he masqueraded as Thomas Wright). He kidnapped Wendy Foster and took her to Mongolia, to the spot where Black Condor’s real parents were murdered, in hopes that Black Condor would track him down. He managed to tie Black Condor up and left him to die. Black Condor would have been doomed if it were not for the flock of condors he grew up with, who flew to protect him and helped him get free. The hero managed to rescue Wendy, but Crow escaped. As Black Condor explained to the bewildered Wendy, Crow went into the “Forbidden Plateau” – a harsh, unforgivably dry patch of desert from which no one had ever returned. The last panels showed Crow wandering through the plateau as he completely lost his grip on sanity, hallucinating about the power he once had even as he walked to his doom.
Description Jaspar Crow was a United States Senator and a wealthy industrialist whose holdings included factories, mines, and shipping lines. He was a corrupt, ruthless man who pushed his agenda through the Senate through bribery and intimidation. He also had extensive connections in the American criminal underworld. Accustomed to getting his way, he was unpleasantly surprised when Senator Thomas Wright decided to take a stand and vote against his pork-ridden dam funding bill. To make an example out of the young senator, Crow arranged to have Wright murdered. But Crow didn’t count on Black Condor coming across Wright as he was dying. Black Condor took Wright’s place to cast the vote against the bill. Black Condor soon decided to masquerade as Wright full-time. In this guise, the flying hero rallied other senators against Crow and his cronies. Desperate to hang on to power, Crow sent goons to kill his long-time opponent, Senator Gibbs. His goons were stopped by Black Condor, but before they could implicate him, Crow fled the country, presumably resigning from the Senate to avoid expulsion. He returned to the United States in the next issue. Though he was no longer a senator, he had his industrial assets to fall back on. Black Condor kept an eye on him, exposing his corrupt practices and forcing him to make concessions to his workers. With every defeat, Crow became more desperate and megalomaniac, and grew increasingly obsessed with gaining power by any means necessary. In Crack Comics #22, he went so far as to make a deal with Hitler. In Crack Comics #26, Crow somehow uncovered Black Condor’s origin (without uncovering the fact that he masqueraded as Thomas Wright). He kidnapped Wendy Foster and took her to Mongolia, to the spot where Black Condor’s real parents were murdered, in hopes that Black Condor would track him down. He managed to tie Black Condor up and left him to die. Black Condor would have been doomed if it were not for the flock of condors he grew up with, who flew to protect him and helped him get free. The hero managed to rescue Wendy, but Crow escaped. As Black Condor explained to the bewildered Wendy, Crow went into the “Forbidden Plateau” – a harsh, unforgivably dry patch of desert from which no one had ever returned. The last panels showed Crow wandering through the plateau as he completely lost his grip on sanity, hallucinating about the power he once had even as he walked to his doom.
