Oscar Jones was the man who killed the crime-fighter 711. Oscar was a noted career criminal and gangster, who by his own account at least, at the height of his career, was “THE Big Shot racketeer, What I don’t control, ain’t woith controllin'”. According to the lengthy, first-person biography Jones delivers in his first appearance, he was born to honest, hard-working parents who wished him to pursue a law degree. He figured he hadn’t disappointed them, as his current career had plenty to do with the law. Since he “couldn’t see wastin’ me time in school”, he ran away at an early age and became a newsboy. Inspired by tales of gangsters in the papers, he set up his own protection racket among his fellow newsboys, which he later extended to beggars and panhandlers, which brought him to the attention of the Carbodi crime family. The Carbodi’s hired him to pull off (among other things) armed robberies, arsons, and the elimination of witnesses. At some point, he assembled his own crew and “Th’ name of Oscar Jones meant somethin’ t’th’underwoild”. The killing of a policeman led to his arrest, conviction, and imprisonment. After ten years, he escaped prison, but was shunned as a cop-killer by his old gang, and forced to go on the run. Hiding out, he was located and confronted by the crime-fighter 711. After a lengthy battle, he managed to get the upper hand, and fatally shot the hero. In his exultation after his victory, he kidnapped a plastic surgeon and planned to have his face changed, to begin his career anew, but was interrupted by 711’s successor, the newly-minted, powered crime-fighter Destiny. During their first encounter, Jones escaped Destiny by swinging to safety on a downed telephone wire. Jones then ambushed Destiny in his room, and nearly killed him, as well, although the bullet Jones fired grazed Destiny’s temple. Jones, thinking he had killed his second crime-fighter, went on a massive crime spree, culminating in an attempted robbery of a 100K dollar prize from a charity party. Destiny cornered Jones at the party and defeated him, using Jones’ belief that Destiny had risen from the grave to exact revenge. The mobster was then turned over to the police with the note “This is Oscar Jones, Racketeer – guilty of crime and murder. A foot of rubber hose will make him confess everything…”
Description Oscar Jones was the man who killed the crime-fighter 711. Oscar was a noted career criminal and gangster, who by his own account at least, at the height of his career, was “THE Big Shot racketeer, What I don’t control, ain’t woith controllin'”. According to the lengthy, first-person biography Jones delivers in his first appearance, he was born to honest, hard-working parents who wished him to pursue a law degree. He figured he hadn’t disappointed them, as his current career had plenty to do with the law. Since he “couldn’t see wastin’ me time in school”, he ran away at an early age and became a newsboy. Inspired by tales of gangsters in the papers, he set up his own protection racket among his fellow newsboys, which he later extended to beggars and panhandlers, which brought him to the attention of the Carbodi crime family. The Carbodi’s hired him to pull off (among other things) armed robberies, arsons, and the elimination of witnesses. At some point, he assembled his own crew and “Th’ name of Oscar Jones meant somethin’ t’th’underwoild”. The killing of a policeman led to his arrest, conviction, and imprisonment. After ten years, he escaped prison, but was shunned as a cop-killer by his old gang, and forced to go on the run. Hiding out, he was located and confronted by the crime-fighter 711. After a lengthy battle, he managed to get the upper hand, and fatally shot the hero. In his exultation after his victory, he kidnapped a plastic surgeon and planned to have his face changed, to begin his career anew, but was interrupted by 711’s successor, the newly-minted, powered crime-fighter Destiny. During their first encounter, Jones escaped Destiny by swinging to safety on a downed telephone wire. Jones then ambushed Destiny in his room, and nearly killed him, as well, although the bullet Jones fired grazed Destiny’s temple. Jones, thinking he had killed his second crime-fighter, went on a massive crime spree, culminating in an attempted robbery of a 100K dollar prize from a charity party. Destiny cornered Jones at the party and defeated him, using Jones’ belief that Destiny had risen from the grave to exact revenge. The mobster was then turned over to the police with the note “This is Oscar Jones, Racketeer – guilty of crime and murder. A foot of rubber hose will make him confess everything…”
