Golden Age Black Condor (Richard Grey Jr. / Thomas Wright ) Appreciation 2021

[MajorHoy]

Some fictional characters, like Tarzan, become orphans and are raised by apes. But Richard Grey Jr., on the other hand, was orphaned as a young child while traveling with his parents through Outer Mongolia and was then raised . . . by a condor.

From Crack Comics #1 (May 1940), published by Quality Comics:



To be continued . . .

[MajorHoy]

The last two pages of the Black Condor story from Crack Comics #1 (May 1940):



And his entry from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. II (April 1985):

[ducklord]

The last two pages of the Black Condor story from Crack Comics #1 (May 1940):



And his entry from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. II (April 1985):

One of the all-time great silly Golden Age origins. Orphaned human raised by birds learns how to fly. (Morbo - "BIRDS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!")

Even Roy Thomas couldn't retell that one without adding a glowing rock to activate some sort of "latent mutant gene."

[MajorHoy]

One of the all-time great silly Golden Age origins. Orphaned human raised by birds learns how to fly. (Morbo - "BIRDS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!")

Even Roy Thomas couldn't retell that one without adding a glowing rock to activate some sort of "latent mutant gene."

Yeah, but . . . he was still a cool character.


from History of the DC Universe (1986)

[MajorHoy]

And as for

. . . Even Roy Thomas couldn't retell that one without adding a glowing rock to activate some sort of "latent mutant gene."

from Secret Origins #21 (December 1987),