Black Condor

Alias
Black Condor
Nick Name
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Civilian ID
Black Condor I Richard Grey Jr. Alias Thomas Wright Black Condor II Ryan Kendall Black Condor III John Trujillo
Occupation
Black Condor I Adventurer Black Condor II Adventurer Black Condor III Adventurer
Legal Status
Black Condor I Citizen of the United States with no criminal record. Black Condor II Citizen of the United States with no criminal record. Black Condor III Citizen of the United States with no criminal record.
Nation or Planet of Origin
Black Condor I United States Black Condor II United States Black Condor III United States
Group Affiliation
Black Condor I All-Star Squadron Freedom Fighters Black Condor II Justice League Justice Society Primal Force Black Condor III Freedom Fighters
Base of Operations
Black Condor I Washington D.C. Black Condor II Opal City Black Condor III Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
Height
Black Condor I 6' 2" Black Condor II 6' 4" Black Condor III \|
Weight
Black Condor I 195 lbs. Black Condor II 170 lbs. Black Condor III \|
Eye Color
Black Condor I Blue Black Condor II Blue Black Condor III Brown - Now Red
Hair Color
Black Condor I Black Black Condor II Black Black Condor III Black
Skin Tone
Black Condor I Caucasian Black Condor II Caucasian Black Condor III Aboriginal American
Known Powers
Black Condor I Radioactively enhanced human with an ability to fly and communicate with birds. Black Condor II Biologically enhanced human capable of flight; with heightened senses, limited telepathy and telekinesis. Excellent hand-to-hand combatant and knife-thrower. Black Condor III Mystically enhanced human capable of flight.
Accessories
Black Condor I Black-Ray Gun: Handgun capable of emitting a ray capable of stunning living beings or disintegrating inanimate objects. Black Condor II Throwing Knives: Short bladed weapons balanced for marksmanship. Black Condor III Wings granting flight to those blessed by the Tocotl the mystical Spider Woman.
Common Enemies
Black Condor I Dr. Spectron Jaspar Crow Black Condor II Shark Sky Pirate Black Condor III First Strike S.H.A.D.E.
Regularly Appearing
Black Condor I Crack Comics Black Condor II Black Condor Vol. 1 Black Condor III Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters
First Appearance
Black Condor I Crack Comics #1 (May, 1940) Note: Crack Comics was published by Quality Comics, whose stable of characters where acquired by National Periodicals (DC Comics) when the publisher went out of business in 1956. Black Condor II Black Condor Vol. 1 #1 (June, 1992) Black Condor III Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #3 (Nov. 2006)
Creator
Black Condor I Will Eisner & Lou Fines Black Condor II Brian Augustyn & Rags Morales Black Condor III Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray
Origin
Their caravan ambushed by Mongolian bandits, the archeologist parents of Richard Grey Jr. were killed and he was left an orphan to the wilderness - where he was exposed to the radiation of a meteor, which caused a unique mutation. Adopted by a family of condors he was raised as one of them, until he was found by a missionary named Father Pierre - who taught the child to speech and literature. It wasn't until Pierre was murdered by the criminal Jaspar Crow that Grey used the missionary's nickname for him in the pursuit of justice as the Black Condor. Decades later another would succeed Grey, when Ryan Kendall was experimented on by his grandfather in the pursuit of a flying man to serve the secret group know as the Society of the Golden Wing. Kendall was irradiated while still a fetus which caused his mutation. At the age of twenty-one Kendall fell into a coma for two years and when he awoke he flew into the thick Pine Barrens of New Jersey eventually resurfacing as the Black Condor. In an unrelated dynasty, members of the Navajo tribe tell of a legacy of men granted the power of flight by Tocotl the mystical Spider Woman. The legend was born on the Long Walk to reservations forced on the Indians by the United States Calvary - telling of when condors would supposedly carry the souls of the dead back home to Canyon de Chelly. When the Navajo returned to their native home they now had to face cattlemen who desired their land. Desperate, a young brave climbed the cliffs to beg the condors for protection. At night he was transformed by Tocotl. Over a century later John Trujillo answered the call of the Spider Woman to defend the land and her people as the Black Condor.