Bob Schwartz

This is breaking news!

The story begins with archaeologist Richard Grey leading an expedition in Outer Mongolia. His wife had just given birth to a son, Richard Grey Jr.

The expedition came under attack. She hid her baby. All were killed, except for the infant.

Condors adopted the baby and taught him to fly. This led to his becoming the superhero Black Condor.

Meanwhile, U.S. Senator Tom Wright was faced with a dilemma. An appropriations bill was about to be voted on. Tom Wright knew the bill was graft, but did he want to cross his own party? He decides to vote against the bill.

The party had to get Tom Wright out of the way. They arranged to have him killed by running his car off the road. As Tom Wright lay dying, Black Condor swooped in to try to save him. Black Condor was astonished to see that he and Tom Wright looked exactly alike. Richard Grey Jr./Black Condor adopted the identity of U.S. Senator Tom Wright, committed to doing good, both as a Senator and as a flying superhero.

Most of us don’t know the names of every current U.S. Senator, so Senator Tom Wright sounds plausible, even if the rest of the story doesn’t.

Tom Wright was not a U.S. Senator. He is the creation of Crack Comics from 1940 to 1943. However, the idea of one of our Senators having a secret superhero identity is too tantalizing not to share.

Following are some of the pages that tell the story.

Would a political party run a dissident Senator off the road? While we are at it, which of our current Senators do you think might have a secret superhero identity?