The Black Raazer was a sorcerer whose spirit became trapped in the Black Blade of Baghdad centuries ago. The adventurer Eugene Judd, known as Puck, was hired to steal the blade in the 1930s, and his actions freed the evil Raazer from his prison, but Judd used his knowledge of the occult to absorb the evil spirit into his own body, which reduced Judd to half his former height. Although Judd later managed to free himself from Raazer, the sorcerer was briefly contained again, only to be freed by Loki.