Amos Jardine was a Texan millionaire with a fascination with the circus industry. While first seen adding the Man-Thing to his freak-show, most of his later appearances concern his attempts to own Nightcrawler. From buying out Nightcrawler’s original circus in Germany to drugging the mutant to a nearly mindless state.
Nowadays, Jardine is nearly bankrupt, living in isolation in the abandoned location of his circus.