List of Native American superheroes

This is the list of Native American superheroes, both as a superhero identity, and as fictional indigenous people of the Americas who are superheroes, from works of fiction (comic books, films, television shows, video games, etc.).

Arcana Studios

  • Matthew Carver (Kagagi: The Raven) Anishinabe "Kagagi"

Azteca Productions

  • Plainsman (Daniel Brightfeather, part Cherokee, part Navajo, Team Tejas)

Blue Corn Comics

  • Rain Falling (Hopi / Pueblo, Peace Party)
  • Snake Standing (Hopi / Pueblo, Peace Party)

Champion Comics

  • Johnny Fox (Seminole tribe of Florida)

Dark Horse Comics

DC Comics

Vertigo

  • Ghost Dancer (The Sandman)
  • White Buffalo Woman (The Sandman)

Wildstorm

  • Blackbird (Wetworks)
  • Comanche (formerly of Stormwatch)
  • Crossbones (Apache, Wetworks)
  • Joe the Indian (half-Mexican, half-Navajo, Crimson)
  • Pilgrim (Wetworks)
  • Rainmaker (half-Apache, Gen13)
  • Red Bird (Sioux, Black Ops)

Goldtooth Productions

  • Dallas Goldtooth (The Most Interesting Man on The Rez)
  • Whitney Rencountre II (The Most Interesting Man on The Rez: Rapid City Protectors)
  • Reggie 'Rocket' Taken Alive (The Most Interesting Man on The Rez: Spaulding Punks)
  • Cyril 'Chuckie' Archambault (The Most Interesting Man on The Rez: Northern Tribezmen)

Hexagon Comics

Image Comics

Marvel Comics

War Drums Studios / Mystic Comics

  • Earth (Navajo, Tribal Force)
  • Gan (Apache, Tribal Force)
  • Little Big Horn (Sioux, Tribal Force)
  • Thunder Eagle (Lakota, Tribal Force)

Red Cloud Comics

  • Jake Red Cloud, Quechua (Red Cloud Comics)[2][3]

Super Indian Comics

  • Super Indian (Once a Rez Boy, Now a Super Hero) Comic book and radio series [1]

Independents

  • Alma Grande, el Yaqui Justiciero (Mexican Yaqui, Publicaciones Herrerías, July 1961)
  • Anarteq (Inuit) (Dozerfleet Productions) [4]
  • Anthar (Gold Key Comics & Valiant Comics)
  • Broadarrow (Valiant Comics)
  • Centaur (1/8 Cherokee, F.R.E.E.Lancers)
  • Cloud-Splitter (PS 238).
  • Jerônimo (from Jerônimo, o Herói do Sertão, RGE, 1957)
  • Johnny Cougar (Seminole) (Tiger Fleetway, May 6, 1967)
  • John Redfeather (from Spirit of the Wolf) (Wild Wolf Studio)
  • Haokah the Thunder Being (Spirit of the Wolf) (Wild Wolf Studio)
  • Coyote the Trickster (Spirit of the Wolf) (Wild Wolf Studio)
  • Koda the Warrior (Lakota)
  • Longhunter (Valiant Comics)
  • Nighthawk (Navajo, F.R.E.E.Lancers)
  • Scout (Apache, Eclipse Comics)
  • Scratchbuilt (Half Miskito, Half Central American, F.R.E.E.Lancers)
  • Stallion Canuck (Native Canadian, Created by Lou Douzepis, King Led Comics)
  • Supermaya (Mayan, Mexican comic)
  • Tall Tree (Freedom Fighters, Valiant Comics)
  • White Buffalo Warriors (Valiant Comics)
  • Wilde Knight
  • Charles Smith (Red Dead Redemption)
  • Jenny Everywhere (Jenny Everywhere)

Newspapers

  • Captain Chinook (from a Canadian newspaper, created by Jean Claude St. Aubin)
  • MuttonMan, a comic in the Navajo Times, created by Navajo comedian Vincent Craig[5]
  • Patoruzú (Tehuelche, Argentine comic character created in 1928 by Dante Quinterno)

Radio

  • Straight Arrow (1948-1950, NABISCO promotional character)
  • Super Shamou (Inuk, Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, 1980s)
  • Tonto (a.k.a. Toro, Adventures of the Lone Ranger)
  • Super Indian

Television

  • Jessica Keynes (Oglala Lakota, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)

Video games

Film

See also

References

  1. ^ "Werehawk".
  2. ^ "Red Cloud (2012) - Comic Book DB". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
  3. ^ http://www.comixpress.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=2118
  4. ^ "Anarteq (disambiguation)". 6 June 2023.. Dozerfleet Database. June 6th, 2023.
  5. ^ "Muttonman lives: Creator of comic hero finds strength in family, friends to fight cancer." Navajo Times. 25 Mar 2010 (retrieved 24 Aug 2010)
  6. ^ "Red Cloud: Deliverance". IMDb.
  7. ^ "Home".
  8. ^ "Wizard World – 'Ghost Light' Earns 'Best in Show' at Wizard World Film Festival in Sacramento". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  9. ^ "Sacramento Comic Con". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
  10. ^ "Q & A with Latino Actor Alex Kruz". 13 March 2014.

External links

  • International Hero: superheroes from around the world
  • Jorge's Supers Lists
  • Marvel Universe Appendix
  • The Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Characters
  • DCU Guide
  • Sheyahshe, Michael A. (2008). Native Americans in Comic Books – A Critical Study. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1-4766-0000-0.