Happy Sam Sawyer
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Happy Sam Sawyer | |
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Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963) | |
Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
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Alter ego | Samuel Sawyer |
Team affiliations | Howling Commandos United States Army |
General Samuel "Happy Sam" Sawyer is a character that appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His first appearance was in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1.[1]
Publication history
Sawyer was created by
Fictional character biography
Happy Sam Sawyer was assigned to the
In a Sgt Fury annual set in the Korean War, Sawyer was a Colonel,[volume & issue needed] and in another annual set in the Vietnam War, Sawyer was a full general.[volume & issue needed]
In modern times, Baron Strucker created an LMD of Sawyer that attacked the original Howling Commandos as well as Captain America. Sawyer would sacrifice himself when the LMD detonated itself while trying to gain missile navigation override codes.[3]
In the wake of his death, a S.H.I.E.L.D. assault Helicarrier was named in his honor in the mini-series Iron Man: Hypervelocity.[4] There is also a Samuel J. Sawyer Memorial Veterans Hospital.[5]
In other media
- Happy Sam Sawyer appears in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "Old Soldiers", voiced by Lorne Kennedy.
- Happy Sam Sawyer appears in the Agent Carter episode "The Iron Ceiling", portrayed by Leonard Roberts.[7] This version is African-American.[8]
References
- ISBN 978-1-59967-501-5. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ^ Blitzkrieg Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #34
- ^ Captain America #274
- ^ Iron Man: Hypervelocity #3, May 2007
- ^ Young Allies 70th anniversary Special
- ^ Sam Sawyer was named after a close friend of Stan and Joan Lee at the time named Stan Sawyer, who was a noted voice-over talent of commercials (Coca-Cola, Salem cigarettes, RCA Victor and others.
- Marvel.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ^ Leto, Peter (director); Jose Molina (writer) (February 3, 2015). "The Iron Ceiling". Marvel's Agent Carter. Season 1. Episode 5. ABC.
External links
- Sam Sawyer at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- Happy Sam Sawyer at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Happy Sam Sawyer at ComicVine