Pow Wow Smith

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Pow Wow Smith
Pow Wow Smith from Western Comics #46
(July 1954), artist Carmine Infantino.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceDetective Comics #151 (September 1949)
Created byDon Cameron (writer)
Carmine Infantino (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoOhiyesa Smith
Team affiliationsRough Bunch
Justice Riders
PartnershipsHank Brown
AbilitiesSkilled detective, forensic specialist, bush tracker, expert marksman

Ohiyesa "Pow Wow" Smith is a fictional

penciler Carmine Infantino, he is a Sioux who is the sheriff
of the small Western town of Elkhorn, where he is known as a master detective. He prefers to be addressed by his proper name, Ohiyesa, but people called him "Pow Wow" so stubbornly that he eventually gives up and accepts the nickname among them.

Originally, the Pow Wow Smith character was located in the modern West. Later stories were set in the 19th century. It was eventually

Old West character was the ancestor of the modern-day character. Since then, Smith has remained a generation legacy, and a historical figure in the DC Universe, meeting other heroes in their occasional time travel stories.[1]

Publication history

Smith first appeared in Detective Comics #151, the only Western feature in the book.[2] After four years as a regular feature in Detective Comics, his strip became the lead feature of Western Comics, which ran until 1961. Much of the art during the Detective period was by Leonard Starr, and when Smith found a home in Western Comics, his original illustrator Infantino returned. Stories were by France Herron and later Gardner Fox.

Smith also starred in the premiere issue of All-Star Western's second volume.[3][4]

Fictional character biography

Ohiyesa left his native Red Deer Valley to learn more about the white man's world. His tracking and expert gun skills won him employment as a deputy sheriff, and eventually the job of sheriff of Elkhorn. Ohiyesa's deputy is Hank Brown. Once sheriff, Pow Wow spends most of his time in Elkhorn, only rarely returning to Red Deer Valley.

For most of his adventures, Pow Wow's girlfriend (and later fiancée) is the Native American maiden Fleetfoot, daughter of Chief Thundercloud. Fleetfloot aids Pow Wow in a number of adventures.

U.S. Marshal Pow Wow Smith

Old West town, which is located near Gotham City.[5]

In other media

Ohiyesa Smith appears in the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Once and Future Thing Part One: Weird Western Tales", voiced by Jonathan Joss. After Tobias Manning runs him out of town using Chronos's future technology, Smith joins forces with Bat Lash, El Diablo, Jonah Hex, and a time-traveling Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and Batman to defeat him.

References

  1. ^ "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Pow Wow Smith, Indian Lawman". Toonopedia.com. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  2. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0
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  3. ^ All-Star Western (vol. 2) #1 (September 1970)
  4. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6
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  5. ^ Robin (vol. 2) Annual #6 (1997)

External links

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