But I'm not sure you know some more modern things about him. Such as the fact that he's been in a TV show as a recurring character.
I found him on the back of a Swamp Thing action figure from the 1990s tonight, which made me look into him.
Here is a picture of the action figure with a blurb, from the back of a Swamp Thing figure:
Swamp Thing
The actor who did the voice, Harvey Atkin, is of Russian, not Native descent.
Your Tomahawk is different. Without checking, I imagine he's limited to the Swamp Thing cartoon, which I've never seen. I certainly don't recall seeing him in any comics.
Anyway, this character is obviously a bundle of stereotypes. And the poor guy has to carry a crossbow almost as big as he is.
Thanks for the info. For more on the subject, see TV Shows Featuring Indians.
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I must have seen a few minutes of the "Swamp Thing" cartoon.
The theme was actually to the tune of the old hit "Wild Thing" (Troggs?)
Lyrics:
"Swamp Thing.
You are amazing.
You fight everything.
Swamp Thing".
Definitely more toward a brawling WWE wrestler type, and not anywhere near the Alan Moore era of the comic books, which were some of the best comic books ever.
Without checking, it's the type of thing that is probably on Youtube.
A hero from the American Revolution named Tomahawk appeared in Swamp Thing #86, but he didn't look like the toy character. DC Comics' Tomahawk (a.k.a Tom Haukins) first appeared in STAR SPANGLED COMICS #69 (1947). In 1953, Tomahawk became a regular in WORLD'S FINEST COMICS. In the Swamp Thing comic book, Swampy travels back in time and observes Tom in his old age, remembered not as an Indian ally but only as a an Indian fighter .. until an old enemy shows up and he gets a chance at redemption with the natives he grew up with. To learn more, look up issue 86 at the Swamp Thing Annotations http://tinyurl.com/2jc79
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