Navajo
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With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United ...
superhero
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appearing in
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s published by
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Annual
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#6 (October 1981), by writer
Doug Moench
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and penciler Ron Wilson. In the story entitled "An Eagle from America!" Strongbow gains superhuman powers and becomes American Eagle. He joins with
Thing
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Wyatt Wingfoot
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While having no superpowers, he has spent much time in the company of the Fantastic Four due to his friendship with Human Torch, a ...
to defeat
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*Kawhi Leonard (born 1991), American basketball player nicknamed "the Klaw"
*Klaw (Marvel Comics), a fictional villain
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.
The character subsequently appears in '' Contest of Champions'' #1, 3 (June & August 1982), '' Incredible Hulk'' (vol. 2) #279 (January 1983), and ''
Rom
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'' #65-66 (April 1985-May 1985). He makes several appearances in stand-alone stories in ''
Marvel Comics Presents
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'' including issues #27 (September 1989), 128 (May 1993), 130 (June 1993), and 147-148 (February 1994). The story "Just Another Shade of Hate", in issue #27, is its first solo adventure.
The American Eagle is not seen again for some time until his appearance in '' Thunderbolts'' #112-115 (May 2007-August 2007) where the writer
Warren Ellis
Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is a British comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including ''Transmetropolitan'' (1997–2002), ''Global Frequency'' ( ...
and the artist
Mike Deodato Jr
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gave him a new look.Native American Superheroes: Author Michael Sheyahshe talks to C&I about the fine line between celebrating and stereotyping. by Steven Phelps American Eagle appears in his own digital comic on
Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited
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published Nov. 12, 2008. Titled ''American Eagle: Just a Little Old-Fashioned Justice'', it is an eight-page story written by
Jason Aaron
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with art by
Richard Isanove
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Richard Isanove was born in the south of France, studied film and animation at the Ecole nationale superieure des arts decoratifs ...
. This eight-page digital story was later printed in ''Marvel Assistant-Sized Spectacular'' #1 (2009). He plays a big role in the story "Homeland" in '' War Machine'' (vol. 2) #6-7 (2010) written by
Greg Pak
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. He appears in ''Heroic Age: Heroes'' #1 (November 2010) and '' Fear Itself: The Home Front'' #5 (October 2011).
American Eagle received an entry in the original ''
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
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'' #1, in the ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition'' #1, in '' The Marvel Encyclopedia'' (2009) and in the ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A To Z Update'' #2 (2010).
Fictional character biography
Jason Strongbow is a member of the
Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native American reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah; at roughly , the ...
who was born in
Kaibito, Arizona
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Kaibeto is located at (36.577172, -111.099694), at an elevation of 5,810 feet (1,771&nb ...
.''
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
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'' #1, Abomination To Avengers Quinjet (January 1983), p.8 He attempted to stop a
mining
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company from excavating a mountain sacred to his tribe. He discovered that the villain
Klaw Klaw or KLAW may refer to:
*Klaw (surname)
*Kawhi Leonard (born 1991), American basketball player nicknamed "the Klaw"
*Klaw (Marvel Comics), a fictional villain
* Klaw Theatre, a broadway theatre in Manhattan, New York City
*KLAW Klaw or KLAW may ...
was in league with the mining company. Klaw needed
uranium
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to augment his sonic powers. Strongbow's brother Ward did not agree with him about preserving the mountain. Inside the mine, an argument erupted between the brothers and Klaw which led to violence. During the fight, Klaw used his sonic blaster on the two brothers. Somehow, a combination of the sonic energy of the blast and the exposure to the uranium gave both of the Strongbow brothers enhanced physical abilities. Klaw fled with his crew and Ward to the
Savage Land
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Pu ...
in hopes of gaining
vibranium
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to augment his powers.
Jason emerged from the mine. Taking inspiration from a flying
eagle
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, he took up the mantle of American Eagle. He followed Klaw to the Savage Land. There, he met Ka-Zar,
Thing
Thing or The Thing may refer to:
Philosophy
* An object
* Broadly, an entity
* Thing-in-itself (or ''noumenon''), the reality that underlies perceptions, a term coined by Immanuel Kant
* Thing theory, a branch of critical theory that focuses ...
, and
Wyatt Wingfoot
Wyatt Wingfoot is a fictional supporting character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
While having no superpowers, he has spent much time in the company of the Fantastic Four due to his friendship with Human Torch, a ...
. The four joined forces and defeated Klaw and his minions. During the battle, Ward was shot and killed by one of the miners.
Doug Moench
Douglas Moench (; born February 23, 1948) is an American comic book writer notable for his ''Batman'' work and as the creator of Moon Knight, Deathlok, Black Mask, ''Electric Warrior'' and ''Six from Sirius''. He is also known for his critically ...
Gene Day
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(i),
George Roussos
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Annual
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#6 (October 1981)
American Eagle returned to become a champion of his tribe, subsequently identified as the Navajo Nation. Since his battle with Klaw in the Savage Land, he was among the heroes of the world gathered to take part in the Contest of Champions, he was among the heroes who gathered to honor the
Hulk
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, and he was among the heroes who helped
Rom the Spaceknight
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defeat the
Dire Wraiths
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The Dire Wraiths fi ...
.
In his first solo adventure, the American Eagle defeated the Peace Monger and his Knights of Saint Virgil in
Washington, D.C.
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With the
NYPD
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, American Eagle arrests his cousin Jimmy Littlehawk who - along with two friends - robbed a casino on the Reservation then left for
New York City
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. He helped
F.B.I.
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agent Dale Peck arrest Jonas Murphy, a
mutant
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and a
serial killer
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*
*
*
* with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. While most authorities set a threshold of three ...
. With Detective Frank Ramirez, Strongbow stopped a drug ring led by a man named Sinner, who used children to sell his merchandise. Strongbow escaped execution by John Marshall, who stole land from Native Americans man and was later ruined through a
real estate
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charge by American Eagle. With the help of
Interpol
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, Strongbow lured Marshall and his soldiers into a trap.
After the 2006 "
Civil War
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
" storyline, Jason Strongbow confirms to his friend Steve Rogers that he is strongly against the Super-Human Registration Act, and is planning to fight
Iron Man
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over it. He also bears a new costume with fewer
stereotypically
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Native American attributes, including a
leather jacket
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and a
helmet
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resembling the head and beak of a
bald eagle
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. It is his intent to prevent the
Steel Spider
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Ollie Osnick first appeared in ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #72 and was created by Bi ...
from direct confrontation with an angry group of men from Jason's Navajo reservation by persuading the Steel Spider to ease up on his zealous vigilante act. By talking to Ollie, he hopes to defuse a time bomb of local violence just waiting to explode.
The Eagle finds the Steel Spider in downtown
Phoenix, Arizona
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, as the Thunderbolts unexpectedly arrive. Ollie argues that they will try to kill him and replace him with "Some Good Government Worker". When the Thunderbolts eventually do emerge, Jason decides to ally himself with Steel Spider, shooting the team's leader, Moonstone, through the wrist with a crossbow bolt. After a prolonged fight, Sepulchre becomes involved, and the three defeat
Venom
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, the
Swordsman
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,
Songbird
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, and
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. Though the latter two wish to try to defeat them using the old team's methods, leaving Sepulchre and the Eagle, Moonstone orders that
Bullseye
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cripple the Eagle in the same way he did Jack Flag. The issue ends with Songbird, Radioactive Man,
Penance
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and Venom squaring up against Steel Spider, Sepulchre and Jason, in what Steel Spider describes as 'almost ... a fair fight'. The Eagle ends up crippling Bullseye before making his escape.
A news reporter stated that because American Eagle lives on a
Native American Reservation
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he is exempt from the Registration Act, and that the
Commission on Superhuman Activities
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Certain places fe ...
would take no action against him because of this.
During the 2008-09 " Dark Reign" storyline, it is revealed that Jason is hiding James Rhodes' mother inside the Navajo County.
Norman Osborn
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later tries to convince him to subdue War Machine, besides he has no jurisdiction over Strongbow. Jason refuses to act for anyone other than the interests of the Navajo and fights together with War Machine against a "Giant Ultimo Head" Rhodes stumbled upon along the way to find the men behind the "Ultimo Virus" deployed in Acquiria.
During the 2011 " Fear Itself" storyline, American Eagle deals with the fear and chaos in Bleachville as well as
drug traffickers
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and the town's mayor.
American Eagle later appears as a member of the Agents of Wakanda.
Powers, abilities and equipment
American Eagle possesses superhuman strength, enabling him to lift (press) approximately 15 tons under optimal conditions. He also possesses superhuman speed, agility, stamina, and sturdiness as a result of radiation-induced mutation. Strongbow's bodily tissues are somewhat harder and more resistant to physical injury than that of an ordinary human. However, he is far from invulnerable. While he can be injured by weapons composed of conventional materials, he can withstand impact forces that would severely injure or kill a normal human with little to no injury to show for it. He can run at a maximum speed of 65 miles per hour for approximately 5 hours before tiring to an appreciable degree.
American Eagle's sensory organs have also been fortified by the radiation-induced mutation. Like his namesake, the Eagle, he has hyperkeen eyesight, able to see at what the average human being sees at . His senses of hearing, smell, taste, and touch are approximately three times that of an average human being.
He also carries a crossbow which fires special bolts.
Analysis
In ''Native Americans in Comic Books - A Critical Study'', Michael A. Sheyahshe notes that while American Eagle "may have some inherent stereotypic issues, the fact that American Eagle's powers come from a non-ethnically based source (and not, say, the Great Spirit) marks a significant improvement for Indigenous characters."
During an interview with
Comic Book Resources
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, the assistant editor Lauren Sankovitch explains why she chose to represent American Eagle in ''Marvel Assistant-Sized Spectacular'' #1 (2009):
In an interview,
Greg Pak
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, the writer of the story "Homeland" in '' War Machine'' (vol. 2) #6-7 (2010), told that Jason Strongbow, aka American Eagle, is easily his "favorite reinvented character of the past decade." Indeed, the modern character has undergone some transformations compared to its appearances from 1981 to 1994. At the beginning, the Navajo hero was wearing a stereotypical costume with feather headdress and buckskin
boot
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s. When the writer
Warren Ellis
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and the artist Mike Deodato Jr. used the character in '' Thunderbolts'', its new look is composed of ordinary clothes, a leather jacket and a helmet resembling the head and beak of a bald eagle. In its first appearances, Strongbow was running under his own power, at the opposite the new version uses a
motorcycle
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.
Other characters named American Eagle
World War II
There was an American Eagle before Strongbow took the mantle. Lt. Col. James Fletcher, a renowned battlefield hero of
World War I
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in recent times became the security chief and trainer for Project: Rebirth. He was captured by agents of the
Red Skull
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(Johann Schmidt) and was tortured by the Master Interrogator. He refused to yield any information and committed suicide to avoid breaking under further torture. First appeared in ''
Adventures of Captain America
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'' #1 (September 1991) and appeared through to issue #3 (December 1991) which depicted his death.
Earth-712
There have also been two incarnations of characters named the ''American Eagle'' in the
Squadron Supreme
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:
* The first being Johnathon James Dore Senior, who was a member of the Golden Agency and a founding member of the Squadron Supreme. He is also the father of Blue Eagle. He first appeared in ''Squadron Supreme'' #1 (September 1985).
Mark Gruenwald
Mark Eugene Gruenwald (; June 18, 1953 – August 12, 1996) was an American comic book writer, editor, and occasional penciler known for his long association with Marvel Comics.
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Early career
Gruenwald got his start in comics fa ...
Squadron Supreme
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'' #1 (September 1985)
* The second incarnation, is the son of the original Squadron's American Eagle. The character debuted as a member of the team of superheroes called the Squadron Supreme in '' The Avengers'' #85 (February 1971) as American Eagle, then as Cap'n Hawk in ''The Avengers'' #148 (June 1976),
Steve Englehart
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Early li ...
(w),
George Pérez
George Pérez (; June 9, 1954 – May 6, 2022) was an American comic book artist and writer, who worked primarily as a penciller. He came to prominence in the 1970s penciling ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' and ''The Avengers (co ...
(p),
Sam Grainger
Samuel E. Grainger (June 14, 1930 – July 25, 1990)
The Avengers'' #143 (January 1976) and finally as Blue Eagle in ''Squadron Supreme'' #1 (September 1985).