SUPER-CHIEF I
SUPER-CHIEF I
Real Name: Flying Stag
Class: Human technology-user
Occupation: Warrior
Group Affiliation: None
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Eastern North America, circa 1492
First Appearance: All-Star Western I #117 (February-March, 1961)
Powers: When Super-Chief wore a necklace made from a radioactive meteor he discovered he gained superhuman strength, speed and the power of flight for one hour every day.History: Stag was a proud Iroquois warrior of the Wolf Clan who competed to become the Royaneh, or Supreme Chief of the Iroquois Nation. Jealous competitors tossed him into a pit, and Stag prayed to his god Manitou for help. A meteor fell into the pit, and Stag swore Manitou then told him to take the meteor and become his Saganowahna (Super-Chief). Super-Chief fashioned a necklace from the meteor and thereafter used his powers to protect his tribe.
Comments: Created by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino.
Super-Chief was profiled in Who's Who: the Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #22.
The Super-Chief story from All-Star Western I #117 was reprinted in Superman I #245.
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