Thunderbird, whose real name is John Proudstar, is a cartoon character created by Chris Claremont and Len Wein (text), Dave Cockrum (drawings), published by Marvel Comics. The first appearance occurs in Giant-Size X-Men # 1 (1975).
It is one of the first Indian comic book characters, the second part of the genesis of the X-Men, where the characters were of various nationalities and ethnicities.
The character was short-lived, it died in one of the first missions of the group, it seems that the reason for this choice was the fact that, for both the powers of the personality sullen and rebellious, was too similar to Wolverine.
It was later created a character with the appearance and characteristics similar to those of Thunderbird, it comes to his younger brother James aka Warpath.
The Thunderbird name was also used by Neal Sharra, an Indian (India) that had no connection with family Proudstar.
It is one of the first Indian comic book characters, the second part of the genesis of the X-Men, where the characters were of various nationalities and ethnicities.
The character was short-lived, it died in one of the first missions of the group, it seems that the reason for this choice was the fact that, for both the powers of the personality sullen and rebellious, was too similar to Wolverine.
It was later created a character with the appearance and characteristics similar to those of Thunderbird, it comes to his younger brother James aka Warpath.
The Thunderbird name was also used by Neal Sharra, an Indian (India) that had no connection with family Proudstar.
Thunderbird in action
The powers of Thunderbird are not particularly clear: he has been seen chasing with his bare hands and stop running a bison on the prairie, which implies that he had strength, agility, speed and endurance that far exceed those of a normal human being, As we do not know what level were these qualities (presumably lower than those of Colossus and Wolverine), in House of M, for example, it can be seen clearly cope with Luke Cage in a melee. It was also an expert in close combat, particularly in the use of knife and tomahawk, his tribe's traditional weapons.
Warpath has, in addition to strength, speed, agility, reflexes and superhuman strength, the ability to fly and supersense like a view of a falcon which enables excellent visibility at night. Leaving aside its mutation, Warpath is an excellent fighter, having been trained by Cable in person.
Neal Shaara but has the ability to emit and solar plasma flying.
John was a mutant Proudstar Indian, a descendant of the glorious tribes of Apaches, not open to dialogue with the white men, because of what they did to his people centuries earlier. He was summoned by Charles Xavier when he tried to form a new group of X-Men, in order to free the original team, captured the island living Krakoa. Seeing it as an opportunity to prove his worth as a warrior, John accepted the proposal of Xavier, wearing the clothes of Thunderbird.
Warpath has, in addition to strength, speed, agility, reflexes and superhuman strength, the ability to fly and supersense like a view of a falcon which enables excellent visibility at night. Leaving aside its mutation, Warpath is an excellent fighter, having been trained by Cable in person.
Neal Shaara but has the ability to emit and solar plasma flying.
John was a mutant Proudstar Indian, a descendant of the glorious tribes of Apaches, not open to dialogue with the white men, because of what they did to his people centuries earlier. He was summoned by Charles Xavier when he tried to form a new group of X-Men, in order to free the original team, captured the island living Krakoa. Seeing it as an opportunity to prove his worth as a warrior, John accepted the proposal of Xavier, wearing the clothes of Thunderbird.
