Real Name: Arrowhead
Identity/Class: Human (Old
West Era) (Pawnee tribe)
Occupation: Renegade, hunter
Group Membership: Former member of a Pawnee tribe
Affiliations: Sam Beaver, Black Buffalo, Burt, Andy
Crockett, Earl Cummings, Doe
Eyes, Eagle, Jeb Elkins, Alice
Harvey, Frank
Harvey, Clint Holden, Jeff, Billy Marney, Sarah, Mary Temble, Yellow
Hand;
frequently invoked Manitou
Enemies: Baldy, Black Bull, Colonel Brace, Captain Breck, Buck, Castro, Jesse Crawl, Major Cloud, the Crows, Britt Fargo, Toss Farley, Captain Ferran, Colonel Farren, Pete Frame, Mr. Hanley, the Hook, Joe, Carl Kugar, Ox, Ross Marney, Monk, Red Wolf, Cat Rondo, Running Wolf, Snake, Snake Fang, Snively, Squint, Tex, Joel Turk, Twist, Whitey
Known Relatives: Bear-That-Walks (father, deceased), unidentified mother (deceased), Sliding Otter (brother, deceased), unidentified uncle
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Mobile in the western USA
First Appearance: Arrowhead I#1 (April, 1954)
Powers/Abilities: Arrowhead was an exceptional combatant skilled in wrestling. He carried a variety of weapons such as a war club with a stone implement, a knife, a tomahawk and a bow and arrows. He could throw knives and tomahawks with deadly accuracy. He was an excellent hunter and horse rider. On one occasion, Arrowhead was able to glimpse the future through deprivation of food and water over a 5-day period.
Height: Unrevealed
(approximately 6'0")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 175 lbs.)
Eyes: Black
Hair: Black
History:
(Arrowhead I#1) - Arrowhead grew up in a peaceful Pawnee village as the
son of the head chief, Bear-That-Walks. Meat was so plentiful that the
tribe had barely any need to hunt; instead, the young braves engaged in
games of skill and weapon prowess. Arrowhead proved himself to be an
excellent archer and it was anticipated that one day, he would succeed
his father as chief. The young woman Doe Eyes was determined to one day
marry Arrowhead. However, the medicine man, Snake Fang, was frustrated
that his son Running Wolf could never best Arrowhead in their contests.
One day, Arrowhead and his father went out hunting and found a
half-eaten carcass left behind by white hunters; at that time,
Arrowhead had never seen a white man and wondered why they left so much
meat to spoil.
That summer, Arrowhead took the medicine test in which he was isolated in a cave for five days without food or water until he dreamt of some symbol or event that would be his medicine to ward off danger. On his sixth night, Arrowhead dreamed of himself killing a white man with one of his arrows. Troubled by the dream, he left the cave to find water but was attacked by a bear. The bear badly wounded Arrowhead before he could kill it. A white trader named Pete Frame found Arrowhead and brought him back to his family.
After Arrowhead's recovery, his father, mother and brother went out to hunt but, after several days, they failed to return. Arrowhead went after them and discovered their dead bodies. Although their deaths were arranged to look like the work of the Crow tribe, Arrowhead realized his father had been shot in the back by a rifle, which suggested white men were responsible. On the trail of the killers, Arrowhead rode to Sutter's Fort but was arrested by the army, who accused Arrowhead for a recent attack on their soldiers, although Arrowhead could tell it had been the Crow who attacked them.
Arrowhead was released from his cell by Andy Crockett, a frontiersman who knew the Pawnee couldn't be responsible for the attack on the soldiers. Confused by recent events, Arrowhead rode back to his village and found Snake Fang had assumed mastery of the tribe. Having formed an alliance with Pete Frame, Snake Fang had traded the village's gold to him in exchange for alcohol, which had left most of the tribe drunk. Realizing Snake Fang and Pete Frame had conspired to kill his family, Arrowhead killed them both. By killing Pete Frame, Arrowhead fulfilled his vision of the future. Unable to explain his actions to the Pawnee, Arrowhead was forced to become a renegade. Arrowhead dedicated his life to the destruction of white men until the day all white men were driven off their land-- or until he met his own death.
(Arrowhead I#1/2) - While fleeing from soldiers guided by frontier scout Britt Fargo, Arrowhead lost his pony to a stampede of buffalo. As the soldiers caught up to him, Arrowhead stealthily killed one soldier but, unable to capture a horse, he was unable to escape them. The army raised a $500 bounty on Arrowhead's life. Spying a wild pinto, Arrowhead tried to capture it as his new steed but the pinto evaded him. When a puma assaulted the pinto, Arrowhead killed the puma then tended the pinto's wounds with a salve. Naming the pinto "Eagle," he took it as his new steed. Britt Fargo and the soldiers caught up to Arrowhead but he slew them and Eagle trampled Fargo to death. Arrowhead set Eagle free in thanks for saving his life but Eagle refused to leave him; they were now a team.
(Arrowhead I#1/4 (fb)) - Arrowhead went to a meadow he had enjoyed visiting in the past and was annoyed to see the white settlers Sarah and Jeff had made their home there. However, Arrowhead found himself unable to kill Jeff after seeing Sarah and her children. When Blackfoot attacked Sarah and Jeff's home, Arrowhead fought them and received a lance wound to his chest. Jeff and Sarah tended to Arrowhead's wound. When soldiers came in pursuit of him, Jeff and Sarah hid Arrowhead in the attic of their home.
(Arrowhead I#1/4) - The soldiers searched the house but didn't inspect the attic. Arrowhead was surprised that Jeff and Sarah concealed him but Jeff insisted that he would do the same for any friend regardless of his skin color. However, the army scouts Snively and Red Wolf returned to the cabin for another inspection. Arrowhead burst out of hiding and killed both men. He remained with Sarah and Jeff to nurse his wound but upon his recovery, Arrowhead warned the family that the next time he passed through, he might be their enemy. Jeff answered that he would keep his gun ready but he doubted they would ever be enemies.
(Arrowhead I#2 (fb)) - Arrowhead discovered the bodies of dead gold miners and recognized they had been killed by White men in such a way as to implicate the Pawnee. Arrowhead rode out to find the killers but ran into a posse who accused him of killing the miners. One of the posse members shot him in the head, creasing his scalp. They grabbed Arrowhead and prepared to lynch him.
(Arrowhead I#2) - Andy Crockett arrived and tried to prevent the lynching; another man present, Hanley, agreed with Crockett. When the man holding the rope relaxed his grip, Arrowhead rode Eagle forward, escaping the lynch party. Still injured from being shot, Arrowhead was found by other Pawnee who brought him back to his family's village. Arrowhead was reunited with Doe Eyes but learned Running Wolf was now the chief of his people. Arrowhead informed the Pawnee that Snake Fang had been responsible for collaborating with White men and killing his father. To settle the dispute, Arrowhead challenged Running Wolf in man-to-man combat. The two competed on horseback and with stone clubs but it finished with Arrowhead defeating Running Wolf then declaring he would surrender Running Wolf in exchange for his liberty but the next time they met, he would kill Running Wolf. Resuming his hunt for the killers of the gold miners, Arrowhead discovered Hanley was the killer. Arrowhead drove his knife into Hanley's heart. Witnessing the murder, Andy Crockett promised he would supply the evidence proving Hanley was the killer.
(Arrowhead I#2/2) - Ross Marney, marshal of Drumtown, attempted to exterminate an Arapaho camp, even though many of the members were scouts for the Cavalry. Andy Crockett opposed Ross so Ross had him arrested. Arrowhead broke Andy out of Ross' hands and Ross finally let Arrowhead go after he saved his son Billy from a mountain lion. Ross admitted his hatred for the Arapaho was based on his own half-Native heritage.
(Arrowhead I#2/4) - After escaping Blackfoot braves, Arrowhead was caught by the U.S. Cavalry under the command of Colonel Brace. Andy Crockett informed Brace that Arrowhead was Pawnee and Arrowhead affirmed that he had no love for the Blackfoot, so he agreed to scout the nearby Blackfoot village for the Cavalry. After discovering the village contained only women and children, Arrowhead reported back to Brace but the colonel intended to attack the village anyway. Andy helped Arrowhead escape the army and Arrowhead went to the village to warn them of the army's attack. The Blackfoot abandoned their village but Arrowhead remained there, awaiting Brace's arrival. When Brace came, Arrowhead revealed what he'd done then killed Colonel Brace. Brace's soldiers had no love for their bloodthirsty superior and let Arrowhead depart.
(Wild Western I#34/2 (fb)) - Cat Rondo and his men attacked settlers dressed up as renegade Natives. Wanting to avoid further violence against his people, Arrowhead tried to inform Colonel Maher of the US Cavalry of the truth but the "renegades" activities drew in the Crows, who attacked the settlers, but Arrowhead helped drive the Crows away due to his mutual animosity towards them. Convinced of Arrowhead's story now, Maher confronted Cat but Cat shot him to death.
(Wild Western I#34/2) - Arrowhead then faced Cat himself, armed with his knife. Although Cat had a gun, Arrowhead threw his knife faster than Cat could shoot and the knife killed Cat.
(Wild Western I#35/2) - After clashing with the Hook's men over trading whiskey to the Cheyenne, Arrowhead was spared by Yellow Hand, who had been a friend of his. Nursed to health by the siblings Alice and Frank Harvey, Arrowhead became attracted to Alice, who proved to be half-Sioux, but the Hook's Cheyenne allies slaughtered her wagon train and killed Yellow Hand when he tried to stop them. Arrowhead buried Alice and Yellow Hand then challenged the Hook to one-on-one combat with knives and killed him.
(Arrowhead I#3) - Arrowhead found a dying man, who mentioned "the smokin' lion" and gave him a map to a gold mine before passing away. Arrowhead was accused of the murder by two men who led him to Hangtown, where the dead man's brother Carl Kugar was one of the citizens. Carl tried to rile up a lynch mob to kill Arrowhead but the town sheriff - Larry Kugar, son of the dead man - refused. Arrowhead gave Larry the map but Carl again tried to lynch Arrowhead. Larry halted the lynching and Arrowhead realized "smokin' lion" referred to Carl Kugar. Carl stole the map from Larry but Arrowhead pursued him, killed Carl and burned the map.
(Arrowhead I#3/2) - Outraged at White men for killing buffalo, Arrowhead came upon Burt, one of the hunters, who had been shot and left to die by his comrades. Arrowhead prevented the Sioux from killing Burt then nursed him back to health and taught him to understand the importance of the buffalo. Arrowhead accompanied Burt to get revenge on his former friends and Arrowhead killed the leader, Ox, with a back-breaking wrestling move. Burt vowed to give up buffalo hunting and instead fight on behalf of Arrowhead's people.
(Arrowhead I#3/4) - Arrowhead snuck back to his
home village so he could gaze upon Doe Eyes, whom he still loved.
However, the White man Turk was also smitten with her and made an
alliance with Black Bull of the Sioux Oglala tribe to attack the Pawnee
so that he could kidnap Doe Eyes. Arrowhead tracked Doe Eyes to the
Sioux camp and killed Black Bull then escaped with Doe Eyes, giving
her Turk's horse. Doe Eyes begged Arrowhead to join him as a renegade
but he told her she couldn't live the sort of life he lived. To ensure
Turk didn't come after Doe Eyes again, Arrowhead pursued the White man
and fought him in man-to-man combat, finally throwing his knife at Turk
to kill him. As he made camp that night, Arrowhead made a quiet
farewell to Doe Eyes, certain he would never return to her.
(Ringo Kid Western I#1/3) - The half-Scotch, half-Pawnee hunter Sam Beaver saved Arrowhead from a bison but Twist and his gang killed Sam for a treasure map he carried. Arrowhead obtained vengeance on Sam's behalf by killing Twist and all of his men.
(Black Rider I#24/3) - Arrowhead was fleeing from a posse led by Marshal Jesse Crawl when Eagle damaged one of his hooves on a rock. Fellow outlaw Clint Holden came to Arrowhead's aid as Crawl accused him of killing Crawl's brother. The two hid together in a cave so that Arrowhead could tend to Holden's wound. Holden drew a gun on Arrowhead, intending to kill him and collect the reward money, but ultimately withdrew the weapon as he acknowledged Arrowhead had saved his life. Instead, Arrowhead helped clear Holden's name by confronting Crawl and forcing him to sign a confession admitting that he had killed his own brother and framed Holden. Crawl tried to double-cross Arrowhead and have his men kill him as soon as the confession was written but Holden saved Arrowhead from them and Arrowhead killed Crawl. Holden's name was cleared and they parted as friends.
(Wild Western I#36/2) - Arrowhead tried to warn a wagon train away from the Sioux but the wagon leader was half-Sioux and tried to lead them into an ambush. After wagon train member Jeb Elkins saved his life from the Sioux, Arrowhead resolved to save the rest of the settlers. Arrowhead saved the settlers from the Sioux and exposed the wagon leader's heritage then killed him. Having done this, Arrowhead considered his debt to Elkins settled.
(Wild Western I#37/3) - Major Cloud's brother was killed by Pawnees and he tried to unleash his Cavalry under Captain's Breck's command against Arrowhead but Crockett was working as a scout for Cloud and he warned Arrowhead in advance. Consequently, the Cavalry were blind to an incoming Cheyenne attack. The Cheyenne killed Breck's fiancee while Major Cloud fled. Arrowhead caught the cowardly Cloud and killed him in a fight. By then, Breck was fatally wounded by the Cheyenne. Arrowhead killed the Cheyenne and distracted Breck by claiming to be responsible for all the deaths so Breck wouldn't find his fiancee's body before dying. Breck chased Arrowhead on horseback until he succumbed to his wounds and Arrowhead buried Breck and his fiancee together.
(Arrowhead I#4) - Arrowhead watched as Captain Farren refused to let the Pawnee hunt buffalo in his area, instead killing the unarmed Pawnee - one of whom was Arrowhead's uncle. The Pawnee rose up and attacked the army in reprisal and Arrowhead joined them, killing Captain Farren. The dead man's older brother, Colonel Farren, put out a bounty on Native American scalps, which buffalo hunters eagerly accepted, murdering several unarmed people. Outraged, Andy Crockett guided Arrowhead to Colonel Farren's camp. Arrowhead kidnapped Colonel Farren in the night then shaved his hair into a mohawk and dressed him as a Pawnee. To Arrowhead's delight, Colonel Farren was killed and scalped by buffalo hunters who didn't recognize him. Arrowhead considered this revenge for those who were killed.
(Arrowhead I#4/2) - Arrowhead made peace with the Sioux and joined their tribe so he could wage war against the White men with them but after noting how the Sioux treated war as a game of skill and prowess, he realized the White men were more cruel and would ultimately win. Turning from the Sioux, Arrowhead rode back to Pawnee land.
(Arrowhead I#4/4) - Arrowhead helped Mary Temble after her family's home was destroyed by other White men but the leader of the raiders, Snake, accused Arrowhead of razing the home and killing Anse Temble's wife. Arrowhead was arrested but the Tembles let Arrowhead out of prison when they realized he was innocent. Finding evidence Snake was the killer, Arrowhead burst into the bar where Snake was biding his time, threw a lasso around Snake's neck, then hanged him to death.
(Black Rider I#25/3) - Toss Farley came to Tumbleweed, intent on taking control of the town through cunning and duplicity. He gave both the White man and the Pawnee liquor and firearms then set into motion a series of events to set the two at each others' throats. Fleeing from intoxicated Pawnee, Arrowhead was captured by a posse of White men who trained a rifle on Eagle's heart. Unwilling to sacrifice Eagle, Arrowhead surrendered and was arrested. Farley then tripped up when he visited Arrowhead's cell and tried to bring Arrowhead in on his plan. Arrowhead already knew Farley was the one corrupting the Pawnee and instigating violence between them and the White men. Reaching through the cell bars, Arrowhead forced Farley to release him. Arrowhead tied Farley to Eagle then rode across country, dragging Farley behind him until the man was dead.
(Wild Western I#38/3) - Arrowhead encountered Black Buffalo, a fellow Pawnee brave, and learned the Pawnee were being preyed upon by a band of White men. Shortly afterward, Black Buffalo was wounded by a soldier who mistook him for Arrowhead. Arrowhead saved Black Buffalo's life but the injury had driven Black Buffalo insane, sending him on a mindless rampage. Andy Crockett warned Arrowhead that Black Buffalo's actions threatened to bring the army against all the Pawnee in retribution. To end the violence, Arrowhead fought Black Buffalo and, during their struggle, Black Buffalo landed on his own knife. Arrowhead commended his soul to Manitou.
(Wild Western I#39/3) - Arrowhead killed Monk and his men for violating sacred territory of the Pawnee. Writer Earl Cummings witnessed Arrowhead's actions and promised to share with his readers the true goodness of the Natives.
Comments: Created by an unidentified writer and Joe Sinnott.
Wild Western I#39 claimed on its cover that the Apache Kid had an adventure inside. It was actually an Arrowhead story - his final appearance, no less. Not exactly a gold watch retirement gift, is it?
This profile was completed 06/25/2025 but its publication was delayed, as it was intended for the Appendix's 25th anniversary celebratory event. Thanks to Loki for cleaning up the main image!
Profile by Prime Eternal.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Arrowhead should not be confused with:
Eagle was a wild pinto that Arrowhead rescued from a puma. Thereafter, Eagle remained Arrowhead's faithful steed in his adventures. Eagle was bold enough to join Arrowhead in battle, trampling men to death to spare his master's life. In turn, Arrowhead was unwilling to risk Eagle's life.
--Arrowhead I#1/2 (1/4, 2, 2/2, 2/4, Wild Western I#34/2, 35/2, Arrowhead I#3, 3/2, 3/4, Ringo Kid Western I#1/3, Black Rider I#24/3, Wild Western I#36/2, 37/3, Arrowhead I#4, 4/2, #4/4, Black Rider I#25/3, Wild Western I#38/3, 39/3,
images: (without ads)
Arrowhead I#1, page 1, panel 1 (Arrowhead, main)
Wild Western I#34/2, page 2, panel 3 (Arrowhead, face)
Ringo Kid Western I#1/3, page 5, panel 6 (Arrowhead in action)
Arrowhead I#1/2, panel 5, panel 1 (Eagle)
Appearances:
Arrowhead I#1/1,2,4 (April, 1954) - unidentified writer, Joe Sinnott
(pencils, inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Arrowhead I#2/1,2,4 (June, 1954) - unidentified writer, Joe Sinnott
(pencils, inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Wild Western I#34-39 (June-December, 1954) - unidentified writer, Joe
Sinnott (pencils, inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Arrowhead I#3/1,2,4 (August, 1954) - unidentified writer, Joe Sinnott
(pencils, inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Ringo Kid Western I#1/3 (August, 1954) - unidentified writer, Joe
Sinnott (pencils, inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Black Rider I#24/3 (September, 1954) - unidentified writer, Joe Sinnott
(pencils, inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Arrowhead I#4/1,2,4 (November, 1954) - unidentified writer, Joe Sinnott
(pencils, inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Black Rider I#25/3 (November, 1954) - unidentified writer, Joe Sinnott
(pencils, inks), Stan Lee (editor)
First posted: 09/13/2026
Last updated:
03/31/2026
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