TIPPI CANOETIPPI CANOE
Real Name: Presumably Tippi Canoe
Identity/Class: Extradimensional ("Odd dimension") humanoid (presumably alternate reality human...I don't think the writer put that much thought into it...)
Occupation: Hunter;
presumably at least a former princess of
unidentified tribe (although it is possible that Tyler II just called
her Princess out of respect, or because she was a prima donna)
Group Membership: Unidentified tribe
Affiliations: Tyler II, unidentified prospector
Enemies: Howard the Duck, Beverly Switzler, unidentified bull elk
Known Relatives: Unidentified ancestors
Aliases: Princess
Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
at least formerly the "Odd Dimension," and formerly an unidentified landmass in that realm
First Appearance:
Crazy#66 (September, 1980)
Powers/Abilities: Tippi Canoe is/was a hunter
of some skill, as she could kill an elk; Tyler II was shown holding a
tomahawk of some sort, which may be what she used to accomplish this.
She rode in a canoe that was not
limited to traveling through water but could navigate through the "air"
of the alien realm of the Odd Dimension. It is possible that it was
Tyler II that facilitated this.
She apparently could not survive a
powerful micro-wave blast from Tyler II, reflected back on her via a
mirror.
Height: Unrevealed (There is no frame of reference, but perhaps 5'7")
Weight: Unrevealed (perhaps 125-130 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed (it was a black and white story; presumably brown)
Hair: Black
History:
(Crazy#66 (fb) - BTS) - Tippi Canoe's forefathers told her of ducks and of the great duck barbeques they used to have.
(Crazy#66 (fb) - BTS) - Tippi
Canoe arrived in the "Odd Dimension," arriving on a rock that was
only big enough for one elk. Tippi immediately killed the elk, which
she ate, spending the next week picking her teeth with his bones.
(Crazy#66 (fb) - BTS) - Tippi considered the "Odd Dimension" to be depleted.
(Crazy#66 (fb) - BTS) - Joe's Diner arrived in the Odd Dimension.
(Crazy#66) - Tippi spit out some nuts and berries, noting she was sick of them and that she wanted some meat. She lamented that the caribou and the "great herds of mooing elk" were gone, but her companion, Tyler II (a highly sophisticated computer) told her not to be so melodramatic, as it wasn't like "the white-eyes wiped out all of the animals around here"...she was the one who slew the one elk, while there were never any caribou there in the first place.
Telling Tyler II not to get snippy, Tippi instructed Tyler to push the canoe so they could head to some new hunting grounds. Tyler II agreed, noting he had been getting sick of this place, anyway.
Tippi had Tyler II slow down as the approached some sort of prospector, and Tippi greeted him, "Hiawatha, old man" (see comments) and then asked him if he knew anywhere around there that they could get some meat.
The prospector noted that while he had not left his claim for 6 weeks,
he had heard about "an old diner what just sprung up down the
slip-stream a piece!" He also considered that someday he was going to
have to get up off of his asteroid and see if the diner was there or
not.
As they approached the diner,
Tippi noted that a diner wasn't what she had in mind, but she'd take
it...however, Tyler told to wait a minute as his detector-circuits were
clicking away to beat the band, and that one of the creatures by the
diner was a duck (Howard, of course, with the other creature being
Bev).
Tippi was initially surprised to
learn that "that little shrimp smoking the big cigar" was a duck;
recalled what her forefathers had told her, she always thought they
would be bigger. Nonetheless, acknowledging that computers never lied,
Tippi instructed Tyler II to use her micro-wave beam on the duck,
fast-fricasseeing him for her...and to hurry, because she was starving.
Tyler II told her not to be so
impatient; having anticipated her wishes, he was already revving up.
However, as Tyler II fired his micro-wave beam, he failed to notice
that Bev, who had been concerned about gaining weight and was using a
mirror to check out her buttocks. 
Too late, Tyler II realized (and announced) that he had miscalculated slightly. His aim was bit off, he had used way too much power, and he didn't figure anyone would be holding a mirror. He warned Tippi that the beam was being deflected back toward them, and she realized that they were going to get fast-fricasseed. The beam sure enough fried them both, leaving behind only a portion of the canoe, the smoking remnants of Tyler II, and a pile of ashes.
(Crazy#66 (fb) - BTS) - Having
glimpsed what he thought was a girl and crazy trash container, Howard
saw the flash and the remains and wondered what had happened.
Comments: Created by Steve Skeates, Pat Broderick, and Armando Gil.
As Tippi is apparently a Native American human woman (she is called specifically "an attractive young Indian maiden"), it is presumed she came from some alternate reality Earth, or perhaps even Earth-616. The time period from which she traveled is purely speculative...as is how she came to be associated with Tyler II. The story is sparse on details, but it just a 3 page comedy feature in Crazy Magazine...what do you want for nothing (well, OK, the Magazine cost $0.75, but that includes 52 pages (including inside and outside front and back covers...so, what do you want for under a nickel?).
I would speculate that Tippi
traveled from an unidentified early 19th century Earth (I'm not
providing a reality designation unless it is confirmed that she is from
an alternate reality), and that she met Tyler II, who came from some
other planet, future, reality, dimension, whatever...
Or, perhaps, Tippi and Tyler II came from a reality
where robots existed on Earth (or wherever) along with beings
comparable to and identified as "Indian."
Tyler II knew enough about standard Earth history to
make a comment about "white-eyes wiping out all the animals" (with
white-eyes referring to Caucasian/Europeans coming in and wiping out
the buffalo, etc., with aggressive, wasteful hunting).
Tippi Canoe and Tyler II were named for (courtesy of Wikipedia):
The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, in Battle Ground, Indiana between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Indian forces associated with Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa (commonly known as "The Prophet"), leaders of a confederacy of various tribes who opposed European-American settlement of the American frontier. As tensions and violence increased, Governor Harrison marched with an army of about 1,000 men to attack the confederacy's headquarters at Prophetstown, near the confluence of the Tippecanoe River and the Wabash River.
Tecumseh was not yet ready to oppose the United States by force and was away recruiting allies when Harrison's army arrived. Tenskwatawa was a spiritual leader but not a military man, and he was in charge. Harrison camped near Prophetstown on November 6 and arranged to meet with Tenskwatawa the following day. Early the next morning warriors from Prophetstown attacked Harrison's army. They took the army by surprise, but Harrison and his men stood their ground for more than two hours. The Indians were ultimately repulsed when their ammunition ran low. After the battle, they abandoned Prophetstown and Harrison's men burned it to the ground, destroying the food supplies stored for the winter. The soldiers then returned to their homes.
Harrison accomplished his goal of destroying Prophetstown. The win proved decisive and garnered Harrison the nickname of “Tippecanoe”. Meanwhile, the defeat dealt a fatal blow for Tecumseh's confederacy and, though comeback attempts were made, it never fully recovered. So popular was Harrison’s nickname that "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" became his campaign slogan and a popularized campaign song when he ran for president in 1840 with John Tyler as his running mate.
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States in 1841. He died of either typhoid, pneumonia, or paratyphoid fever 31 days into his term, becoming the first president to die in office and the shortest-serving U.S. president in history. His death sparked a brief constitutional crisis regarding succession to the presidency, because the Constitution was unclear as to whether Vice President John Tyler should assume the office of president or merely execute the duties of the vacant office. Tyler claimed a constitutional mandate to become the new president and took the presidential oath of office, setting an important precedent for an orderly transfer of the presidency and its full powers when the previous president fails to complete the elected term.
She was not named for:
"It's a Long Way to Tipperary" (or " It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary ") is an Irish music hall song first performed in 1912 by Jack Judge, and written by Judge and Harry Williams though authorship of the song has long been disputed. It was recorded in 1914 by Irish tenor John McCormack.
Although Hiawatha was a real man, he was mostly known for his legend. Future generations would know of him through an 1855 epic poem called The Song of Hiawatha. In the stories of Hiawatha, we learn that he was born in the Onondaga tribe. His mother was an Onondagan and loved her son. She believed he would be a strong and great hunter. Hiawatha soon became a husband, and became a father to many daughters. Sadly, his wife and daughters were killed from an opposing enemy (Tadoaho) leaving Hiawatha grief-stricken. One of the things Hiawatha was most memorable for was his great speech and message of peace. He was a follower of the Great Peacemaker (Dekanawidah), a Huron prophet and spiritual leader who proposed the unification of the Iroquois peoples, who shared common ancestry and similar languages, but he suffered from a severe speech impediment which hindered him from spreading his proposal. Hiawatha was a skilled orator, and he was instrumental in persuading the Senecas, Cayugas, Onondagas, Oneidas, and Mohawks to accept the Great Peacemaker's vision and band together to become the Five Nations of the Iroquois confederacy. The Tuscarora people joined the Confederacy in 1722 to become the Sixth Nation. Little else is known of Hiawatha. The reason and time of his death is unknown. However his legacy is still passed on from generation to generation through oral stories, songs, and books.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Tippi Canoe should be distinguished from:
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Part of the alien realm described only as "the Odd Dimension," this
particular mass was composed of a rocky island covered in grass and
containing a single tree and a single bull elk. It is unrevealed whether this landmass originated in the "Odd Dimension"or was brought there under unexplained circumstances from Earth-616, some other Earth, some other planet from whatever reality, or some alien dimension. (Crazy#66 (fb) - BTS) - Tippi Canoe arrived in the "Odd Dimension," arriving on this landmass. Tippi immediately killed the elk, which she ate, spending the next week picking her teeth with his bones. (Crazy#66) - Tippi spit out some nuts and berries, noting she was sick of them and that she wanted some meat. She lamented that the caribou and the "great herds of mooing elk" were gone, but her companion, Tyler II (a highly sophisticated computer) told her not to be so melodramatic, as it wasn't like "the white-eyes wiped out all of the animals around here"...she was the one who slew the one elk, while there were never any caribou there in the first place. Telling Tyler II not to get snippy, Tippi -- nonetheless realizing that their landmass was depleted -- instructed Tyler to push the canoe so they could head to some new hunting grounds. Tyler II agreed, noting he had been getting sick of this place, anyway. --Crazy#66 |  |
Crazy#66/11, pg. 1, panel 3 (landmass);
pg. 2, panel 1 (landmass, elk skeleton, and rearview);
panel 2 (in canoe, main image);
panel 6 (face);
pg. 3, panel 1 (demanding food);
panel 3 (realizing imminent demise);
panel 4 (explosive demise);
Appearances:
Crazy#66/11 (September, 1980) - Steve Skeates (writer), Pat Broderick
(pencils), Armando Gil (inker), Jim Owsley (associate editor), Larry Hama (editor)
First posted: 09/19/2021
Last updated: 09/18/2021
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