"There have been three characters published by Marvel by the superhero name, Thunderbird. All three are actually pretty good characters, at least in terms of personality, but each has seen a disturbing tendency towards orientalism-style othering, and none of them have the veracity of, for example, a contemporary Spider-Man or Marshall Law. The best version of the original was a Dave Cockrum idea that never saw publication, the best of the second was when his earlier portrayals were being detourned, and the third? I would love to believe Neal Sharra is not called Thunderbird to a) preserve a trademark and b) because he is the other kind of Indian and that passes for wit in superhero comics."
~ from a Pop Mechanics which will happen, but not like this.
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