RAR #47: FORGE

 

I can't say I ever warmed much to Forge, the Cheyenne answer to Tony Stark. (Why so many Plains Indians, Marvel? How about a few Algonquins once in a while?) In addition to being a master designed of weapons, Forge also possessed some inchoate magical skills, which seemed to be gilding the lily. He's been around for a while, so he must've impressed more people than did, say, the Black Crow.

RAR #46: SERGEANT WITCH DOCTOR

 Not a lot more interesting Real Americans in the TOMAHAWK canon, but here's a curiosity from issue #87: Sergeant Witch Doctor, an Indian medicine man attached to the Rangers for one story. I guess the idea that an Indian guy would use the medical knowledge of his people on behalf of the American Revolution was well intentioned, though today it sounds a little condescending.