Pow Wow Smith
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Detective Comics vol. 1 #151 (September 1949) |
| Created by |
Don Cameron (writer) Carmine Infantino (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Ohiyesa Smith |
| Team affiliations | Rough Bunch |
| Partnerships | Hank Brown |
| Abilities | Skilled detective, forensic specialist, bush tracker, expert marksman |
Ohiyesa "Pow Wow" Smith is a fictional Western hero published by DC Comics. Created by writer Don Cameron and penciler Carmine Infantino, he is a Sioux who is the sheriff of the small Western town of Elkhorn, where he is known as a master detective. He prefers to be addressed by his proper name, Ohiyesa, but the white citizenry take to calling him "Pow Wow" so stubbornly that he eventually gives up and accepts the nickname among them.
Originally, the Pow Wow Smith character was located in the modern West. Later stories were set in the 19th-century. It was eventually retconned that the Old West character was the ancestor of the modern-day character. Since then, Smith has remained a generation legacy, and a historical figure in the DC Universe, meeting other heroes in their occasional time travel stories.
Smith first appeared in Detective Comics #151, the only Western feature in the book. After four years as a regular feature in Detective Comics, his strip became the lead feature of Western Comics, which ran until 1961. Much of the art during the Detective period was by Leonard Starr, and when Smith found a home in Western Comics, his original illustrator Infantino returned. Stories were by France Herron and later Gardner Fox.
Smith also starred in the premiere issue of All-Star Western's second volume.
Ohiyesa left his native Red Deer Valley to learn more about the white man's world. His tracking and expert gun skills won him employment as a deputy sheriff, and eventually the job of sheriff of Elkhorn. Ohiyesa's deputy is Hank Brown. Once sheriff, Pow Wow spends most of his time in Elkhorn, only rarely returning to Red Deer Valley.
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