Scalphunter (DC Comics)

Scalphunter
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Weird Western Tales #39 (Mar./Apr. 1977)
Created by	Sergio Aragones Joe Orlando
In-story information
Alter ego	Brian Savage
Team affiliations	Rough Bunch Black Lantern Corps
Abilities	None

Scalphunter (Brian Savage) is a fictional character, a Wild West hero in the DC Comics Universe. Scalphunter first appeared in Weird Western Tales #39 and was created by Sergio Aragones and Joe Orlando.

Brian Savage was born at some point during the 1830s to Matt Savage. During his childhood his family's ranch was attacked by Kiowa Indians and young Brian was abducted. The Indians raised him, naming him Ke-Woh-No-Tay ('He Who Is Less Than Human'). His favorite weapons were a bowie knife and a tomahawk. But he was an expert with bow and arrow, revolver and rifle. He also was very good at unarmed combat, using mostly Indian wrestling moves.

Brian ultimately assumed the name "Scalphunter" as he left the tribe that raised him. From there, Brian had many an adventure in the old west, fighting the forces of evil and interacting with the likes of Jonah Hex, Bat Lash, and Nighthawk.

Eventually returning to white society, Scalphunter abandoned his old alias to resume a normal life as Brian Savage. Brian became sheriff of Opal City, during which time he befriended the Shade, becoming the immortal's best friend and companion. Savage, in 1899, found out about numerous threats made on several Opal storeowners by Opal City's secret Tuesday Club. When attempting to stop the threats, both the storeowners and the vast majority of his team were killed, the storeowners by hanging and his team in a massive blast that levelled Opal City's police station. The only survivor from his team except for himself was the young Carny O'Dare. Seeking revenge, Savage hunted down and killed all the members of the Tuesday Club, removing a major threat to Opal's safety. Unfortunately, shortly after this, the final survivor of the Club's massacre and final inductee, Jason Melville, killed him. Melville was subsequently killed by O'Dare in retaliation. Savage, however, was hailed a hero for the destruction of the club. Steve Savage, the World War I hero known as the Balloon Buster, is his son, something he revealed to Shade as he lay dying.

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