SUSQUATCH

Real Name: Susquatch

Identity/Class: Terrestrial animal, possibly a subspecies of humanity

Occupation: Sometimes guardian of Passing Cloud's people; the rest of the time, no occupation - it's just a wild animal.

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Passing Cloud

Enemies: The Hulk; trappers and hunters, including Clem Foster and Joss Cartwright.

Known Relatives: None - it is the last of it's kind 

Aliases: Bigfoot; The Abominable Snowman; Pointy-Head and Animal-Man (the Hulk's names for him)

Base of Operations: Beaver Mountain, located somewhere in one of the wilderness areas of America.  

First Appearance: Hulk Comic#12/1 (May 23rd 1979)

Powers/Abilities:  The Susquatch had keen senses, as befitted a carnivorous predator. It was extremely strong (at least Class 10 I'd say, since it gives the Hulk a run for his money). It's fangs were powerful enough to pierce the Hulk's skin, and once it's jaw is locked onto a victim's throat, even the Hulk found it difficult to break it's deadly grip. The Susquatch was tough enough to take blows from the Hulk or survive a fall into a deep crevasse without major injury. However it definitely wasn't resistant to bullets.

History: (BTS) - The Susquatch were a race of ape-like beings who live in the forests around Beaver Mountains. They had forged a sort of alliance with the local Native Americans, who use calming flute music to summon them. When the White Man invaded their land, the Indians used the Susquatch to kill many of them, and in return they freed the great beasts whenever they were caught in the White Man's traps. By modern times, the last of the Native Tribe is Passing Cloud; he is the friend, protector, and sometimes provider for the last of the Susquatch. 

(Hulk Comic#12/1) - The Susquatch is summoned to Passing Cloud's cabin by the sound of his flute. However as it nears the wooden house, the music stops and the Susquatch sees it's old friend being threatened by a strange green man...the Hulk! Knowing no fear, the immense creature rushes to attack, smashing them both through the wall of the cabin into the snow beyond, and locking it's powerful fangs into the emerald behemoth's throat.

(Hulk Comic#13/1) - The two giants continue their struggle. Strong as the Susquatch is, the Hulk is stronger, but even he cannot break the snow beast's hold on his throat. The Hulk lifts the creature aloft, berserk with rage and pain, and runs off the edge of a gaping chasm, all the while with the Susquatch's jaws locked round his neck. They hit the ground with the Susquatch on the bottom, stunning the creature and finally forcing it to relinquish it's hold. The Hulk smashes the Susquatch into the rock face, dislodging some snow and ice at the top of the chasm. As the Hulk picks up his foe to finish him off, the falling snow crashes down on him, distracting him long enough for Susquatch to strike back. Before it can follow through it's attack however, both fighters are entranced by the music played by Passing Cloud, who has recovered from his earlier ordeal at the Hulk's hands and followed them into the forest. The Hulk calmly listens as Passing Cloud explains his people's connection with the local "Bigfoot".

(Hulk Comic#14/1) - The calm atmosphere is disturbed by a helicopter flown by Forest Rangers summoned by local hunters who had earlier encountered the Hulk. Simultaneously, Susquatch picks up the scent of approaching strangers, hunters and trappers armed with guns. Knowing from experience that it guns can hurt it, the Susquatch tries to flee, only to be shot in the back by it's pursuers. It is dead before it hits the ground, and Passing Cloud, it's only friend, kneels beside it in mourning. 

Comments: Created by Steve Parkhouse and Paul Neary.

My guess is that the creature MIGHT be associated with the race of Sasquatch as seen in Alpha Flight II.
--Snood.

by Loki  CLARIFICATIONS:  Not to be confused with

• Sasquatch, Walter / Wanda Langkowski, a member of Alpha Flight @ Uncanny X-Men I#120
• Sasquatch, a member of a race of Sasquatches who was mistaken for the aforementioned Langkowski and inducted into Alpha Flight @Alpha Flight II#1
• Sasquatch race living in Canada, of whom the above was a member @Alpha Flight II#1
• Sasquatch, Heather McDaniel Hudson, a member of the dimension-hopping Exiles @Exiles#10
• Tanaraq, the Great Beast whose form Walter Langkowski took to become Sasquatch @Uncanny X-Men I#120
• Abominable Snow Man, Carl Hanson, who was mutated into the form of the legendary beast by a cursed picture @Tales to Astonish I#13
• Yeti, an Inhuman who once worked with the First Line @Fantastic Four I#99
• Yeti, a.k.a. The Cold People @Fantastic Four I#145
• Yeti, a.k.a. The Guardian of the Gateway @Black Panther I#45
• Yeti, a tribe a cro-magnons who live in the Himalayas @Man-Thing II#2
• Yeti, a.k.a. Magou, a race discovered by Shang-Chi @Master of Kung-Fu#124
• Yeti, a member of Weapon Prime @X-Force#11
• Yetrigar, a giant ape-like hominid found frozen in Canada who fought Godzilla once awoken @Godzilla#10
• any other sort of Big Foot, Yeti, Sasquatch, Old Man of the Woods or the like

Last updated: 09/26/03

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