WILLIAM
TALLTREES
Real
Name: William
Talltrees
Identity/Class: Normal human (Native American, Cheyenne)
Occupation: Native
American tribal chief
Group
Membership: Cheyenne
Nation
Affiliations: Cheyenne
Nation, Goliath (Clint
Barton), Red Wolf (Will Talltrees), Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff),
Vision
Enemies: Cornelius
Van Lunt
Known
Relatives: Thomas
(brother, deceased), William
(Red Wolf, nephew), Rebecca
(sister-in-law, deceased), Wildrun
(Red
Wolf, ancestor, deceased), Johnny
Wakeley (Red
Wolf, ancestor, deceased), Thomas
Thunderhead (Red Wolf, alleged common ancestor)
Aliases: None
Base
of Operations: Wolf
Point, Montana, USA
First
Appearance: Avengers
I#81 (October, 1970)
Powers/Abilities: William
Talltrees had no superhuman
powers but was brave enough to aid the other Cheyenne against Cornelius
Van
Lunt.
History:
(Avengers
I#81) – After the Avengers Quinjet was attacked
by Jason Birch and a Zodiac attack craft filled with robots, Goliath
and Red
Wolf made their way to the ground and shortly after found their way to
Red Wolf’s
old Cheyenne reserve. Once there, Red Wolf attempted to rally the
Cheyenne to
fight against the corrupt tycoon Cornelius Van Lunt, who had been
pressured
them all to sell their land. William Talltrees stepped forward and
questioned
whether Red Wolf was the true champion of legend and reminded him of
the death of his brother Thomas from months earlier. William was interrupted by the
arrival of some
of Van Lunt’s gunmen, who intended to kill the Cheyenne. After Goliath
and Red
Wolf fought off the gunmen, William revealed that the Cheyenne were
convinced
of Red Wolf’s heroism and agreed to accompany him to Van Lunt’s
mansion.
William and the Cheyenne Nation then made their way to Van Lunt’s
mansion and
prepared to confront the tycoon, only to be warned away by the Vision.
Comments: Created by Roy
Thomas, John Buscema and
Tom Palmer.
William’s
first name was first
revealed in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe#9 (September,
1983).
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
William Talltrees has no known connections to
- or any other "William" or
"Talltrees" characters
images: (without ads)
Avengers I#81, p11, pan4 (William Talltrees, main image)
Avengers I#81, p11, pan5 (William Talltrees headshot)
Appearances:
Avengers I#81 (October, 1970) – Roy Thomas (writer), John Buscema
(art), Tom
Palmer (inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Last
updated:
03/29/13
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