Super Indian Volume Two

Super Indian #2

by Arigon Starr, Janet Miner (Editor)

Super Indian Volume Two contains the further adventures of Hubert Logan, a reservation boy who ate tainted commodity cheese and gained super powers. Hubert becomes Super Indian and fights evil forces that bring danger to the Leaning Oak Reservation. Super Indian and his sidekicks Mega Bear and Diogi face the ruthless Blud KwanTum, a vampire who wants to become a full-blood Indian at any cost.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Indigenous, Humor

64 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2015

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's clever to turn blood quantum and the Bureau of Indian Affairs into the basis for a horror story arc where the bureaucrats literally suck the life force from Native Americans, but even for a retro superhero story this one is too clumsy and herky-jerky to really get into. Half-hearted references are made to The Bride of Frankenstein and The Princess Bride, but a large part of the story is devoted to a parody of the Twilight movies that doesn't go far enough in eviscerating them for my taste.

A back-up story about bingo is a nonsensical chore to read and really drives home that Super Indian, the character, is really not very competent or even essential to the series at this point. Maybe it's time to actually let him be heroic?

A third volume of Super Indian seems to be in limbo right now, but I'd check it out if it ever gets published.

FOR REFERENCE:
A collection of material originally published digitally at www.superindiancomics.com as issues #5-7.

Contents
Real Super Indians: Will Rogers -- Super Indian #5: The Curse of Blud Kwan'Tum, Part One -- Real Super Indians: Susan La Flesche Picotte, MD. -- Super Indian #6: The Curse of Blud Kwan'Tum, Part Two -- Real Super Indians: Moses Yellow Horse -- Super Indian #7: Bingo Fever -- About the Author

[Ziggi Chavez · Rating 5 out of 5]

The digs at Twilight during the Blud Kwan-Tum chapters were highly entertaining. I never liked that sparkly garbage, so I appreciated the humor. Plus I would love to read more of the Council of Pueblo Justice heroes. That sounded like a great idea for a spin-off. Too bad this hasn’t taken off more mainstream.

[Stella · Rating 4 out of 5]

The hilarious adventures of Super Indian continue! I especially recommend it for the one page non-fiction biographies of Real Super Indians placed throughout the books. This book features Will Rogers, Susan Le Flesche Picotte, and Moses Yellowhorse.