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With This Publisher, Native American Superheroes Fly High

Native Realities Press exclusively publishes Native American-made comics, graphic novels and games — including a reboot of Tribal Force, widely considered the first all-Native superhero comic book.
Jon Proudstar created <em>Tribal Force</em> in 1996 — now, it's being rebooted by Native Realities.

In comics and graphic novels, Native American characters aren't usually very prominent. They're often sidekicks — or worse. But a new publisher focused exclusively on Native writers and artists is changing that. Called Native Realities, the company just released the reboot of the first all-Native superhero comic.

Comics creator Jon Proudstar remembers the first time he saw a Native American character in a comic. It was Thunderbird, in the

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