Matt Savage

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Real Name

Matthew Savage

Current Alias

Matt Savage

Aliases

Trail Boss, Matt Savage

Relatives

Laurie Savage (deceased); Samantha Savage (deceased); Brian "Scalphunter" Savage (deceased); Matt Savage (deceased); Annie Savage (deceased); Steve Savage

Affiliation

Rough Bunch; The Dogiron Crew, United States Army

Base Of Operations

The Texas Trail (late 19th century)

Status

Alignment

Good

Identity

Public Identity

Race

Human

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Cattle driver; former Army scout; former miner

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

5' 10"

Weight

165 lbs (75 kg)

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Brown

Origin

Universe

Earth-One, New Earth

Place of Death

The final fate of Trail Boss Matt Savage has yet to be chronicled.

Created by

Gardner Fox, Gil Kane

First appearance

Last appearance

Western Comics #77
(October, 1959)

Western Comics #85
(February, 1961)

HistoryEdit

Matt Savage was born some time in the mid 19th century. As a young man, Matt joined the United States army where he served as an army scout. After leaving the service, he found meager employment working as a miner. He eventually joined a cattle-driving crew as a flank man, and made runs along the Texas Big Bend trail all the way to Abilene, Kansas. Before long, Matt established his own cattle-driving team which he named the Dogiron Crew. Joining his team was accused horse-thief "Biscuits" Baker, former Confederate soldier Jim Grant, the argumentative Clay Dixon as well as other men named Manuel Ortega, Luther Jones, and Red.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Abilities

Matt Savage was an accomplished trail boss, with years of experience in tracking, riding, cattle driving and lassoing. He was also a fair hand-to-hand combatant, a fine marksman and an accomplished scout.

• Firearms
• Equestrianism
• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)

Strength level

In his prime, Matt Savage possessed the strength level of a man his age, size and weight who engaged in moderate regular exercise.

ParaphernaliaEdit

Transportation

Horse

Weapons

Colt Revolver

NotesEdit

• Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
• Although Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe XXIV alludes to a possible family connection between Matt Savage and Brian Savage, it remains unconfirmed what relationship, if any, the two men share. Brian Savage's father was also named Matt, though this was an entirely different Matt Savage, and should not be confused with the Texas trail boss. Brian Savage's spirit was reincarnated in the 20th century as Opal City police officer Matt O'Dare.

• Matt Savage has no connection to either Vandal Savage or the non-continuity pulp hero, Doc Savage.

Related

• 18 Appearances of Matthew Savage (New Earth)
• 11 Images featuring Matthew Savage (New Earth)
• Quotations by or about Matthew Savage (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Matthew Savage (New Earth)

LinksEdit

• Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe XXIV

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