Name: Black Bison
Universe: Earth-1
Alter Ego: John Ravenhair
Occupation: Teacher
Marital Status: Single
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Known Relatives: Thunder Arrow (father, deceased), Red-Desert-And-Night-Wind (grandfather, deceased), Bison-Black-As-Midnight-Sky (great-grandfather, deceased)
Height: 6 ft. 3 in.
Weight: 226 lbs.
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
First Appearance: Fury of Firestorm #1

History:
An American Indian totally assimilated into the White Man's World, John Ravenhair was given a necklace talisman by his great-grandfather, who had once been the shaman of the legendary Bison Cult. When his great-grandfather was slain by muggers, Ravenhair found himself possessed by the old man's spirit, which granted him super-powers, and he set forth to avenge the white man's many injustices against his people.

Various acts of deliberate destruction brought Black Bison into conflict with the Nuclear Man called Firestorm, who tore the mystic talisman from Bison's neck, and thus restored him to normal.

Several months later, Ravenhair was once again seduced into becoming Black Bison, this time by the shape-shifting indian sorceress called Silver Deer, and it took the combined powers of Firestorm and Firehawk to subdue the pair.

Powers:
The ancient mystic talisman of the Bison Cult, worn as a medallion around John Ravenhair's neck, allows the spirit of his shaman great-grandfather to gain possession of his body. This medallion also grants Black Bison the power to animate inanimate objects and control the elements of nature, allowing him to summon great winds and storms at will. Black Bison apparently directs these powers through the wooden coup stick he carries, an indian symbol of great authority. For a time, Black Bison also wielded a tribal shield that contained no apparent powers.

An excellent physical specimen, Black Bison is also a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, using ancient indian forms of the martial arts to great advantage.