Zilverpijl is a Belgian

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 comic book

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 series set in the American Old West

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. The main character in the series is a Native American

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 chief called Zilverpijl, or Silver Arrow. The comic was created by Frank Sels and its artists include Edgard Gastmans and Karl Verschuere. The comic is called Hopeanuoli in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, Silverpilen in Sweden

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, Sølvpil in Norway

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, Silberpfeil in Germany

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 and Zilverpijl in the Netherlands.

The comic was published in Finland for ten years from 1976 to 1985. Issues 3 through 24 in 1979 and 1 through 7 in 1980 also featured Turok

Turok

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 as a black-and-white supplement. The comic also included factual information about Native Americans and instructions for constructing Native American equipment. There even was a "Zilverpijl Native American camp" at the Kullasvuori camping resort.

"The fabulous hero of the prairie, the young Native American chief" Silver Arrow is a wise and resourceful chief. Other main characters include the young Native American girl Moonbeam, the Finnish-American Pekka Kenttä, and Tinka the puma. Pekka is Silver Arrow's blood brother, because he has saved his life.