Slue Foot Sue

American Fable, the wife or lover of Pecos Bill. For some reason, she didn't seem to worry or wish to know what happened to Pecos.

Name:

Slue Foot Sue

Publisher:

In the Public Domain

Real name:

Aliases:

Birth date:

None

Gender:

Female

Powers:

Marksmanship
Tracking
Weapon Master

First issue:

Texas Kid (1951) #4 Killer Horde!

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Origin

She was a spirited cowgirl who once rode a giant catfish down the Rio Grande and became Pecos Bill’s first wife. After a legendary courtship in which Bill shot all the stars from the sky except the Lone Star, he proposed to her. On their wedding day, Sue insisted on riding Bill’s jealous horse, Widow-Maker, who threw her off and sent her bouncing higher and higher until both she and Bill vanished, some say to the Moon, never to be seen again.

Creation

Slue Foot Sue originated in the stories of Pecos Bill, a fakelore character created by Tex O'Relly, in the short story The Saga of Pecos Bill published in The Century Magazine, October 1923.

Major Story Arcs

Italian Comics

In the Italian comics released in 1949, Slue Foot Sue is reimagined as Sue Morgan, the daughter of a slain settler. She is depicted as Pecos Bill’s girfriend and later his wife, often fulfilling the role of the damsel in distress.

Jack of Fables: Americana

When we are first introduced to the Bookburner, we learn that he can utterly destroy a Fable and remove it from the cultural mindset by burning the original version of the book they starred in, leaving them a ghostly figure that is beholden to him. Bookburner threatens Natty Bumppo into working for him by showing him a copy of the Leatherstocking Tales. It is unknown whether or not such coercion was used on Sue, but the next time we see Bumppo, Sue is accompanying him. The two set out on the trail of Jack Horner and his friends in the Homeland Americana and quickly catch up with them. In an act of sacrifice, Paul Bunyan throws himself on the pursuers once Jack promises to take care of Babe.

The diversion works but the group then spends many months on the run from the trackers. Eventually the skills of Sue and Bumppo prevail and they capture Hillary Page and Humpty Dumpty. It is unknown what happened to the pair after their successful capture and delivery of the prisoners. They are not seen in the Bookburner's army as it storms the Golden Boughs. If they were among the ranks, then they were probably destroyed when the facility exploded.