Comic Book Trivia Challenge

[Endless Wake]

Originally Posted by bat_collector

Whats the name of the giant cowboy talking statue on the cover of The Uncanny X-men at the State Fair of Texas?

I was only able to track down a brief description and some interior art. I'm going to guess "Dallas".





Eques the Flying Centaur. An obscure one-shot story character from the tales of the X-Men. The neo-mutant Daniel Wiley who, upon puberty, discovered he had the ability to transform into a winged centaur and calling himself Eques. Eques' wings sprouted from his human shoulders as oppose to his equine portion. Having come to the attention of Professor X and the X-Men, as well as that of Magneto, an ensuing battle over the protection and training of this youth occurred during the Texas State Fair in a special edition Marvel Comic published in 1983 for the Dallas Times Herald, The Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas. As X-Men stories go, this was a rather good story and very well drawn, at least until the final panels when the story suddenly went lame as the giant mechanical cowboy marquee kicked Magneto and later winked at the X-Men.

[MrYac]

his name is Big Tex i believe

[wktf]

I was going to guess just plain "Tex."

[Teague]

I thought of that, too, but "Slim" would have been a lot better, since it's both a traditional cowboy-type name and Scott Summer's early nickname. Ah, well.

[wktf]

b_c, you out there to see if any of these answers are correct so we can move on to another question?