Character
Saboten Sam
サボテン・サム
Character
With his goofy swagger and clean-cut good looks, “Cactus” Sam claims the middle ground Tezuka “boy hero” protagonist roles. While he is lighter-hearted than Rock Holmes, he is much more rough-n-tumble than the squeeky clean Kenichi Shikishima. In fact, his first appearance, as the titular role in The Cactus Kid (1951-54), only came after he bumped major star Rock Holmes out of the job after the very first chapter. Believing he needed a brighter character, better able to pull …
