Keepsake's vulture
The salvage merchant Keepsake had a vulture which he kept with him during his space travels. According to Keepsake, the vulture was neither his pet nor tame. He said he only kept it because it reminded him of his wife, but was better looking and better company than her. (COMIC: Keepsake) After Keepsake double-crossed his wife again and gave all his booty to Death's Head, the vulture left Keepsake and flew away with Death's Head. (COMIC: Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling!) Consequently, it lived in the office of Death's Head and Spratt and used to peck at the latter's hand whenever he was trying to answer the phone. (COMIC: Sudden Impact!, Clobberin' Time!) The vulture came with Spratt and Big Shot to find Death's Head in 2020. (COMIC: The Cast Iron Contract)
Behind the scenes
Keepsake's vulture also appears in Death's Head: The Body in Question — originally published in Strip #13-20 in 1990 — which was a direct continuation of Death's Head (1988). That was the vulture's last appearance until 2014, where it was was seen in a flashback of Death's Head in Revolutionary War: Death's Head II #1, another story considered invalid by this wiki.
