[1] Timothy Truman first met Eclipse publisher Dean Mullaney and editor-in-chief Cat Yronwode through mutual acquaintance Tom Yeates.

He cited the influence of European artists including Paolo Serpieri, Hugo Pratt, Juan Zanotto and Jordi Bernet on his style for Scout's visuals.

Truman's love of music also shaped the story; the characters Rosana 'Rosa' Winter and Raymond Vaughn were named for two of Truman's favourite blues guitarists - Johnny Winter and Stevie Ray Vaughan, while issue titles referenced some of his favourite songs, including "Evil" by Howlin' Wolf, "Little Red Rooster" and "I Ain't Superstitious" by Willie Dixon and "Machine Gun" by Jimi Hendrix.

[10] Issue 15 saw Rick Veitch and Steve Bissette provide guest art, and also saw the debut of the backup story Swords of Texas, which tied into the main Scout storyline and was drawn by Ben Dunn.

[11] Truman also recorded a theme tune for the series with his side project band The Dixie Pistols, and a flexi disc containing the track "Blues Crusade" was bundled with Scout #19.

[12] During this period he oversaw a pair of linked 4-issue limited series set in the Scout universe; Swords of Texas was written by Dixon with art by Dunn, and concerned the adventures of the titular smugglers, previously introduced in a backup strip.

[13] New America was written by John Ostrander and Kim Yale with art by Gary Kwapisz; the series covered a 10-year period through the eyes of supporting character Rosa Winter.

As Truman retained ownership of Scout he was eventually able to seek out other publishers for Marauder and the planned fourth and final storyline, Blue Leader.

Emanuel Santana is born in an Apache reservation in New Mexico's White Mountains before being taken away as a 'Schoolboy' - a term for teenage recruits effectively conscripted for the National Guard.

Finding the values imparted to be contrary to those of his people, in 1999 Santana escapes after two years and uses the military knowledge gained from the programme to combat the Great Monsters of the Apache after receiving a vision.

Author Michael A. Sheyahshe noted in Native Americans in Comic Books – A Critical Study, that "Scout is presented in a respectful and genuine manner with tribally specific cultural ties".

[24] Another aspect of Scout to draw attention was the inclusion of a non-sensationalist lesbian relationship between Rosa Winter and US President Laura Carver, still a rare phenomenon in mainstream comics at the time.