Tomahawk
#40
(May 1956)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of April, June, Oct., and Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 1956-03-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor); Murray Boltinoff (editor); George Kashdan (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Silent Rifles!
Tomahawk / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- historical; western-frontier
- Characters
- Tomahawk; Dan Hunter
- Reprints
- Keywords
- American Revolution
in 
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
"Fearless" Fettle -- Daredevil
Tomahawk / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- historical; western-frontier
- Characters
- Tomahawk; Dan Hunter; Tim Fettle
- Synopsis
- When a famous daredevil suddenly develops a fear of heights, Tomahawk helps him regain his career, and in return he helps Tomahawk on a diplomatic mission to an Indian tribe.
- Reprints
-
in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #72 ([May 1962])
-
[no title indexed]
Buck Skinner / comic story / 0.66 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Quick, Doc, you've got to come with me.
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #2/1958 ([januar] 1958) -
in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #275 (April 1961)
-
Get Your Ticket to the Treasury of Books!
Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Synopsis
- Superman introduces a group of boys and girls to the public library.
Indexer Notes
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Though we briefly credited Wayne Boring with the Superman figures, due to an error report from Keith Chandler, the consensus of the members of the GCD Main list was that Mortimer was swiping or imitating Boring.
The Indian Pioneers
Tomahawk / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- historical; western-frontier
- Characters
- Tomahawk; Dan Hunter; Gray Wolf; Thunder Cloud
- Synopsis
- Tomahawk helps a peaceful tribe of Indians who are planning to resettle farther west.
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America / advertisement / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
On the two pages between page 5 and page 6 of the previous story sequence.
America's Most Amazing Indian
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller
- Pencils
- Raymond Perry (illustration)
- Inks
- Raymond Perry (illustration)
- Colors
- ? (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Sagebrush Sam / comic story / 0.66 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Quick! Open up the gates!
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Reprints
- in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #3/1959 ([februar] 1959)
- in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #282 (November 1961)
-
The Silent Rifles!
Tomahawk / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- historical; western-frontier
- Characters
- Tomahawk; Dan Hunter
- Synopsis
- Tomahawk and Dan have to secretly get a shipment of ammunition past the British troops.
- Keywords
- American Revolution
Davy to the Rescue!
advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as R. T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as R. T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Silent Rifles!
Tomahawk -
1.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
"Fearless" Fettle -- Daredevil
Tomahawk -
3.
["Quick, Doc, you've got to come with me."]
Buck Skinner -
4.
[no title indexed]
Wildroot Cream-Oil -
5.
Get Your Ticket to the Treasury of Books!
Superman -
6.
The Indian Pioneers
Tomahawk -
7.
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America -
8.
America's Most Amazing Indian
-
9.
["Quick! Open up the gates!"]
Sagebrush Sam -
10.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
11.
The Silent Rifles!
Tomahawk -
12.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
13.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamp Co. -
14.
Davy to the Rescue!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Gregory Fischer
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
- James Zee
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