Tomahawk #55
(March 1958)

DC, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of April, June, Oct., and Dec.
On-sale Date
1958-01-30
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 (editor); Murray Boltinoff (editor); George Kashdan (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Frontier Sky Raiders! (Table of Contents)

Tomahawk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
historical; western-frontier
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Prisoners of the Choctaw (Table of Contents: 2)

Tomahawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
historical; western-frontier

The Line of Stars (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Do You Know What's Behind a Law? (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What - You here again?
Genre
humor
Characters
Chief Hot Foot
Reprints

Shoshone Lore! (Table of Contents: 6)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

The Great Redcoat Trap (Table of Contents: 7)

Tomahawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
historical; western-frontier
Characters
Dan Hunter; Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]; Colonel Wallingford Blythe; Lieutenant Upham
Synopsis
In the year 1776, Tomahawk and Dan Hunter hide in the theatre of Darrow's Mill, near Fort Defiance. They spread confusion among the British ranks by using theatrics.

Cliff Dwellers (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Morris Waldinger
Colors
?
Letters
Morris Waldinger

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Illustrated information on the Cliff Dwellers of the South-Western United States.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credit by Bob Rozakis and Gene Reed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Pocahontas / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Big tribal celebration on...
Genre
humor; western-frontier; children
Reprints

Strange Money from the Sea (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The Frontier Sky Raiders (Table of Contents: 11)

Tomahawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
historical; western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Littleton Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Frontier Sky Raiders!
    Tomahawk
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  3. 2. The Prisoners of the Choctaw
    Tomahawk
  4. 3. The Line of Stars
  5. 4. Do You Know What's Behind a Law?
  6. 5. ["What - You here again?"]
    Chief Hot Foot
  7. 6. Shoshone Lore!
  8. 7. The Great Redcoat Trap
    Tomahawk
  9. 8. Cliff Dwellers
  10. 9. ["Big tribal celebration on..."]
    Little Pocahontas
  11. 10. Strange Money from the Sea
  12. 11. The Frontier Sky Raiders
    Tomahawk
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    American Seed Co.
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Littleton Stamp Co.
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Junior Sales Club of America
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  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore