The Brave and the Bold #34

(February-March 1961)

Creature of a Thousand Shapes! (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / comic story / 24.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hawkman [Katar Hol] (introduction, origin); Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol] (introduction, origin); Byth (introduction, villain); Commissioner George Emmett (introduction); Mavis Trent; Joe Tracy

Synopsis:

Katar and his wife Shayera, police officers from the planet Thanagar, come to Earth in pursuit of a shapeshifting criminal from their world. Police Commissioner Emmett helps them to establish secret identities, and after they have succeeded in their mission, helps convince them to stay on Earth.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #113 (June-July 1974)
• in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1976 series) #[nn] (1976)
• in Super Adventure Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 ? series) #11 ([Circa 1978-1979])
• in The Super Heroes (Egmont Magazines, 1980 series) #v1#11 (August 1981) [in black and white]
• in Hawkman (DC, 1989 series) #1 (1989)
• in The Hawkman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1 ([September] 2000)
• in Even More Secret Origins (DC, 2003 series) #[nn] (June 2003)
• in Showcase Presents Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([March] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Introduction and origin of Hawkman and Hawkgirl (revival).
Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, August 2008.