The Brave and the Bold #34

(February-March 1961)

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

The National Sports Council / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Creature of a Thousand Shapes! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hawkman / comic story / 24.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Joe Kubert (credited)

Inks

Joe Kubert (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Byth (origin) (villain) (introduction, also flashback); George Emmett (introduction); Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal] (origin) (introduction); Hawkman [Katar Hol] (origin) (introduction); Joe Tracy (introduction); Mavis Trent (introduction); Krotan (introduction, scientist, death, flashback)

Synopsis

Katar and his wife Shayera, police officers from the Planet Thanagar, come to Earth in pursuit of a shape-shifting criminal named Byth 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

• in All Favourites Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #25 ([June 1961])
• in The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #113 (June-July 1974)
• in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers, 1976 series) (1976)
• in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Warner Books, 1976 series) (August 1976)
• in Super Adventure Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 ? series) #11 ([Circa 1978-1979])
• in The Super Heroes (Egmont UK, 1980 series) #v1#11 (August 1981) [in black and white]
• in Hawkman (DC, 1989 series) ([September] 1989)
• in The Hawkman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1 ([November] 2000)
• in Even More Secret Origins (DC, 2003 series) ([August] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2007)
• in DC Universe Secret Origins (DC, 2012 series) ([April] 2012)
• in DC Universe: Secret Origins (DC, 2013 series) (2012 [June 2013])

Keywords

Evening Clarion; Midway City; Polaris; Thanagar

Indexer Notes

Introduction and origin of Hawkman and Hawkgirl (revival), told in four parts of 7, 5, 6, and 6.67 pages.

Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Shayera's last name is "Thal", as revealed in Brave and the Bold #42, "Menace of the Dragonfly Raiders", page 15. In the first few issues, Shayera's secret identity is spelled both "Shiera" and "Shierra", but settles on Shiera.

Our American Heritage (Table of Contents: 3)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff (uncredited)

Pencils

Bernard Baily (uncredited)

Inks

Bernard Baily (uncredited)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp (uncredited)

Editing

?

Genre

non-fiction; advocacy

Indexer Notes

Information on William Penn, Tom Paine, Emma Lazarus, John Peter Zenger and Harriet Tubman.
On the page immediately following page 7 of the main story sequence.

Just Imagine! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Justice League of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Hawkman's Roost / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz (uncredited); Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox) (character history); Dr. E. Guerra (science notes, credited); Dr. B. Gunther (science notes, credited)

Pencils

Joe Kubert (credited) (logo illustration)

Inks

Joe Kubert (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset; ? (logo)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here we go again - coming up to bat for the fourth time!

Indexer Notes

Includes an essay by Gardner Fox on his involvement in the creation of Hawkman. Appears between page 12 and page 13 of the main story sequence. Letters from: L.L. Simpson, Roy Thomas, and Vincent Ryan.

Weather Birds! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp (uncredited)

Genre

non-fiction; animal

Reprints

• in Tarzan (DC, 1972 series) #227 (January 1974)
which is reprinted
• in Tarzan [Jungelserien] (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1965 series) #15/1975 ([juli] 1975)
• in Tarzan (Atlantic Forlag, 1977 series) #1/1978 ([januar] 1978)

Indexer Notes

On the page between page 18 and page 19 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

You Asked for It! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

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

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)