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- Mickey Mantle (photo); Yogi Berra (photo); Bob Cousy (photo); Joe Louis (photo)
Inside front cover.
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (credited)
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- Joe Kubert (credited)
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- 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
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.
- Script
- Jack Schiff (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily (uncredited)
- Inks
- Bernard Baily (uncredited)
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- Ira Schnapp (uncredited)
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- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
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.
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On the page immediately preceding page 8 of the main story sequence.
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- Julius Schwartz (uncredited); Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox) (character history); Dr. E. Guerra (science notes, credited); Dr. B. Gunther (science notes, credited)
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- Joe Kubert (credited) (logo illustration)
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- Joe Kubert (logo illustration)
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here we go again - coming up to bat for the fourth time!
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.
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- Ira Schnapp (uncredited)
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal
- Reprints
On the page between page 18 and page 19 of the main story sequence.
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- 204 revolutionary war soldiers only $1.98.
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- Big enough for 2-3 kids!
Send $1.00 for a 9'x9'x3' high frontier cabin made of DuPont Polyethelene.
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- Do you want spending money?
Ad seeks sellers of wall mottoes.
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- Dick Dillin (uncredited)
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- Sheldon Moldoff (uncredited)
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House ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #30 (January-February 1961).
Inside back cover.
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- Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!
Wilson Chemical Co. seeks sellers of Cloverine Brand Salve.
Back cover.