(June-July 1961)
DC,
1955 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-04-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in The Flash #121 and copyright registration. On-sale date of April 28 in ad in Challengers of the Unknown #20.
The Shadow-Thief of Midway City!
Hawkman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Shadow-Thief [Carl Sands]
- Reprints
-
in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #58 (15 de junio de 1962) -
in The Hawkman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1 ([November] 2000) - in Showcase Presents: Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2007)
- in Man of Rock: A Biography of Joe Kubert (Fantagraphics, 2008 series) (2008) [black and white]
-
Strange Spells of the Sorcerer!
Hawkman / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- George Emmett; Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Konrad Kaslak (villain) (first appearance); Mavis Trent
- Synopsis
- Hawkman and Hawkgirl confront an amateur sorcerer who conjures up mythical beasts to keep the Thanagarians busy while he steals five objects, which, when used in an ancient spell, should transform him into the Earth's mightiest sorcerer.
- Reprints
-
in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #25 (1961) - in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #58 (15 de junio de 1962)
- in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #6 (1971)
- in Hawkman (DC, 1989 series) ([September] 1989)
- in The Hawkman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1 ([November] 2000)
- in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular No. 6 Replica Edition (DC, 2004 series) ([July] 2004)
- in Showcase Presents: Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Story in two parts: unnumbered part 1 (6 pp.), Part 2 (6.67 pp.). Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Parents Have Rights, Too!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Strange Bird Beliefs / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hunters in Cornwall, England, refuse to shoot at a raven...
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal
- Reprints
- in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #58 (15 de junio de 1962)
-
[no title indexed]
Hawkman's Roost / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As promised in the last issue, we're turning this department over to out readers…
Indexer Notes
Letters from Art Mann, Paul Ceparano, John Pierce, John Nortridge, L. L. Simpson, Gary Schachter, Hiram Boggs, Jay Golden, Carey McGiffin, Edward Lahmann, Harvey Scavran.
Shadow-Thief of Midway City!
Hawkman / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Thar Dan (first appearance, unnamed); George Emmett; Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Shadow-Thief [Carl Sands] (origin) (villain) (first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Carl Sands helps an alien from another dimension, who gives him a Dimensiometer which allows him to turn into a living shadow.
- Reprints
- in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #58 (15 de junio de 1962)
- in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #8 (July-September 1970)
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #10 (March 1981)
- in Hawkman (DC, 1989 series) ([September] 1989)
- in The Hawkman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1 ([November] 2000)
- in Showcase Presents: Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Shadow-Thief of Midway City!
Hawkman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Joe Weider Course and Products -
2.
Strange Spells of the Sorcerer!
Hawkman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
4.
Parents Have Rights, Too!
-
5.
["For the very best..."]
Adam Strange; The Flash -
6.
["Hunters in Cornwall, England, refuse to shoot at a raven..."]
Strange Bird Beliefs -
7.
["As promised in the last issue, we're turning this department over to out readers…"]
Hawkman's Roost -
8.
Shadow-Thief of Midway City!
Hawkman -
9.
Just Imagine!
Justice League -
10.
[no title indexed]
Padell Books -
11.
[no title indexed]
Frontier Cabin -
12.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Clayton Emery
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Douglas Sederberg
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walker
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