Hawkman #1

(April-May 1964)

The Golden Rule (Table of Contents: 1)

Bob Hope / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bob Oksner

Inks

Bob Oksner

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Editing

Jack Schiff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Boy, you sure missed it! Bob Hope was swell!

Genre

advocacy; humor

Characters

Bob Hope; bunch of teenage boys

Synopsis

The Golden Rule is universal.

Keywords

religious tolerance

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated April 1967.

Rivalry of the Winged Wonders! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hawkman / comic story / 12.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Murphy Anderson

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ever since they first came to Earth, Hawkman and Hawkgirl -- who are law officers on their native planet Thanagar -- have been studying Earth-police methods.

Feature Logo

Hawkman Silver Age Logo

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Chief Andar Pul; Hal Parker; Commissioner George Emmett

Synopsis

The Hawks return to Thanagar where they make an official report to their chief about their work on Earth. They recount how they recently competed to catch a jewel thief: Hawkman using Earth police methods and Hawkgirl using Thanagarian methods.

Reprints

• in The Hawkman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 (2004 [January 2005])
• in Showcase Presents: Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2007) [black and white]

Keywords

conflicting methodologies; police methods; theft

Indexer Notes

Story is told in two chapters, each ending in 2/3 page.

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104 Cars / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Together -- In One Great Comics Magazine! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Hawkman's Roost / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Joe Kubert (logo illustration)

Inks

Joe Kubert (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Larry Tucker; Paul Feola; David C. Paskow

Master of the Sky-Weapons! (Table of Contents: 9)

Hawkman / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Murphy Anderson

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Watch out! He's using that dowsing rod to draw a column of water from the sky --

Feature Logo

Hawkman Silver Age Logo

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Chac (introduction); Mavis Trent; two other archeologists

Synopsis

Hawkman and Hawkgirl must stop an ancient and immortal Mayan chief, newly awakened and possessing fantastic alien weapons.

CORRECTION: Previous indexer had entered the following: "An ancient Mayan chief was taken by aliens and returned to Earth as an immortal with fantastic alien weapons, and now Hawkman and Hawkgirl must stop him."

Chac, the Mayan chief, was never "taken by aliens and returned to Earth". The alien craft, from which Chac stole an immortality serum and various alien weapons, had crash landed onto his domain. See story pages 6-7.

Reprints

• in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #50 (15 de noviembre de 1964)
• in The Hawkman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 (2004 [January 2005])
• in Showcase Presents: Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2007) [black and white]

Keywords

alien weaponry; archeological expedition; immortality; jungle setting; loss of memory; Mayan civilization; mystery; temple

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DC Comics; Showcase; Cave Carson Adventures Inside Earth / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Strange Bird Lore! (Table of Contents: 11)

Strange Bird Lore! / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks

Tom Nicolosi ?

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

April 28th is regarded as a red-letter day by the people of Wales.

Genre

non-fiction; animal

Characters

cuckoo; peacock; magpie; crow

Synopsis

Four captioned and illustrated panels on legends and superstitions regarding cuckoos, peacocks, magpies, and crows.

Keywords

birds; editorial feature

Indexer Notes

The "crow entry" presents the following combination of text and illustration, presented without further comment:

TEXT: "It is fancied that when a lone traveler spies a single crow flying overhead, his journey will end in misfortune..."

ILLUSTRATION: A crow is seen flying directly above a moving yellow convertible... with its top down.

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Fighting Ships / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Task Force / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

100 pc. Toy Soldier Set $1.25 (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)