Hawkman #5
(December 1964-January 1965)

DC, 1964 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1964-10-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Julius Schwartz

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Steal, Shadow -- Steal! (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Murphy Anderson
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Shadow-Thief [Carl Sands] (villain)
Reprints

Children of Tomorrow! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Editing
Jack Schiff

Genre
non-fiction; advocacy
Synopsis
Article relates how sub-standard conditions affect children in the world and quotes the "UN Declaration of the Rights of a Child."

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated December 1960.

Steal, Shadow -- Steal! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hawkman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited)
Pencils
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Shadow-Thief [Carl Sands]; Thar Dan; Commissioner George Emmett
Synopsis
The Shadow-Thief returns for another crime spree, and uses his Dimensiometer to transform the Hawks into living shadows like him, but without the power to move.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story is across 24 pages broken into three chapters of 7 2/3 pages, 5 2/3 pages, and 9 2/3 pages.

25 Years of Batman (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

For the Very Best in Comics Reading (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Batman; Justice League of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hunting Hawks! (Table of Contents: 8)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
Morris Waldinger ?
Inks
Tom Nicolosi ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; animal

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following the previous sequence.

Bird-Wings (Table of Contents: 9)

illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
Morris Waldinger ?
Inks
Tom Nicolosi ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 15 of the main story sequence.

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

Monogram Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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 Earl Krizek, Kenneth S. Gallagher, and Bob Butts

Metamorpho (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Metamorpho / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Electric Engine / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Steal, Shadow -- Steal!
    Hawkman
  2. 1. Children of Tomorrow!
  3. 2. Steal, Shadow -- Steal!
    Hawkman
  4. 3. 25 Years of Batman
    Batman
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms
  6. 5. ["Be first in your neighborhood..."]
  7. 6. For the Very Best in Comics Reading
    Batman; Justice League of America
  8. 7. ["Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?"]
    Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle
  9. 8. Hunting Hawks!
  10. 9. Bird-Wings
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Monogram Models
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Silly Putty
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Hawkman's Roost
  14. 13. Metamorpho
    Metamorpho
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Electric Engine
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Joe
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Aurora Products
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Clayton Emery
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Steve Jenner
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore