Top Eliminator #28 for Sale - First Appearance of Alfred "Motors" McHorn - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Top Eliminator (Charlton, 1967 series)
Issue: #28
Publication date: March 1968
Key date: 1968-03-10
Indicia publisher: Charlton Press Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Alfred "Motors" McHorn - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Shut Down	cover	1	script: Jack Keller; pencils: Jack Keller; inks: Jack Keller	Scot Jackson
1	Blow-Up	comic story	7	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Edd Ashe; inks: Edd Ashe
2	Perils of the Pedestrians	text article	1	letters: typeset
3	A Funny "Funny Car"	comic story	7	pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Vince Alascia
4	Shut-Down Part I	comic story	7	script: Jack Keller; pencils: Jack Keller; inks: Jack Keller	Scot Jackson, Alfred "Motors" McHorn First
5	Shut-Down Part II	comic story	6	script: Jack Keller; pencils: Jack Keller; inks: Jack Keller	Scot Jackson, Alfred "Motors" McHorn First

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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