Hawkman #18 for Sale - First Appearance of Falthis Farr - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Hawkman (DC, 1964 series)
Issue: #18
Publication date: February-March 1967
Key date: 1967-02-00
On-sale date: 1966-12-08
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Falthis Farr - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	Hawkman, Katar Hol, Adam Strange
1	World That Vanished!	comic story	21.5	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Alanna Strange, Falthis Farr First, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Kanjar Ro, Sardath, Adam Strange
2	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Ira Schnapp
3	-	public service announcement	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
4	Peace on Earth	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	-	activity	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp
7	-	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz
8	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane; letters: Ira Schnapp
9	-	in-house column	0.5	letters: typeset
10	Perseus and Lyra	illustration	0.5	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn
11	Hawkman's Roost -- Extra	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz
12	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Adam Strange Archives #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-1661-0	2008	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Hawkman #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-1817-1	2008	On eBay ›
Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7295-1	2017	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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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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