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69June 1947
$0.10

Star Spangled Comics #69

DC · June 1947 · on sale 1947-04-02

First appearance: TomahawkFirst appearance: Tom Hawk
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Identification plate

Series
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#69
Publication date
June 1947
Key date
1947-06-00
On-sale date
1947-04-02
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Tomahawk - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Tom Hawk - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Stolen Atom Bombcover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappDick Grayson, Robin
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2T Is for Tapirpromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
3The Stolen Atom Bomb!comic story10script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Ira SchnappBatman, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
6Robbie Comes Home!comic story6pencils: Jimmy Thompson; inks: Jimmy Thompson; letters: Jimmy ThompsonRobotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]; Robbie the Robotdog; Laddie (a dog)
8A-Hunting We Will Go!comic story7pencils: Jon Small; inks: Jon Small; letters: Ira SchnappPat Dugan, John Pemberton, Sylvester Pemberton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
9Forgotten Lessontext story2script: Stan Carter
10The Little Teachercomic story0.5script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube
12Parlor, Bedlam and Bathcomic story5Penniless Palmer
15Flames along the Frontier!comic story10script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Edmond Good; inks: Edmond GoodTom Hawk First, Tomahawk First
18More Fun Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 8.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Robin Archives #1
ISBN 1-4012-0415-5		2005On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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