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28November 1954
$0.10

Tomahawk #28

DC · November 1954 · on sale 1954-09-06

First appearance: Lord Shilling
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Identification plate

Series
Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#28
Publication date
November 1954
Key date
1954-11-00
On-sale date
1954-09-06
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Lord Shilling - 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 Son of Chief Deer-Trail!cover1pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray; letters: Ira Schnapp
1Buzzy Finds "The Key to Success!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBuzzy; Wolfie
2The Mask of Lord Shilling!comic story8pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred RayLord Shilling First
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6The Son of Chief Deer-Trail!comic story8pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray
7Fight to the Deathtext story2script: Jeb Maloney; letters: typeset
8The Triumph of the Jaguarscomic story4pencils: Jim McArdle; inks: Jim McArdle
9-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
10The Lafayette Triangle!comic story6pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Ray Burnley

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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Sources

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