Tomahawk #95 for Sale - First Appearance of Big Anvil - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series)
Issue: #95
Publication date: November-December 1964
Key date: 1964-11-00
On-sale date: 1964-09-03
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 Big Anvil - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

First appearance of Kaintuck Jones - 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	Tribe Beneath the Sea!	cover	1	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp	Tom Hawk, Big Anvil First, Cannonball Calhoun First, Tomahawk
2	Part 1: The Tribe beneath the Sea	comic story	8.67	script: Ed Herron; pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray	Tom Hawk, Dan Hunter, Tomahawk, Big Anvil First, Cannonball Calhoun First, Frenchie Duval First
5	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	Barry Allen, The Flash
6	Part 2: The Watery World That Time Forgot	comic story	6.67	script: Ed Herron; pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray	Big Anvil First, Cannonball Calhoun First, Tom Hawk, Dan Hunter, Tomahawk
9	-	letters page	1	script: Murray Boltinoff
10	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Little Pocahontas
11	The Master of the Plastic Men...	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp
12	Part 3: Duel in the Deep	comic story	7.67	script: Ed Herron; pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray; letters: Stan Starkman	Big Anvil First, Brass Buttons First, Cannonball Calhoun First, Frenchie Duval First, Tom Hawk, Dan Hunter, Kaintuck Jones First, Tomahawk
14	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Chief Hot Foot
16	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray	Tom Hawk, Dan Hunter, Tomahawk
17	Honesty Is the Best Policy!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 6.32 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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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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