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26March 1954
$0.10

Men's Adventures #26

Marvel · March 1954

First appearance: Ken HaleFirst appearance: Gorilla-ManOrigin: Gorilla-Man
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Identification plate

Series
Men's Adventures (Marvel, 1950 series)
Issue
#26
Publication date
March 1954
Key date
1954-03-00
Indicia publisher
Comic Combine Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code

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Why this issue matters

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

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

Origin story on record for: Gorilla-Man, Ken Hale.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Midnight in the Morgue!cover1pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ Heath; colors: Stan Goldberg
1Midnight in the Morgue!comic story6pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Ernie Bache; letters: Dick Ayers
2I Walked on the Mooncomic story6pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Gene Colan
3Look in the Mirrortext story2letters: typeset
4The Burning Sandscomic story5pencils: Gil Evans; inks: Gil EvansCabe
5Gorilla Mancomic story6pencils: Robert Q. Sale; inks: Robert Q. SaleGorilla-Man First, Ken Hale First

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Series context

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Sources

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