1950 Series
Publisher: DC
Publication Dates: September-October 1950 – May-June 1972
Number of Issues Published: 140 (#1 – #140)
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Pages 52 - Indicia frequency: bimonthly
Authors:
Script
Jack Schiff, Cliff Rhodes, Dave Wood, Alvin Schwartz, Dave Wood,
Al McLean, David Kahn, Sam Glanzman, Norman Maurer
Henry Boltinoff , David Kahn, Mort Drucker, Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Bruno Premiani, Fred Ray, Bruno Premiani, Leonard Starr, Martin Naydel, Otto Feuer,
Win Mortimer , Mort Drucker, Joe Kuber, Sam Glanzman, Norman Maurer
Nick Cardy , Mort Drucker, Nick Cardy,
Al McLean, Raymond Perry,
Henry Boltinoff , Frank Thorne,
Inks
Bruno Premiani, Fred Ray, Bruno Premiani, Leonard Starr, Martin Naydel, Otto Feuer,
Win Mortimer , Mort Drucker, Henry Boltinoff , Al McLean, Raymond Perry,
Joe Kuber,Frank Thorne, Nick Cardy, Sam Glanzman,
Norman Maurer, Mort Drucker, Nick Cardy,
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp, Mort Drucker,
Al McLean, John Costanza,
Tomahawk is a comic book character whose adventures were published by DC Comics
during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s as a backup feature in Star Spangled Comics and
World’s Finest Comics and in his own eponymous series.
He was created by writer Joe Samachson and artist Edmund Good, and first appeared in Star-Spangled Comics #69 (June 1947). Tomahawk’s uniqueness stems in part from the time frame of his fictional adventures: the American Revolutionary War.
Tomahawk was a backup feature in Star Spangled Comics from his first appearance, issue #69 (June 1947) to issue #130 (July 1952), and in World’s Finest Comics from issue #33 (Mar. 1948)
until issue #101 (May 1959).
The Tomahawk series lasted 140 issues, from 1950 to 1972. Most stories during this period were by writer France Herron and artist Fred Ray. The last ten issues of Tomahawk focused on
“Hawk, Son of Tomahawk” (Hawk Haukins), drawn by Frank Thorne.
The cover title was “Son of Tomahawk” (#131 -#140.
Known as either Tom Hawk or Thomas Haukins, depending on which of two versions of
his published history the reader prefers, “Tomahawk” was a soldier
who served under George Washington in the warfare between the British,
French and Iroquois forces during the decades prior to
the American Revolutionary War and acquired his nickname due to its resemblance
to a trademark weapon of the Iroquois Confederacy’s warriors, and to the skill he developed with that weapon.
He subsequently achieved further fame as one of Washington’s most capable operatives during the Revolution itself, leading a band of soldiers under the informal nickname of “Tomahawk’s Rangers”.
In issues 35 and 36 (Sept.–Nov. 1955), Tomahawk met a young Davy Crockett, who was very popular at the time. However, this was a historical error, as Crockett (1786–1836) was not born until after the Revolutionary War.
Issue #81 was also notable, introducing Miss Liberty (Bess Lynn), one of the earliest patriotic superheroes by the vague internal chronology of the DC Universe, who would make several more appearances in the series. Liberty Belle is a descendant of hers.
In the Time Masters mini-series, it is established that Tomahawk’s associate Dan Hunter is actually Rip Hunter’s cousin who travels back in time to stop the Illuminati during the Revolutionary War, deciding to stay in the past.
Information thanks to the Grand Comic Database and Westerncomicsblog.wordpress
Links: #001 – #140⇲⇲
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