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Issue: He-Man #1

- Attribution History

Publication Date: May 1954

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Detail

Issues: #1 of 2 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Toby

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Toby Press, Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Mel Lazarus (Art Director); Benton J. Resnick (General Manager)

Notes: Promoted as "Real Life Adventures" so the stories may have been based on fact.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.

Reprinted From1

1 Content Item
- Horses Of The Old West" [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (6 total)

Code of the Jungle!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Bernard Safran (signed, painted)

Inker(s): Bernard Safran (signed, painted)

Colorist(s): Bernard Safran (signed, painted)

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Code Of the Jungle

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Mel Keefer (signed)

Inker(s): Mel Keefer (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): A True "He-Man" Adventure

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Notes: Promoted as "A True He-Man Adventure".

Art credits confirmed by Keefer in Alter Ego #119 (August 2013).

Mr. Flatfoot

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Mel Keefer

Inker(s): Mel Keefer?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: crime, informational

Feature(s): A True "He-Man" Adventure

Character(s): Frank Hodges

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: Presented as a true story.

The Man In The Shadows

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Jack Sparling

Inker(s): Jack Sparling

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): A True "He-Man" Adventure

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Sparling art per Nick Caputo, July 2015.

Up Front With The Marines

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: 6 very short stories: "The First Hit Doesn't Count"; "Strange Kill For A Panther"; "A Hero All The Way"; "The Wrong Time Out"; "Nothing To Write Home"; "Notes On The Red Burb Gun."

Horses Of The Old West"

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, western

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

John Wayne Adventure Comics #2 published April 1950
was Horses of the Old West [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Pencils: Original art originally credited to Mel Keefer, but art collector Michaël Dewally denies this.