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Issue: The Hawk #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1952
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagZiff-Davis
Indicia Publisher: Approved Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Entire comic is reprinted in TOPS IN ADVENTURE No. 1 Fall 1952.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Leverett's Last Stand

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Clarence Doore (painting)
Clarence Doore (painting)
Clarence Doore (painting)
?
Subject Matter
western
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Dead Man's Vengeance!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Olesen
George Olesen
?
?
Subject Matter
western
The Hawk
Reprinting
FlagTops in Adventure #1 published January 1952
as Dead Man's Vengeance [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Hawk #8 published September 1954
as Dead Man's Vengeance! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Artwork identical to the signed "Dry River Rampage" in this issue. Notice the very thin inklines in many of the faces in both stories.
Leverett's Last Stand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Olesen
George Olesen
?
?
Subject Matter
western
The Hawk
Reprinting
FlagTops in Adventure #1 published January 1952
as Leverett's Last Stand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Hawk #8 published September 1954
as Leverett's Last Stand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Artwork identical to the signed "Dry River Rampage" in this issue. Notice the very thin inklines in many of the faces in both stories.
The Disappearing Mustang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ed Silverman
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
informational, western
Reprinting
FlagTops in Adventure #1 published January 1952
as The Disappearing Mustang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagTops in Adventure #1 published January 1952
as The Disappearing Mustang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Hawk #8 published September 1954
as The Disappearing Mustang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Script credit from Shaun Clancy on the Facebook page "Comics History Exchange" where he posted a payroll stub (invoice number 1240) showing payment of $9.00 from Ziff-Davis to Silverman for the story (May 10, 2014).
Killer Venom

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
western
Reprinting
FlagTops in Adventure #1 published January 1952
as Killer Venom [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Hawk #8 published September 1954
as Killer Venom [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Creatures of the Western Badlands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Art Peddy
Art Peddy
?
?
Subject Matter
informational, western
Reprinting
FlagTops in Adventure #1 published January 1952
as Creatures of the Western Badlands [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Hawk #8 published September 1954
as Creatures of the Western Badlands [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Trap for a Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Carreno ?
Al Carreno ?
?
?
Subject Matter
western
The Desert Rat
Reprinting
FlagTops in Adventure #1 published January 1952
as Trap for a Killer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Hawk #8 published September 1954
as Trap for a Killer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
The artwork is very similar to the signed story "Death in the Desert" in #4. Very marked faces and long hair in the neck, folds in clothing, and everyone wearing trousers tucked into their boots in both stories. That is quite unusual, just look at Hawk.
The Safe Guard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
The Little Sheriff
Reprinting
FlagTops in Adventure #1 published January 1952
as The Safe Guard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Hawk #8 published September 1954
as The Safe Guard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Dry River Rampage!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Olesen (signed)
George Olesen
?
?
Subject Matter
western
The Hawk
Reprinting
FlagTops in Adventure #1 published January 1952
as Dry River Rampage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Hawk #8 published September 1954
as Dry River Rampage! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8

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