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1August 1961
$0.10

Hunk #1

Charlton · August 1961 · on sale 1961

First appearance: HunkFirst appearance: Polly the PigeonFirst appearance: Big Rock
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Identification plate

Series
Hunk (Charlton, 1961 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
August 1961
Key date
1961-08-00
On-sale date
1961
Indicia publisher
Charlton Comics Group
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Polly the Pigeon - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Big Rock - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mr. Cloud - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mr. Sun - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Pat Masulli; inks: Pat MasulliHunk First
2-comic story21letters: Jon D'AgostinoHunk First
3Deed for Ducktext story2letters: typesetBig Rock First, Froggo the Frog, Mr. Cloud First, Mr. Sun First, Polly the Pigeon First, Raro the Rabbit, Squaro the Squirrel
4No Rest for the Wearycomic story5script: Joe Gill; pencils: George Wildman; inks: George Wildman; letters: Jon D'AgostinoChick Spark; Mrs. Spark; Bartholomew Tootybug; Maurice; Oinketta Malone
5How Hunk Met His Dinosaurcomic story4letters: Jon D'AgostinoHunk First

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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