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184May 1963
$0.12

Blackhawk #184

DC · May 1963 · on sale 1963-03-14

First appearance: Will Magnus
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Identification plate

Series
Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series)
Issue
#184
Publication date
May 1963
Key date
1963-05-00
On-sale date
1963-03-14
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Will Magnus - 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
0The Bizarre Split-Man!cover1pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira SchnappAndre, Blackhawk, Chop-Chop, Chuck, Hendrickson, Olaf, Stanislaus
1Countdown on Excellencepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Bizarre Split-Mancomic story8.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Chuck CuideraAndre, Blackhawk, Chop-Chop, Chuck, Hendrickson, Olaf, Stanislaus
4The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Storiespromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella, Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
7Blackhawk's Secret Furloughcomic story7.67pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Chuck CuideraAndre, Blackhawk, Chop-Chop, Chuck, Hendrickson, Olaf, Stanislaus
9Eye in the Skytext article1letters: typeset
10-activity0.5script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
11Batman; World's Finestpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: Ira Schnapp
12The Island of Super-Monkeys!comic story7.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon MoldoffAndre, Blackhawk, Chop-Chop, Chuck, Hendrickson, Olaf, Stanislaus
14-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike EspositoGold, Iron, Lead, Will Magnus First, Mercury, Tin, Platinum
16-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffProfessor Eureka

Plus 4.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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Series context

‹ #18377 of 166#185 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q131421840 (Will Magnus), first-appearance property (CC0)

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