Tomahawk #5
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- May-June 1951
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/8892
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth
Jack Schiff
Murray Boltinoff
George Kashdan
Issue contents
Cover
The Girl Who Was Chief!
(Tomahawk)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Tomahawk
- Genre
- Historical; western-frontier
Credits
- Art
- Bruno Premiani
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
1
2Featuring
- Feature
- Tomahawk
- Genre
- Historical; western-frontier
- Characters
- Tomahawk; Dan Hunter; Barney; Charlie; Arana (daughter of Odoko); Chief Little Badger
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- Bruno Premiani
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
In 1771 Tomahawk and Dan travel into Ojibwa territory to find out why they are raiding white settlements. They are ambushed but rescued by Arana, a newly-elected Chief. The ambushers wore turkey feathers (not eagle feathers), cluing Tomahawk that they belong to Chief Little Badger's village.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Another Exciting "R. C." and Quickie Adventure; Royal Crown Cola
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- R. C.; Quickie
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Ad for Royal Crown Cola.
4Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction; western-frontier
Credits
- Script
- Al McLean
- Art
- Al McLean
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Al McLean
Synopsis
A summary of the exploits of Chief Black Hawk.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Nestlé's Crunch
- Characters
- Neddy Nestle
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Candy ad.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Tomahawk
- Genre
- Historical; western-frontier
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- Bruno Premiani
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
7"We're lost!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Fleer's Dubble Bubble
Credits
- Script
- Ray Thompson
- Art
- Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Thompson
Synopsis
Bubble gum ad.
8Credits
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Synopsis
A list of the members of DC's advisory board plus a list of currently published comics. Thirty-three tales are listed.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Buzzy
- Genre
- Advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- Win Mortimer
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
10Featuring
- Feature
- Indian Album
- Genre
- Non-fiction; western-frontier
Credits
- Script
- Sol Harrison
- Art
- Sol Harrison
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Instructions for reading trail signs.
11Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Script
- Sol Harrison
- Art
- Sol Harrison
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Instructions for making an aunthentic drum and drum beaters.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Arrow Maker
- Genre
- Western-frontier
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- Leonard Starr (signed)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
13Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Sam Bass
Credits
- Script
- Al McLean
- Art
- Al McLean
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Al McLean
Synopsis
Some highlights of the life of Sam Bass.
14Featuring
- Feature
- Bendix Coaster Brake
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Ad for a bicycle brake.
15Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction; western-frontier
Credits
- Script
- Morris Waldinger
- Pencils
- Morris Waldinger
- Inks
- Tommy Nicolosi
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Fighting skills of the plains Indians.
16Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction; western-frontier
Credits
- Author
- David Kahn
- Art
- Raymond Perry
- Colours
- Raymond Perry
- Letters
- typeset
Synopsis
Article about the fighting skills of the Blackfeet Indians.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Tomahawk
- Genre
- Historical; western-frontier
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- Bruno Premiani
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
18"Chief Ugwa is here to smoke peace pipe with you!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Chief Hot Foot
- Genre
- Humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Chief Hot Foot; Chief Ugwa
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman's Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #1 ([September 1958]) — Untitled
-
The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #25 ([October 1958?]) — Untitled
Synopsis
The chief uses soap instead of tobacco in the peace pipe.
19Featuring
- Feature
- Charlie Wild; Wildroot Cream Oil
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Charlie Wild
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- Lou Fine
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Ad for Wildroot Cream-Oil.
20Featuring
- Feature
- All-Star Western
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- Trigger Twins; Don Caballero; Roving Ranger; Strong Bow
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gil Kane
Carmine Infantino
Alex Toth
Frank Giacoia - Inks
- Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Alex Toth
Frank Giacoia - Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Ad for All-Star Western #58 (first issue).
21Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy Air Rifles
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Ad for Daisy Air Rifles plus an announcement that Daisy owners can become junior members of the National Rifle Association.
Notes
Inside back cover.
22Featuring
- Feature
- "U. S." Royal; U. S. Royal Bike Tires
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- U. S. Royal
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Ad for U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires.
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.