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Pre-Code Classics: The Hawk HC (2024 PS Artbooks) comic books

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: The Hawk HC (2024 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST


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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Winter 1951 - December 1952/October 1953 - March 1954!" Collects The Hawk (1951-1955 Ziff Davis/St. John) #1-5. Cover by Clarence Doore. The western genre was exploding across television, Saturday morning serials and movies in the 1950's. A trend and an opportunity seized by comic publisher Ziff Davis who introduced the first three adventures of The Hawk, aka "Bob Hardie" Fighting Marshall of the American West in the winter of '51 and with St. John taking over duties in October 1953 with #4 through #12. The Hawk a western hero able to use skill, courageousness and an honorable attitude to thwart lawlessness in the fight for good against evil with a nearly superhuman speed and ability with their six-gun shooter. So saddle up your horse and lasso your very own copy of this comic presented to you just like the original from cover to cover - but don't delay cos The Hawk will have cleaned up this town by sun rise! Featuring Stories by Clarence Doore, Dan Barry, Alex Kotzky, George Tuska, Murphy Anderson, George Olsen, Carmine Infantino, Joe Kubert, and Gil Kane. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.