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Tomahawk

Tomahawk

121 appearances Β· Golden Age Β· 1947–2012 Β· 5 key issues
Who is Tomahawk?

Tom Hawk was an 18th-century American frontiersman who honed exceptional skills in wilderness survival, marksmanship, and Native American languages on the colonial frontier. Taking the name Tomahawk, he led a ragtag band called Tomahawk's Rangers while serving under George Washington during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.

Few characters can claim a Golden Age birth and still be turning up in comics more than six decades later, but Tomahawk is exactly that kind of enduring figure β€” debuting in Star Spangled Comics #69 back in 1947, courtesy of Joe Samachson and Edmond Good, and carving out a long, distinctive niche in the DC universe. Rooted in frontier and Revolutionary War-era adventure at a time when westerns and historical action were electrifying comics readers, Tomahawk earned his own long-running title and became a fixture of World's Finest Comics alongside some of DC's most iconic names. Over 121 catalogued appearances β€” five of them recognized as key collector issues β€” he kept remarkable company, sharing pages with Batman, Robin, Bruce Wayne, Superman, and the steadfast Dan Hunter. That kind of longevity and those kinds of co-stars speak for themselves: Tomahawk is a genuine piece of DC history, a Golden Age original who refused to be forgotten.

Identity

Real name. Tom Hawk (also rendered Thomas Hawk / Tom Haukins)

Powers. No superpowers. Expert frontiersman, hand-to-hand fighter, marksman, horseman; versed in Native American languages, customs, and period weaponry (tomahawk, flintlock).

Teams & affiliations
Daily PlanetGotham City Police Department
β˜… First appearance
Star Spangled Comics #69
Jun 1947

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1947–2008

Star Spangled Comics #69 β˜… 1947
Star Spangled Comics #69
Star Spangled Comics #124 1952
Star Spangled Comics #124
Tomahawk #45 1957
Tomahawk #45
My Greatest Adventure #83 β˜… 1963
My Greatest Adventure #83
Tomahawk #103 1966
Tomahawk #103
Unknown Soldier #262 1982
Unknown Soldier #262
The Fury of Firestorm #42 1985
The Fury of Firestorm #42
Hawkworld #5 1990
Hawkworld #5
The War That Time Forgot #1 2008
The War That Time Forgot #1

Appearances

Star Spangled Comics (1941)
Real Fact Comics (1946)
#13
Detective Comics (1937)
Danger Trail (1950)
All-American Western (1948)
A Date with Judy (1947)
#21
Batman (1940)
#63
Leave It to Binky (1948)
House of Mystery (1951)
The Brave and the Bold (1955)
#2
The Adventures of Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis (1952)
#24
Wonder Woman (1942)
The Hundred Comic Monthly (1956)
#13
Mammoth Annual (1959)
#1
House of Secrets (1956)
Tales of the Unexpected (1956)
Five-Score Comic Monthly (1961)
My Greatest Adventure (1955)
#83
Blackhawk (1957)
Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (1965)
Super A (1977)
#2
Unknown Soldier (1977)
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985)
The Fury of Firestorm (1982)
#42
Swamp Thing (1985)
Time Masters (1990)
#4
Hawkworld (1990)
#5
Vertigo Visions - Tomahawk (1998)
#1
Millennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 (2000)
The War That Time Forgot (2008)
#1
The Robin Archives (2005)
#2
DCU: Legacies (2010)
#3
DC Universe: Legacies (2011)