Hook Jaw
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"Hook Jaw" is a British comic adventure story published in the weekly anthology Action from 14 February to 12 November 1977 by IPC Magazines.
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"Hook Jaw" | |
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Publisher | IPC Magazines |
Publication date | 14 February 1976 ā 12 November 1977 |
Title(s) | Action 14 February to 24 April 1976 15 May to 16 October 1976 4 December 1976 to 12 November 1977 |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) | Pat Mills Ken Armstrong |
Artist(s) | Ramon Sola Felix Carrion John Stokes |
Editor(s) | Geoff Kemp John Smith Sid Bicknell |
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The story is centred around a great white shark with a gaff hook lodged in its lower jaw. Created by Pat Mills and Geoff Kemp, the strip largely happened from Hook Jaw's point of view, portraying the shark as a creature simply following its instincts and forever under attack from amoral humans. Mills would later describe it as an ecological story. "Hook Jaw" was heavily criticised by the British tabloid press for its level of violence.