Comic Title: Anthro #1
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jul/Aug 1968
On Sale Date: May 2, 1968 Newsstand Date May 2, 1968
Source: House Ad, Inferior Five #9, Page IFC

Copyright Date May 2, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968

Newsstand Date May 2, 1968
Source: Comic Reader, #65

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Orlando

Title: "The Battle of the Sexes"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Anthro (of Earth-1)

Writer/Artist: Howie Post

Feature Character(s)

• Anthro (last appearance in Showcase #74; next appearance in Anthro #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Ne-Ahn (name revealed; last appearance in Showcase #74; next appearance in Anthro #2)
• Lart (name revealed; last appearance in Showcase #74; next appearance in Anthro #2)
• Emba (last appearance in Showcase #74; next appearance in Anthro #2)
• Antrho's grandmother (last appearance in Showcase #74; next appearance in Anthro #2)
• Embra (last appearance in Showcase #74; next appearance in Anthro #2)

Villain(s)

• Donta (as a corpse; last appearance in Showcase #74; no further appearances)
• The Mighty Kano (a giant dog; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Chief Tugg (a tribal leader and Embra's father; next appearance in Anthro #3)
• Ita (Tugg's eldest daughter; next appearance in Anthro #5)

Comments:
This story is continued in part from Showcase #74 and continues in part in Anthro #2.

Synopsis:
Anthro and his younger brother Lart return to the mammoth that Anthro has recently slain. While extracting meat from the body, a young girl attacks them. Anthro chases her and learns that she is a member of his mother's tribe. The girl had tamed the mammoth and kept it as a pet. She attacked Anthro for killing it. Anthro consoles her after learning about her loss.

While Anthro is away with the girl, Lart is attacked by a giant dog known as Kano. Anthro tries to return to his brother in time, but the boy is injured by the beast. Fortunately Lart was able to move his spear under Kano which kills it. Anthro carries Lart home where the young boy receives praise for killing the creature.

Anthro's father Ne-Ahn believes Anthro was distracted because he has no woman. He tells his son to go to a neighboring settlement and bring a woman home with him. Anthro meets Chief Tugg who wishes to marry off his daughter Ita. Anthro thinks Ita is the pretty girl he met earlier, so he passes Tugg's tests. When he learns that Ita is fat and ugly, he runs away. Tugg and his men chase Anthro as he flees. The pretty girl follows him too.