Morton, W.M. (1965). "The taxonomic significance of the kype in American salmonids". Copeia. 1965 (1): 14–19. doi: 10.2307/1441233. JSTOR 1441233.

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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.

Titan says their mini-series is set to be an intense modern iteration of the titular ocean predator. a b Järvi, T. (1990). "The effects of male dominance, secondary sexual characteristics and female mate choice on the mating success of male Atlantic salmon Salmo salar". Ethology. 84 (2): 123–132. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1990.tb00789.x. Mouth Cam: In Hook Jaw there are many panels shown from inside the eponymous man-eating great white shark's mouth before he sinks his teeth into another human.

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After the ban, the art was taken on by John Stokes, and was much improved. Stokes had a very clean style, although his early issues heavily referenced Sola’s work. His other Action work included three episodes of “ Death Game 1999” and some “ Dredger” stories. In 2016, Titan Comics announced an all-new, updated version of Hook Jaw written by Si Spurrier and drawn by Conor Boyle Main Characters Greaser was the chief engineer on McNally’s oil rig. He initially sided with McNally in any conflict but as the story developed, saw the error of his ways and supported Mason. He met his fate in the jaws of the Great White attempting to deal it a fatal blow with some power cables. Alas, Hook Jaw was merely stunned. When Mason and Sharkie reported the find to Doctor Gelder, Gelder was unconvinced, stating that the entire island was surrounded by a protective reef that would prevent anything larger than a sardine from swimming through. Unknown to anyone, the island lagoon had been intruded by Hook Jaw during the high tide at the full moon. Now in the midst of hundreds of tourists, Hook Jaw's bloodbath continued. In 1990 Titan Books released Action – The Story of a Violent Comic written by Martin Barker. [12] This was a history of the comic, as well as a study of the effects of the ban.Pipe wrenches come in a variety of sizes. They can be as small as six inches in length to over four feet. Each size can work on a limited range of pipes sizes. Sharkie devised a plan. He and his fellow natives would hunt down Hook Jaw using a technique that his people used for hundreds of years. Hook Jaw proved more than a match for the native hunters and destroyed the hunting party. Action was a short lived British comicbook serial published in 1976 and 1977 by IPC. Created by Pat Mills, it earned much attention for its focus on fairly Grimdark, gritty, gorily violent stories, many of which were "dead cribs" (ideas derived by ripping off from currently-popular films, books and other comics) intended to appeal to the growing punk culture and the increasingly disenfranchised youth of Britain. Its stories had much the air of a Darker and Edgier take on classic Pulp novels, while detractors likened it to the penny dreadfuls of the Victorian era. Misterjaw was another shameless attempt to make the shark craze palpable for young viewers desperate to think of the ferocious fish as something more than the subject of their pool/bathtub/bedtime terrors from the period of 1975 to 1980. (Not that any of us aren’t still absolutely terrified of the undersea beasties). But this show differs from the animated garbage fire that is Jabberjaw for two reasons. First, it is really cleverly done. You see, Misterjaw is a lovable character who had the good fortune of being a recurring segment on The Pink Panther and Friends, a series created by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises — a company that never quite acquired the stink of repetition that plagued the output by its rivals of the era like Filmation and Hanna-Barbera.

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Groot C and Margolis L (1991) Pacific salmon life histories. UBC Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-7748-0359-5. a b Witten, P.E.; Hall, B.K. (2002). "Differentiation and growth of kype skeletal tissues in anadromous male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)". International Journal of Developmental Biology. 46 (5): 719–730. PMID 12216984. A kype is a hook-like secondary sex characteristic which develops at the distal tip of the lower jaw in some male salmonids prior to the spawning season. [1] [2] The structure usually develops in the weeks prior to, and during, migration to the spawning grounds. In addition to the development of the kype, a large depression forms in the two halves of the premaxilla in the upper jaw, allowing the kype to fit into the premaxilla when the mouth is closed. [3]Hook Jaw took a break for a couple of weeks before returning on the island of El Salvados, where Mason, now recovered, is working for Dr. Gelder, the owner of ‘Paradise Island’. Gelder’s motivation, like McNally before him, is money. He drives the island natives away from their homes, is callous to everyone and will stop at nothing to be rid of Hook Jaw. A bounty hunt is arranged with the expected and inevitable loss of life, Hook Jaw is eventually captured and used as an attraction, where members of the public can fight the shark for a huge cash prize. Sharkie, one of the natives and a friend of Mason, offers to fight Hook Jaw, hoping to use the money to force Gelder to leave his people alone. The fight goes as badly as expected and it is left to Mason to save Sharkie. Hook Jaw eats a film crew who are capturing the event and is soon free. Gelder is unimpressed, and refusing to pay Sharkie, he sends his men to drive the natives from the island.