Blackhawk #137

(June 1959)

The Weapons That Backfired (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Dick Dillin

Inks:

Charles Cuidera

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Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Hendrickson; Chuck; Chop Chop; Stanislaus; Andre; Olaf]; Baron Kram

Synopsis:

Once a year, in conjunction with the "Inventor's Club," the Blackhawks test out new inventions that may lend themselves to industrial use, such as the Flying Buzz-Saw, or the Mechanical Caterpillar, or the Radio Man, a giant robot. Hearing reports of strange goings on, a group of reporters discover the testing. Shortly after, the machines are stolen by Baron Kram and his henchmen, who proceed to test the machines in their own way.

[Tootsie Roll ad] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Your Passport to Strange Journeys... (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

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Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Indexer Notes

house ad for House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #87 and My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #32

Fred Finds a Way! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

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Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Fred learns that there are other ways of participating in his favorite sport of baseball even though he isn't yet good enough to be picked for the team.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

["You each had three lessons."] (Table of Contents)

Dexter / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

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Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dexter

The Invalid Blackhawk (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Dick Dillin

Inks:

Charles Cuidera

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Hendrickson; Chop Chop; Stanislaus; Olaf; Chuck]; Missile Marauders

Synopsis:

While stopping a robbery, Blackhawk is injured and must be confined to a wheelchair for a few weeks. But when an ordinary wheelchair won't allow him to continue to lead the team, he has a new wheelchair designed, suitable for the leader of the Blackhawks.

[Tootsie Roll Pop ad] (Table of Contents)

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War Cart to Tank! (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Synopsis:

history of the tank

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #18 (February 1954)

[Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros Circus at Palisades Amusement Park] (Table of Contents)

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Characters:

Superman; Emmett Kelly

Decision in the Desert (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

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Letters:

typeset

The Isle of Giants (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Dick Dillin

Inks:

Charles Cuidera

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Hendrickson; Chop Chop; Andre; Chuck; Olaf; Stanislaus]; Dr. Vokar

Synopsis:

The Blackhawks track Dr. Vokar and his henchmen Hack and Frisco to a Carribean Island. But the three flee into the stormy ocean rather than be captured. When they're shipwrecked on a deserted island, they find that eating the fruit grown there causes them to grow into giants, which the Blackhawks discover when they follow them there.

[Tootsie Roll Fudge ad] (Table of Contents)

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["Aunt Martha says she's coming out tomorrow to visit me."] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

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Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Shorty