Blackhawk #198

(July 1964)

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Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

D-Day for the Blackhawks, Part 1: The Origin of the Blackhawks (Table of Contents: 2)

Blackhawk / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Arnold Drake

Pencils

Dick Dillin; Gene Colan (Eisenhower, page 10, panel 3)

Inks

Chuck Cuidera

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero

Characters

Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus]; General Dwight D. Eisenhower (cameo)

Synopsis

In a flashback, Blackhawk tells how the original six Blackhawks were brought together in England.

Keywords

England; World War II

Indexer Notes

Origin retold. Stan's meeting with the Blackhawks lifted from "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas. General Dwight D. Eisehower drawn by Gene Colan (page 10, panel 3). (Bob Bailey)

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Learn from Your Hobbies! (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff ?

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

Jim learns that people's hobbies can help them in their school work and can be interesting, too.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Blackhawk Bylines / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Murray Boltinoff

Pencils

? (logo)

Inks

? (logo)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ross Hindman; Bryant Wilbur; and B.J. (Philadelphia). Comments noted from Steve Perrin; Fred Landesman; Paul De Norio; and Anselmo Martinez, Jr. Column notes that Chuck Cuidera's brothers are policemen and writer France Herron comments on his artistic ability.

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Superboy Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

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Cap's Hobby Center / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No, no! It's all wrong!

Synopsis

An art student uses a "paint-by-numbers" canvas.

Reprints

• in Supercomic (Editorial Novaro, 1967 series) #269 (1 de noviembre de 1982)

Keywords

art; paint-by-numbers

[D-Day for the Blackhawks] Part 2: The Jigsaw Goliath (Table of Contents: 8)

Blackhawk / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script

Arnold Drake

Pencils

Dick Dillin

Inks

Chuck Cuidera

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

adventure; science fiction; war; aviation; military; superhero

Characters

Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus]; Heracles [Roger Duval]; Pierre

Synopsis

The six Blackhawks land in France and find a secret factory where the Nazis are manufacturing a super war weapon.

Keywords

France; French Underground; Nazis; World War II

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Whole Batman Family! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Batman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We'll try to locate the buried city...

Genre

humor

Characters

Shorty

Synopsis

Shorty and his friend dig separate holes to try to find a buried city.

Reprints

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #51 (June 1956)

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

[D-Day for the Blackhawks] Part 3: Showdown at Omaha Beach (Table of Contents: 13)

Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Arnold Drake

Pencils

Dick Dillin

Inks

Chuck Cuidera

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

adventure; science fiction; war; aviation; military; superhero

Characters

Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop (cameo)]; Heracles [Roger Duvall]; Pierre

Synopsis

The Blackhawks decoy the Nazi super-weapon away from Omaha Beach on D-Day.

Keywords

D-Day; France; French Underground; impostor; Nazis; World War II

Indexer Notes

Story has a modern day framing sequence with Chop-Chop appearing in the last panel.

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.67 page (report information)

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Ant Farm / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Beat the Champ! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)