Blackhawk #242
(August-September 1968)

DC, 1957 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1968-06-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Dick Giordano (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

My Brother -- My Enemy! (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pat Boyette (signed)
Inks
Pat Boyette (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?

Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
The Blackhawks: Andre; Blackhawk [Bart Hawk]; Chop Chop; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus
Black Mask [Jack Hawk] (villain)
Reprints

My Brother - My Enemy! [Part One] (Table of Contents: 1)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (plot); Bob Haney (script)
Pencils
Pat Boyette
Inks
Pat Boyette
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Boyette ?

Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
The Blackhawks: Andre; Blackhawk [Bart Hawk]; Chop-Chop; Chuck; Hendrickson; Lady Blackhawk; Olaf; Stanislaus
Black Mask [Jack Hawk] (villain); Black Mask's gang (villains); members of G.E.O.R.G.E. (death)
Synopsis
G.E.O.R.G.E. group was destroyed by Black Mask's gang, along with the Blackhawks' superhero costumes. The Blackhawks take on the Black Mask, discovering he is Blackhawk's previously thought-deceased brother. The team returns to their old costumes.

Indexer Notes

A new creative team with this issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Dick Giordano
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters section includes editorial by Giordano noting the end of the "new era" Blackhawks and the return to the original costumes.

Letters from Kent G. Orlando, Thomas Pisciotta, Jane Scharding, and Howard Leroy Davis.

[My Brother - My Enemy!] Part Two: Fort Fear (Table of Contents: 3)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (plot); Bob Haney (script)
Pencils
Pat Boyette
Inks
Pat Boyette
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Boyette ?

Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
The Blackhawks: Andre; Blackhawk [Bart Hawk]; Chop-Chop; Chuck; Hendrickson; Lady Blackhawk; Olaf; Stanislaus
Black Mask [Jack Hawk] (villain); Black Mask's gang (villains)

[My Brother - My Enemy!] Part Three: The Return to Blackhawk Island! (Table of Contents: 4)

Blackhawk / comic story / 6.5 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (plot); Bob Haney (script)
Pencils
Pat Boyette
Inks
Pat Boyette
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Boyette ?

Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
The Blackhawks: Andre; Blackhawk [Bart Hawk]; Chop-Chop; Chuck; Hendrickson; Lady Blackhawk; Olaf; Stanislaus
Black Mask [Jack Hawk] (villain); Black Mask's gang (villains)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. My Brother -- My Enemy!
    Blackhawk
  2. 1. My Brother - My Enemy! [Part One]
    Blackhawk
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Blackhawk Bylines
  4. 3. [My Brother - My Enemy!] Part Two: Fort Fear
    Blackhawk
  5. 4. [My Brother - My Enemy!] Part Three: The Return to Blackhawk Island!
    Blackhawk
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore