Blackhawk #98
(March 1956)

Quality Comics, 1944 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Favorites Inc.
Brand
A Quality Comic Publication
Editing
Al Grenet (credited as Alfred Grenet) (editor); Richard Arnold (credited) (associate editor)

Temple of Doom (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Chuck Cuidera
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
See the ducted-fan aircraft in Temple of Doom
Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
Blackhawk [Bart Hawk]; The Blackhawks [Olaf; Hendrickson; Chuck; Stanislaus; Andre; Chop Chop]; Communist military official
Synopsis
Blackhawk swings down from a flying platform toward a Communist military official who is at the controls of a giant iron statue with a crushing arm.
Reprints
Keywords
ancient god; Communists; ducted-fan aircraft (flying platform); statue

Indexer Notes

For the cover illustration, a "generic looking" Communist military official mans the controls of the statue of doom. In the interior story, upon which this cover is based, the villain controlling the statue is far more distinctive and unconventional.

The Phantom Saboteur (Table of Contents: 1)

Blackhawk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Millard
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Chuck Cuidera
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ach du lieber...! Olaf! You... You are der phantom saboteur who is wrecking der plants!
Feature Logo
Blackhawk [Quality Comics Logo]
Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
Blackhawk [Bart Hawk]; The Blackhawks [Olaf; Hendrickson; Chuck; Stanislaus; Andre; Chop Chop]; Colonel Nichevo (villain, introduction); Dr. Kurov (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
The Blackhawks raid a Russian spy house and a fight ensues. Amid the chaos, Russian Colonel Nichevo and some men take Olaf away into the Soviet Union. There, he is brainwashed by Dr. Kurov into becoming a saboteur and spy for the reds.
Reprints
Keywords
Communists; mind control; sabotage; uncharacteristic behavior

Indexer Notes

Story-ending Blackhawks' flying song:
"Whatever tricks the reds may try...We match their cunning as we fly...We're Blackhawks!"

David and Goliath In the Sky (Table of Contents: 2)

War in the Sky / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Millard
Pencils
Sam Citron
Inks
Sam Citron
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The little Sopwith Camel fighter of World War I was the greatest killer-plane of all time!
Genre
adventure; aviation; military; war
Characters
Lt. S.D. Culley
Synopsis
The story of a World War I battle between British Lt. S.D. Culley and his Sopwith Camel fighter plane against a great German zeppelin.
Reprints
Keywords
heroics; Sopwith Camel; World War I; zeppelin

Indexer Notes

Credits for this story by Martin O'Hearn.

The Temple of Doom (Table of Contents: 3)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Millard
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Chuck Cuidera
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Moloch the Destroyer was the cruelest of ancient gods! But even more savage was its revival in the hands of a modern demon... General Molok!
Feature Logo
Blackhawk [Quality Comics Logo]
Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
Blackhawk (Bart Hawk]; The Blackhawks [Olaf; Hendrickson; Chuck; Stanislaus; Andre; Chop Chop]; Tavis; General Molok (villain, introduction); Moloch the Destroyer (ancient god)
Synopsis
Tavis, a defense contractor to the nations of the free world, demonstrates a new “ducted-fan aircraft” (an individual flying platform) to Blackhawk and his men. Ushering them aboard a larger version of the craft that seats all seven Blackhawks, Tavis (from a safe vantage point) activates a remote control that spirits them off to an unnamed Communist nation. There, the waiting General Molok, a dictator and would-be filmmaker, forces the Blackhawks to perform in a propaganda film - with deadly consequences for the Magnificent Seven.
Reprints
Keywords
ancient god; Communists; ducted-fan aircraft (flying platform); movie; propaganda; statue

Indexer Notes

Story-ending Blackhawks' flying song:
"We've met the enemy's snare... We've tripped the trap and there... We nailed the wall of freedom tight... We're Blackhawks!"

Unlike the "generic looking" Communist military official on the issue's cover, General Molok looks more like a "communist military-garbed" version of famed film director Alfred Hitchcock. ...Coincidence?

The Wild Jungle (Table of Contents: 4)

Blackhawk / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One after another the Blackhawks crept silently from the jungle and knelt to stare down at the weird scene below.
Genre
adventure; jungle; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
Blackhawk [Bart Hawk]; The Blackhawks [Olaf; Hendrickson; Chuck; Stanislaus; Andre; Chop Chop]; Durie; Durie's men; Oglutes (head-hunters)
Synopsis
The Blackhawks close in on the jungle hideout of wanted criminal Durie, only to find it defended by a squad of armed men... and the Oglutes, "...the last, and worst, of the untamed head-hunters".
Reprints
Keywords
head-hunters; jungle setting

The Black Flag (Table of Contents: 5)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Millard
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Chuck Cuidera
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yumping Yeepers! Doze dizzy yerks ban shooting real cannon balls!
Feature Logo
Blackhawk [Quality Comics Logo]
Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
Blackhawk [Bart Hawk]; The Blackhawks [Olaf; Hendrickson; Chuck; Stanislaus; Andre; Chop Chop]; Governor Drage; Mayor Luro; Captain Morgg (villain, introduction); inhabitants of Hermoso Island; Morgg's pirate crew
Synopsis
250 years before, the infamous pirate, Morgan, attempted to land on an island to bury his war booty, but was driven away. Now, to commemorate 250 years of freedom, the islanders of Hermoso invite the Blackhawks to the celebration. However, a real, evil pirate of sorts named Morgg intervenes and stages a real invasion.
Reprints
Keywords
celebration; Hermoso (island); invasion; pirate ship; pirates; sea or island setting

Indexer Notes

Plot-wise, this story bears a strong resemblance to the three-part Mickey Mouse serial "The Pirates of Tabasco Bay" by Carl Fallberg and Paul Murry, from WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES (Dell, 1940 series) #191-193 (August thru October 1956) and reprinted in DISNEY MASTERS (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) #7 "Mickey Mouse: The Pirates of Tabasco Bay" (2019) [https://www.comics.org/issue/1936431/#3392797], where Black Pete's real pirates take the place of mock pirates scheduled to perform at a "Pirate Days Festival" concocted by Mickey Mouse to drum up tourism for a faded waterfront resort town. These stories would have appeared just months apart.

Story-ending Blackhawks' flying song:
"When ancient evils come by sea... We're still alert to keep men free... We're Blackhawks!"

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Temple of Doom
    Blackhawk
  2. 1. The Phantom Saboteur
    Blackhawk
  3. 2. David and Goliath In the Sky
    War in the Sky
  4. 3. The Temple of Doom
    Blackhawk
  5. 4. The Wild Jungle
    Blackhawk
  6. 5. The Black Flag
    Blackhawk
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Henry Andrews
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Craig Delich
  • Gary Henderson
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Joe Torcivia