Blackhawk #130
(November 1958)

DC, 1957 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1958-09-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications, Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor); Murray Boltinoff (actual associate editor); George Kashdan (actual associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Captives of the Steel Sea Creature! (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
adventure; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
The Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Chop Chop; Chuck]; Maegland
Reprints
Keywords
underwater

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Mystery Missile from Space! (Table of Contents: 2)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

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

Genre
adventure; science fiction; aviation; military; superhero
Characters
The Blackhawks [Andre; Blackhawk; Chop Chop; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus]
Synopsis
A gang of interplanetary criminals lands on Earth and has to steal the materials to recharge their rocket.
Reprints
Keywords
aliens; anti-gravity; belt-radio; copper; jets; liquid oxygen; parachutes; pearls; spaceship

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[The Planet and the Pendulum!] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Cowboy Money! (Table of Contents: 5)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Ollie / comic story / 1 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
What a swell day for painting the house!
Genre
humor
Characters
Ollie
Synopsis
Ollie paints his bird house.
Keywords
bird house; painting

A Day with the Blackhawks (Table of Contents: 8)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

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

Genre
adventure; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
The Blackhawks [Andre; Blackhawk; Chop Chop; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus]; Jim Burrow; The Wolf
Synopsis
A reporter spends a day accompanying the Blackhawks on their duties, but the Wolf secretly plans to use the visit as on opportunity to locate Blackhawk Island.
Reprints
Keywords
Blackhawk Island; catapult; jets; parachutes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Look to the Stars! (Table of Contents: 10)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Lou Cameron
Inks
Lou Cameron
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh Bob, we're lost! What do we do now?
Genre
advocacy; math & science
Characters
Bob; Ted
Synopsis
Bob and his friends are saved from being lost in the woods because Bob knows how to find Polaris, the North Star.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Appeared across a range of DC comics in November/December 1958.

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

Peter Puptent, Explorer / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This temple is supposed to have a pool that was used for ancient rites.
Genre
humor
Characters
Peter Puptent
Synopsis
Peter and a friend explore an ancient temple.
Keywords
pool; temple

Space Terms and Talk (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Kashdan ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
A brief glossary of aerospace terms.

Captives of the Steel Sea Creature (Table of Contents: 13)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

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

Genre
adventure; science fiction; aviation; military; superhero
Characters
The Blackhawks [Andre; Blackhawk; Chop Chop; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus]; Maegland; Killer Shark (cameo)
Synopsis
Killer Shark's former henchmen gain control of his giant mechanical Portuguese Man of War and attack several ships. Blackhawk disguises himself as Killer Shark to infiltrate and defeat the gang.
Reprints
Keywords
disguise; Hawk-Sub; Japan; mutiny; pearls; undersea

Enter the Big Tootsie Roll "Name the Bear" Contest (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

American Geographical Society's Around the World Program / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Captives of the Steel Sea Creature!
    Blackhawk
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Garcelon Stamps
  3. 2. The Mystery Missile from Space!
    Blackhawk
  4. 3. ["Hunting in the jungle is fun for those..."]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. [The Planet and the Pendulum!]
    Adam Strange
  6. 5. Cowboy Money!
  7. 6. ["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park..."]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  8. 7. ["What a swell day for painting the house!"]
    Ollie
  9. 8. A Day with the Blackhawks
    Blackhawk
  10. 9. ["The daredevil driver in a race..."]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  11. 10. Look to the Stars!
  12. 11. ["This temple is supposed to have a pool that was used for ancient rites."]
    Peter Puptent, Explorer
  13. 12. Space Terms and Talk
  14. 13. Captives of the Steel Sea Creature
    Blackhawk
  15. 14. Enter the Big Tootsie Roll "Name the Bear" Contest
    Tootsie Roll
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    National Radio Institute Home Study Course
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    American Geographical Society's Around the World Program
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Paul Robinson
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore