Blackhawk
#198
(July 1964)
DC,
1957 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-05-14
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
D-Day for the Blackhawks!
Blackhawk / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Nazis; World War II
in 
[no title indexed]
Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
D-Day for the Blackhawks, Part 1: The Origin of the Blackhawks
Blackhawk / comic story / 9.67 pages
- 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)
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I like chocolate fudge best!
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
Indexer Notes
Ad for Tootsie Roll Fudge candy.
Learn from Your Hobbies!
public service announcement / 1 page
- 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]
Blackhawk Bylines / letters page / 1 page
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.
Watch for the First Superboy Annual!
Superboy Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (illustration)
- Inks
- George Klein (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent / Kal-El]
Indexer Notes
Promo for Superboy Annual #1 "on sale everywhere," with cover depicted.
[no title indexed]
Cap's Hobby Center / comic story / 0.6 page
- 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
Blackhawk / comic story / 6.67 pages
- 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
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tootsie Rolls go on and on...
Indexer Notes
Ad for Tootsie Rolls candy.
The Whole Batman Family!
Batman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Indexer Notes
Promo for Batman Annual #7, "on sale everywhere May 28th," with cover depicted.
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page
- 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)
-
[no title indexed]
DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be first in your neighborhood...
- Characters
- Blackhawk (cameo); Chop-Chop (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Promo for subscriptions to Blackhawk comics. Ten issues for $1.00. Subscriptions also available for Tomahawk, Our Army at War, and Batman.
[D-Day for the Blackhawks] Part 3: Showdown at Omaha Beach
Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages
- 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.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be my guest at America's greatest amusement park
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El] (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Ad for Palisades Amusement Park, N.J., with discount coupons and promoting the new "Sky Ride."
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Pop
Indexer Notes
Ad for Tootsie Roll Pops candy.
[no title indexed]
Ant Farm / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ross Andru
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Beat the Champ!
Aurora Products / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Characters
- Fireball Roberts [Glenn Roberts]
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Ad for Aurora Model Motoring in comic format. Contest is to beat professional race driver "Fireball" Roberts' time on a slot-car course at a hobby shop. Aurora Plastics Corp., West Hempstead, N.Y.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
D-Day for the Blackhawks!
Blackhawk -
1.
[no title indexed]
Best Values Coins and Currency -
2.
D-Day for the Blackhawks, Part 1: The Origin of the Blackhawks
Blackhawk -
3.
["I like chocolate fudge best!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
4.
Learn from Your Hobbies!
-
5.
[no title indexed]
Blackhawk Bylines -
6.
Watch for the First Superboy Annual!
Superboy Annual -
7.
["No, no! It's all wrong!"]
Cap's Hobby Center -
8.
[D-Day for the Blackhawks] Part 2: The Jigsaw Goliath
Blackhawk -
9.
["Tootsie Rolls go on and on..."]
Tootsie Roll -
10.
The Whole Batman Family!
Batman Annual -
11.
["We'll try to locate the buried city..."]
Shorty -
12.
["Be first in your neighborhood..."]
DC Comics -
13.
[D-Day for the Blackhawks] Part 3: Showdown at Omaha Beach
Blackhawk -
14.
["Be my guest at America's greatest amusement park"]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
15.
["What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
16.
[no title indexed]
Ant Farm -
17.
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club -
18.
Beat the Champ!
Aurora Products
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Bob Bailey
- Nick Caputo
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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