Blackhawk
#5
(1956)
Thorpe & Porter,
1956 Series
- Price
- 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]
- Pages
- 68
- On-sale Date
- 1956
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Strato Publications Ltd.
Temple of Doom
Blackhawk / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Reprints
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from Blackhawk (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #98 (March 1956)
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The Temple of Doom
Blackhawk / comic story / 7 pages
- 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!
- 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.
- 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 Phantom Saboteur
Blackhawk / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ach du lieber...! Olaf! You... You are der phantom saboteur who is wrecking der plants!
- 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.
- 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
War in the Sky / comic story / 4 pages
- 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.
- Keywords
- heroics; Sopwith Camel; World War I; zeppelin
Indexer Notes
Credits for this story by Martin O'Hearn.
[no title indexed]
Blackhawk / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One after another the Blackhawks crept silently from the jungle
- Genre
- war; adventure; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Blackhawk; Durie
The Black Flag
Blackhawk / comic story / 7 pages
- 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.
The Overlord of Crime!
Plastic Man / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humour; superhero
- Characters
- Professor Valence (introduction, villain); Plastic Man; Woozy Winks
- Synopsis
- Professor Valence leads a small gang of thieves, but really meets his match when Plastic Man finds his secret hide-out.
[no title indexed]
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Marcia could sense Red's anger
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Marcia; Red
Woozy
Woozy / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a lie!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Woozy
Plastic Man
Plastic Man / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humour; superhero
- Characters
- Plastic Man; Bunyan O'Banyon
Escape To Danger?
T-Man / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- spy; adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- T-Man Pete Trask; Chief; Sonya Andreyev (villain)
- Synopsis
- Trask is sent to help a woman, supposed to be an American spy, out of red China so she can give valuable information.
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Table of Contents
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0.
Temple of Doom
Blackhawk -
1.
Matt Slade Gunfighter
Matt Slade, Gunfighter -
2.
The Temple of Doom
Blackhawk -
3.
The Phantom Saboteur
Blackhawk -
4.
David and Goliath In the Sky
War in the Sky -
5.
["One after another the Blackhawks crept silently from the jungle"]
Blackhawk -
6.
The Black Flag
Blackhawk -
7.
The Overlord of Crime!
Plastic Man -
8.
["Marcia could sense Red's anger"]
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9.
Woozy
Woozy -
10.
Plastic Man
Plastic Man -
11.
Escape To Danger?
T-Man -
12.
Novelty Bargains From Ellisdons
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13.
Wonderful Western Comics
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