Blackhawk #37

(February 1951)

Aurora, Queen of the Arctic (Table of Contents: 1)

Blackhawk / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Zolnerowich ?

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Blackhawks; Aurora (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

Credit previously given to Bill Quackenbush. Bails' Who's Who does not list Quackenbush as a Blackhawk artist.

The Rajah of Ramistan (Table of Contents: 2)

Blackhawk / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Reed Crandall

Inks:

Chuck Cuidera ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Blackhawks; Princess Sari (villain, introduction); Radasi (villain, introduction)

Hanfrey: World Menace (Table of Contents: 3)

Blackhawk / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gene Colan

Inks:

Chuck Cuidera ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Blackhawks; Hanfrey (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Title from cover. Credit previously given to Dick Dillin who didn't start on Blackhawk until 1952. Compare art with Colan in Diary Loves 16.

[I see by your hand that danger will befall you today!] (Table of Contents: 4)

Chop Chop / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Paul Gustavson

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Chop Chop; Madame Zaza (introduction); unnamed crooks (villains)

Synopsis:

Chop Chop goes to a psychic who tells him danger will befall him from above. A pair of crooks try to get a package he's delivering by dropping things on his head.

Reprints:

• in Blackhawk (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #74 (March 1954) [with alterations, see notes]
• in New Spaceways Comic Annual (T. V. Boardman, 1954 series) #1 (Christmas 1954)
which is reprinted
• in The New Spaceways Comic Annual (Boardman Books, 2014 series) (March 2014)

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in #74, page three has been removed from the original story. Some panels are also redrawn and re-written so that Chop Chop already has the package he is delivering instead of getting it half-way thru the story.

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Atomic Blast (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1.78 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Characters:

The Avenger; Fury

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

statement of ownership / 0.125 page (report information)

Script:

Everett M. Arnold

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Printed in Meriden Conn
Publisher Everett M Arnold, Lucas Point, Old Greenwich Ct
Editor Alfred Genet 347 Madison Ave, NY
Owners: Comic Magazines 578 Summer St. Stamford, CT
Everett M. Arnold, Claire C. Arnold.

The Casbah (Table of Contents: 7)

Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ward ?

Inks:

Bill Ward ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Blackhawks; Hassa (villain, introduction); Kral (villain, introduction); Carla (introduction)

Synopsis:

The Blackhawks have been sent to Algiers to collect documents containing an important formula. The documents are stolen by a pick-pocket working for Hassa, who then sells them to the villain Kral. However, the documents are useless without the encryption key, so Hassa sends the beautiful Carla to lure the Blackhawks into a trap. Carla has second thoughts and helps the Blackhawks capture Hassa and reclaim the formula.

Reprints:

• in Serie-nytt [Serienytt] (Formatic, 1957 series) #11/1959 ([mars] 1959)

Keywords:

Africa; Algeria; Algiers

Indexer Notes

title from cover

Blackhawk On the Air! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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