The Blackhawks (English)

Random Cover from Group Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #117
October 1957
Disambiguation: classic version
First Published in: 1941
Keywords: World War II

Name:

    The Blackhawks

Additional Names:

  1. Blackhawks

Notes:

First appearance and origin of The Blackhawks in Military Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941). Origin retold in Blackhawk (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #50 (March 1952) and #71 (December 1953). Publication moved from Quality Comics to DC Comics with Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #108 (January 1957). Origin retold in issue #164 (September 1961), #198 (July 1964), and #251 (October 1982). The Blackhawks became super-heroes from issue #229 (February 1967) to #241 (June-July 1968).

See also the Howard Chaykin version of The Blackhawks.

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• DC : mainstream
• DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)

Appearances With a Story Universe:

• without a universe
• DC : mainstream
• DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)
• DC : Earth-X

Relations:

  1. subgroup of - All-Star Squadron (p. 1981)
  2. subgroup of - The Freedom Fighters (p. 1973)

Translations:

  1. republished as - Hökarna (Swedish)

Group Members:

  1. Andre [of the Blackhawks] (p. 1941) (English)
    1941 - present (formal)
  2. Baker [of the Blackhawks] (p. 1941) (English)
    1941 - 1941 (formal)
  3. The Big Eye [Blackhawk] (p. 1967) (English)
    1967 - 1968 (formal)
  4. Blackhawk [Quality / DC; no secret identity] (p. 1941) (English)
    1941 - present (formal)
  5. Blackhawk [Bart Hawk] (p. 1963) (English)
    1963 - 1977 (formal)
  6. Blackie [Blackhawks hawk mascot] (p. 1957) (English)
    1957 - present (associated)
    Notes: Hawk mascot in Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #108 (January 1957).
  7. Boris [of the Blackhawks] (p. 1941) (English)
    1941 - 1941 (formal)
  8. Bravo [Blackhawks chimp mascot] (p. 1963) (English)
    1963 - present (associated)
    Notes: Chimp mascot in Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #183 (April 1963).
  9. Chop-Chop [Liu Huang; Wu Cheng; of the Blackhawks] (p. 1941) (English)
    1941 - present (formal)
  10. Chuck [of the Blackhawks] (p. 1942) (English)
    1942 - present (formal)
  11. Cisco [cousin of Andre of the Blackhawks] (p. 1966) (English)
    1966 - 1966 (associated)
    Notes: Ally in Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #219 (April 1966).
  12. Dr. Hands [Chop-Chop] (p. 1967) (English)
    1967 - 1968 (formal)
  13. Gaynor [of the Blackhawks] (p. 1984) (English)
    1984 - 1984 (formal)
    Notes: Member from Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #266 (January 1984) to #271 (July 1984).
  14. The Golden Centurion [Stanislaus] (p. 1967) (English)
    1967 - 1968 (formal)
  15. Gunner Griff [Blackhawks] (p. 1965) (English)
    1965 - 1965 (formal)
    Notes: Member in Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #211 (August 1965).
  16. Hendrickson [of the Blackhawks] (p. 1941) (English)
    1941 - present (formal)
  17. Jet [Blackhawks hawk mascot] (p. 1954) (English)
    1954 - present (associated)
    Notes: Hawk mascot in Blackhawk (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #75 (April 1954).
  18. Dickie Johnson [Blackhawks official mascot] (p. 1963) (English)
    1963 - present (associated)
    Notes: Official mascot in Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #180 (January 1963).
  19. Lady Blackhawk [Zinda Blake] (p. 1959) (English)
    1959 - present (associated)
    Notes: Honorary member in Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #140 (September 1959).
  20. The Leaper [Olaf] (p. 1967) (English)
    1967 - 1968 (formal)
  21. The Listener [Chuck] (p. 1967) (English)
    1967 - 1968 (formal)
  22. M'sieu Machine [André] (p. 1967) (English)
    1967 - 1968 (formal)
  23. Olaf [of the Blackhawks] (p. 1941) (English)
    1941 - present (formal)
  24. Rob the Blackhawk robot [Blackhawks] (p. 1959) (English)
    1959 - 1959 (formal)
    Notes: Member in Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #139 (August 1959).
  25. Stanislaus [of the Blackhawks] (p. 1941) (English)
    1941 - present (formal)
  26. Jim Turner [Blackhawks honorary member and traitor] (p. 1957) (English)
    1957 - 1957 (associated)
    Notes: Honorary member in Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #112 (May 1957).
  27. Vladim [of the Blackhawks] (p. 1941) (English)
    1941 - 1941 (associated)
    Notes: Vladim was the Blackhawks designer, appeared only once in Military Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #2 (September 1941).
  28. The Weapons-Master [Hendrickson] (p. 1967) (English)
    1967 - 1968 (formal)
  29. Zeg [of the Blackhawks] (p. 1941) (English)
    1941 - 1943 (formal)
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