Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1958-03-11
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor); Murray Boltinoff (actual associate editor); George Kashdan (actual associate editor)
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The Mechanical Spies from Space!
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Blackhawk / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:adventure; war; aviation; military
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The Blackhawks
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Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page

Thieves with a Thousand Faces
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Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; war; aviation; military
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The Blackhawks J. J. Mynus
Synopsis:
Inventor J. J. Mynus has developed miniature robots that can grow to human size, then shrink again to carry out a series of fantastic robberies.
Reprints (2)

New! Exciting! Mystifying!
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The New Adventures of Charlie Chan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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(Table of Contents: 4)

Shorty / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There're too many animals prowling around at night!
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Shorty

The Beauty and the Blackhawks
(Table of Contents: 5)

Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; war; aviation; military
Characters:
The Blackhawks Linda Laru
Synopsis:
Chuck's infatuation with a beautiful nightclub singer who needs his help leads the Blackhawks into a deadly trap on a remote island.
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The Incredible City in the Sky!
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comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:
Two Native American warriors outwit the Spaniard conqueror Coronado and his men, forcing them to leave the village of Acoma in peace.
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Greatest Show on Earth
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text story / 1 page

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typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:
An article on the building of the U.S. Interstate Highway System.

The Mechanical Spies from Space
(Table of Contents: 8)

Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; war; aviation; military
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The Blackhawks
Synopsis:
The Blackhawks must disable three weapon-laden satellites from an unknown space origin.
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Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"
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Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page

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  • Genre:advocacy; teen; humor
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Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff
Synopsis:
Margie learns that she should not be ashamed of having a mental patient in the family.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated July 1952.

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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

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Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page

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Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Mechanical Spies from Space!
    Blackhawk
  2. [no title indexed]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. Thieves with a Thousand Faces
    Blackhawk
  4. New! Exciting! Mystifying!
    The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
  5. ["There're too many animals prowling around at night!"]
    Shorty
  6. The Beauty and the Blackhawks
    Blackhawk
  7. The Incredible City in the Sky!
  8. Greatest Show on Earth
  9. The Mechanical Spies from Space
    Blackhawk
  10. Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"
    Buzzy
  11. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  12. [no title indexed]
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
  13. [no title indexed]
    Garcelon Stamps
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  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
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