Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1964-03-12
Editing: Murray Boltinoff (editor)
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A Firing Squad for Blackhawk!
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Blackhawk / cover / 1 page

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?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; aviation; military
Characters:
The Blackhawks Colonel Frog

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1964 by National Periodical Publications, Inc.

On-sale date from a house advertisement appearing in The Doom Patrol (DC, 1964 series) #87 (May 1964) and this issue's copyright registration.

132 Pc. Roman Soldiers Set
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132 Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page

A Firing Squad for Blackhawk! Part 1
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Blackhawk / comic story / 6.67 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; aviation; military
Characters:
The Blackhawks Mr. Cipher (introduction); Sessue Yokomata
Synopsis:
The Blackhawks infiltrate the weapons plant of a Japanese scientist based in a South American dictatorship.

Indexer Notes

Introduction of Mr. Cipher, liaison for mission assignments from the United Nations.

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Doom Patrol / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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Blackie the Blackhawks' Mascot / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ha! Ha! I gave the cops the slip.
  • Keywords:cave; sweater; winter
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Synopsis:
Blackie unravels a crook's sweater so he'll get cold and surrender.

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Capt. Storm / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[A Firing Squad for Blackhawk!] Part 2: Colonel Frog -- Enemy Master of the Blackhawks
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Blackhawk / comic story / 9.67 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; aviation; military
Characters:
The Blackhawks Colonel Frog [Sessue Yokomata]; Mr. Cipher
Synopsis:
The rest of the Blackhawks discover that the renegade scientist is an old World War II enemy, Colonel Frog. He has captured Blackhawk and has him under his control. Colonel Frog leads a coup against the country's dictator with a spider-like war machine and eventually uses a mind-control gas to have all the Blackhawks obeying his orders.

Indexer Notes

Text teaser for the Blackhawk's new uniforms at the end of the story.

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Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera Bios]
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Blackhawk Bylines / letters page / 1 page

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Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:biography
Characters:
Dick Dillin (self-portrait); Chuck Cuidera (self-portrait)

Indexer Notes

No letters and instead features biographies of Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera and illustrations of each (sequence information from Bob Bailey).

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page

Five Broken Guns
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Blackhawk World War II Combat Diary / comic story / 7.67 pages

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  • Genre:war
Characters:
The Blackhawks
Synopsis:
The Blackhawks are sent behind enemy lines to blow up a bridge, but find it defended by a German Tiger Tank.

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Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

100 Magnets
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100 Magnets / advertisement / 1 page

100 Pc. Toy Soldiers Set
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100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page

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Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page

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American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. A Firing Squad for Blackhawk!
    Blackhawk
  2. 132 Pc. Roman Soldiers Set
    132 Roman War Soldiers
  3. A Firing Squad for Blackhawk! Part 1
    Blackhawk
  4. ["You demanded it, and here it is... The Doom Patrol"]
    Doom Patrol
  5. ["Ha! Ha! I gave the cops the slip."]
    Blackie the Blackhawks' Mascot
  6. ["Ride a sea-going thunderbolt..."]
    Capt. Storm
  7. [A Firing Squad for Blackhawk!] Part 2: Colonel Frog -- Enemy Master of the Blackhawks
    Blackhawk
  8. ["It ripped itself loose..."]
    Tomahawk
  9. [Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera Bios]
    Blackhawk Bylines
  10. ["Be my guest at America's greatest amusement park"]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  11. ["Curious coins! Odd paper money!"]
    Littleton Coins
  12. Five Broken Guns
    Blackhawk World War II Combat Diary
  13. ["Two exciting new adventures..."]
    Batman
  14. ["Be first in your neighborhood..."]
    DC Comics
  15. 100 Magnets
    100 Magnets
  16. 100 Pc. Toy Soldiers Set
    100 Toy Soldiers
  17. ["Boys! Men! My secret new dynaflex method..."]
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  18. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
    American Seeds
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  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Bob Bailey
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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