Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1968-06-11
Editing: Dick Giordano (editor)
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My Brother -- My Enemy!
(Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Pat Boyette (signed)
Inks:
Pat Boyette (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; aviation; military
Characters:
The Blackhawks
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Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

My Brother - My Enemy! [Part One]
(Table of Contents: 1)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.67 pages

Script:
Bob Haney (script)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; war; aviation; military
Characters:
The Blackhawks G.E.O.R.G.E. (deaths of all)
Black Mask's gang (villains)
Synopsis:
G.E.O.R.G.E. group was destroyed by Black Mask's gang, along with the Blackhawks' superhero costumes. The Blackhawks take on the Black Mask, discovering he is Blackhawk's previously thought deceased brother. The team returns to their original costumes.

Indexer Notes

A new creative team with this issue.

A new origin of Blackhawk is given which contradicts all previous versions. Blackhawk's secret identity is revealed to be Bart Hawk.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Blackhawk Bylines / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters section includes editorial by Giordano noting the end of the "new era" Blackhawks and the return to the original costumes.

Letters from Kent G. Orlando, Thomas Pisciotta, Jane Scharding, and Howard Leroy Davis.

[My Brother - My Enemy!] Part Two: Fort Fear
(Table of Contents: 3)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.5 pages

Script:
Bob Haney (script)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; aviation; military
Characters:
The Blackhawks Black Mask's gang (villains)

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page

[My Brother - My Enemy!] Part Three: The Return to Blackhawk Island!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Blackhawk / comic story / 6.5 pages

Script:
Bob Haney (script)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; aviation; military
Characters:
The Blackhawks Black Mask's gang (villains)

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

The Hawk and the Dove / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

Jimmy Olsen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. My Brother -- My Enemy!
    Blackhawk
  2. My Brother - My Enemy! [Part One]
    Blackhawk
  3. [no title indexed]
    Blackhawk Bylines
  4. [My Brother - My Enemy!] Part Two: Fort Fear
    Blackhawk
  5. ["Be my guest..."]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  6. [My Brother - My Enemy!] Part Three: The Return to Blackhawk Island!
    Blackhawk
  7. ["A tale of two brothers who are a world apart..."]
    The Hawk and the Dove
  8. ["Superman is Jimmy Olsen's hangup!"]
    Jimmy Olsen
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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