Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1957-05-07
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (sourced) (editor); Murray Boltinoff (sourced) (associate editor); George Kashdan (sourced) (associate editor)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

The Gladiators of Blackhawk Island

Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages


  • Genre:adventure; aviation; military
Characters:
The Blackhawks Fred K. Cash
Synopsis:
Fred Cash challenges the Blackhawks to battle each other to determine which member is the mightiest. He tries to trick them into using radioactive chalk bullets, hoping the radiation will kill them.
Reprints (2)

For the Best in Comics Entertainment

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The First Interplanetary War -- Attack and Counterattack!

comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:science fiction
Characters:
Lieutenant Boyd
Synopsis:
Lt. Boyd and his men stop a Martian invasion.
Reprints (1)

20,000 Leagues Beneath the Earth

Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages


  • Genre:adventure; aviation; military
Characters:
The Blackhawks The Mole; Carl (henchman)
Synopsis:
The Mole captures the Blackhawks and tries to use them to help him burrow into Fort Knox.
Reprints (2)

Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!"

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page


  • Genre:advocacy; teen; humor
Characters:
Allergy; Bob; Pete
Synopsis:
Binky suggests Allergy make friends with a new kid, Bob, but Pete does instead and then gets Allergy and the rest of the gang interested.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated July 1965.

Miniature Men at War

text article / 2 pages


  • Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:
article about collecting miniature military figures and using them for war games

The Winged Goliath

Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages


  • Genre:adventure; aviation; military
Characters:
The Blackhawks The Brain
Synopsis:
The Blackhawks enlarge their mascot Blackie to giant size and he then goes on a crime spree.
Reprints (2)

[no title indexed]

Charlie Cannonball / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A death-defying stunt!
Characters:
Charlie Cannonball
Synopsis:
Charlie can't be shot out of a cannon because his foot is stuck.
Reprints (2)

[no title indexed]

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]

Ollie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don't forget, Bill! It's tomorrow!
Characters:
Bill
Synopsis:
Ollie's correspondence class has a reunion.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for the "Unlucky Fishermen"

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page

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