Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1964-05-14
Editing: Murray Boltinoff (editor)
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D-Day for the Blackhawks!
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Blackhawk / cover / 1 page

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?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; war; aviation; military
Characters:
Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus]
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
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Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 1 page

D-Day for the Blackhawks, Part 1: The Origin of the Blackhawks
(Table of Contents: 2)

Blackhawk / comic story / 9.67 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Gene Colan (Eisenhower, page 10, panel 3)
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; war; aviation; military
Characters:
Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus]; General Dwight D. Eisenhower (cameo)
Synopsis:
In a flashback, Blackhawk tells how the original six Blackhawks were brought together in England.

Indexer Notes

Origin retold. Stan's meeting with the Blackhawks lifted from "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas. General Dwight D. Eisehower drawn by Gene Colan (page 10, panel 3). (Bob Bailey)

[no title indexed]
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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page

Learn from Your Hobbies!
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public service announcement / 1 page

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Letters:
  • Genre:advocacy
Synopsis:
Jim learns that people's hobbies can help them in their school work and can be interesting, too.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Blackhawk Bylines / letters page / 1 page

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? (logo)
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? (logo)
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Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ross Hindman; Bryant Wilbur; and B.J. (Philadelphia). Comments noted from Steve Perrin; Fred Landesman; Paul De Norio; and Anselmo Martinez, Jr. Column notes that Chuck Cuidera's brothers are policemen and writer France Herron comments on his artistic ability.

Watch for the First Superboy Annual!
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Superboy Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page

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

Cap's Hobby Center / comic story / 0.6 page

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?
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Synopsis:
An art student uses a "paint-by-numbers" canvas.
Reprints (1)

[D-Day for the Blackhawks] Part 2: The Jigsaw Goliath
(Table of Contents: 8)

Blackhawk / comic story / 6.67 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; science fiction; war; aviation; military
Characters:
Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus]; Heracles [Roger Duval]; Pierre
Synopsis:
The six Blackhawks land in France and find a secret factory where the Nazis are manufacturing a super war weapon.

[no title indexed]
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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page

The Whole Batman Family!
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Batman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:We'll try to locate the buried city...
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Synopsis:
Shorty and his friend dig separate holes to try to find a buried city.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
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DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[D-Day for the Blackhawks] Part 3: Showdown at Omaha Beach
(Table of Contents: 13)

Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; science fiction; war; aviation; military
Characters:
Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop (cameo)]; Heracles [Roger Duvall]; Pierre
Synopsis:
The Blackhawks decoy the Nazi super-weapon away from Omaha Beach on D-Day.

Indexer Notes

Story has a modern day framing sequence with Chop-Chop appearing in the last panel.

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.67 page

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page

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Ant Farm / advertisement / 1 page

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page

Beat the Champ!
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Aurora Products / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. D-Day for the Blackhawks!
    Blackhawk
  2. [no title indexed]
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  3. D-Day for the Blackhawks, Part 1: The Origin of the Blackhawks
    Blackhawk
  4. ["I like chocolate fudge best!"]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  5. Learn from Your Hobbies!
  6. [no title indexed]
    Blackhawk Bylines
  7. Watch for the First Superboy Annual!
    Superboy Annual
  8. ["No, no! It's all wrong!"]
    Cap's Hobby Center
  9. [D-Day for the Blackhawks] Part 2: The Jigsaw Goliath
    Blackhawk
  10. ["Tootsie Rolls go on and on..."]
    Tootsie Roll
  11. The Whole Batman Family!
    Batman Annual
  12. ["We'll try to locate the buried city..."]
    Shorty
  13. ["Be first in your neighborhood..."]
    DC Comics
  14. [D-Day for the Blackhawks] Part 3: Showdown at Omaha Beach
    Blackhawk
  15. ["Be my guest at America's greatest amusement park"]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  16. ["What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?"]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  17. [no title indexed]
    Ant Farm
  18. [no title indexed]
    American Body Building Club
  19. Beat the Champ!
    Aurora Products
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  • Donald Dale Milne
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