Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1964-10-08
Editing: George Kashdan (editor)
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The Origin of Chop-Chop!
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Blackhawk / cover / 1 page

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Letters:
  • Genre:war; adventure; aviation; military
Characters:
Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus]; Chop-Chop [Liu Huang]

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Children of Tomorrow!
(Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page

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  • Genre:advocacy
Synopsis:
Celebrating United Nations Day, October 24, with a statement of the Declaration of the Rights of a Child.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Operation White Dragon
(Table of Contents: 2)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.67 pages

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  • Genre:war; adventure; aviation; military
Characters:
Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus]; Von Ritter; Chop-Chop [Liu Huang] (as the White Dragon); Khan Huang
Synopsis:
The Blackhawks are sent on a special mission to China to convince a warlord to stop being neutral and join the Allies. They meet a costumed fighter, the White Dragon, who wages a guerilla war on the Japanese before he is betrayed by the warlord.
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Indexer Notes

Origin of Chop-Chop.

25 Years of Batman
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Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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

Cap's Hobby Center / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'd like to look at that model motoring set.
  • Keywords:model cars
Characters:
Cap; Jenks
Synopsis:
Jenks keeps crashing model race cars.

[no title indexed]
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Monogram Models / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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G.I. Joe / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Operation White Dragon, Part 2
(Table of Contents: 7)

Blackhawk / comic story / 8.67 pages

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  • Genre:war; adventure; aviation; military
Characters:
Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus]; Chop-Chop [Liu Huang]; Khan Huang
Synopsis:
The Japanese capture Liu Huang, who has been fighting as the White Dragon, unknown to his warlord father. He is rescued by the Blackhawks, but his career as the White Dragon is over, due to his "losing face." The Blackhawks lead the rebels to try to oust the Japanese from the city, but Liu Huang insists on going along and must overcome the Blackhawks' objections by proving he belongs.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Origin of Chop-Chop's nickname.

Metamorpho the Element Man
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Metamorpho / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Blackhawk Bylines / letters page / 1 page

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typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Irwin Haskel, Erin O'Brien, Jordan Jones, and Marvin Meltzer. Note about Bob Haney joining the writing team and writing the Chop-Chop story in this issue.

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

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Blackie the Blackhawks' Mascot / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; animal
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look, Blackie - a man on a life raft.
Characters:
Blackie (hawk)
Synopsis:
Blackie and a hawk friend catch fish for a man on a life raft.

Indexer Notes

life raft; fish

Death of the Super-Sub
(Table of Contents: 12)

Blackhawk Combat Diary / comic story / 7.67 pages

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  • Genre:war
Characters:
Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus]
Synopsis:
The Blackhawks go on their first sea-going mission in World War II, to battle a Nazi super-submarine.

Indexer Notes

In The Comic Reader #27, July 1964, George Kashdan is credited with writing the combat diary's. (Nick Caputo)

For the Very Best in Comics Reading
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DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Professor Eureka / comic story / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A real robot! I finally finished it!
  • Keywords:robot; umbrella
Characters:
Professor Eureka
Synopsis:
The Professor invents a robot, but it needs an umbrella when it rains.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

First line from Arthur Lortie.

[no title indexed]
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Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.33 page

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Electric Engine / advertisement / 1 page

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G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Origin of Chop-Chop!
    Blackhawk
  2. Children of Tomorrow!
  3. Operation White Dragon
    Blackhawk
  4. 25 Years of Batman
    Batman
  5. ["I'd like to look at that model motoring set."]
    Cap's Hobby Center
  6. ["Boys everywhere have more fun with Monogram quality models"]
    Monogram Models
  7. ["Whose face does the enemy see in his smoking sights?...G.I. Joe!"]
    G.I. Joe
  8. Operation White Dragon, Part 2
    Blackhawk
  9. Metamorpho the Element Man
    Metamorpho
  10. [no title indexed]
    Blackhawk Bylines
  11. ["Be first in your neighborhood..."]
    DC Comics
  12. ["Look, Blackie - a man on a life raft."]
    Blackie the Blackhawks' Mascot
  13. Death of the Super-Sub
    Blackhawk Combat Diary
  14. For the Very Best in Comics Reading
    DC Comics
  15. ["A real robot! I finally finished it!"]
    Professor Eureka
  16. ["Start your own secret club..."]
    Silly Putty
  17. ["Build your own electric engine"]
    Electric Engine
  18. ["As seen on your TV screen!"]
    G.I. Joe
  19. ["It's a bird... it's a plane... it's the new Superman 98¢ hobby kit"]
    Aurora Products
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