| Additional Information |
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| Publication | April 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Agreement with those on The Reed Crandall Appreciation Page on Facebook on 28 May 2021 that Reed Crandall penciled but did not ink this cover. Unknown as to who was the inker. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation; War | Characters: Blackhawk |
| Notes | Agreement with those on The Reed Crandall Appreciation Page on Facebook on 28 May 2021 that Reed Crandall penciled but did not ink this cover. Unknown as to who was the inker. |
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| Comic Story | The Spores of Terror (12 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Lilith (villain, introduction); Igor (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn. |
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| Comic Story | The Invasion of Blackhawk Island (10 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Ulric Vintrax (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Blackhawk Battles the Reds (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War |
| Notes | First anti-Communist story. Page 2 panel 2 swiped from cover of Modern Comics (Quality Comics, 1945 series) #70 (February 1948). |
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| Comic Story | Now smile for the birdie (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Chop Chop gets his photo taken so he can send it to his girlfriend in China. It gets dropped in the Post Office, put up over a wanted poster and Chop Chop thinks he is wanted by the police. |
| Featuring | Chop Chop |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Chop Chop |
| Notes | When reprinted in #71 the last page is removed and the last panel of page 4 is re-lettered. Original dialogue "He sure moves fast for an old geezer! Wait a minute! He's no old geezer! His beard's coming off! Maybe he's a spy or something! I'm going after him!" New dialogue "Hey, Mister!" and the policeman thinks "All right, fella, if you don't want to pick up your change it's hour business" and Chop Chop thinking "Me never take another picture!". Last page of the original story has Chop Chop being taken in by the police and recognized as a member of the Blackhawks.
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Text Story | The Vanishing Cars (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Lure of Troisa (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Troisa (villain, introduction); Vlad (villain, introduction) |
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