Bartholomew Hawk (Earth-One)

Blackhawk
Mainstream Universe‎, 1950s-1986
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Real Name	Bartholomew "Bart" Hawk
Main Alias	Blackhawk
Other Aliases	The Big Eye · The Question Mark
Relatives	Jack Hawk (brother) Connie Hawk (sister, deceased)
Affiliation	Blackhawk Squadron
Base Of Operations	Blackhawk Island
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Pilot
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6' 1"
Weight	195 lbs (88 kg)
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Earth-One
Creators	Will Eisner · Bob Powell · Chuck Cuidera
First Appearance	Blackhawk #108 (January, 1957)

Bart Hawk was the Blackhawk, an ace pilot fighting in World War II with his allies in the paramilitary unit Blackhawk Squadron.

History

Origin

The Polish-American pilot Hawk joined the resistance in his native country in the early stages of the War. In his plane, which he had painted black, he was a scourge to the Luftwaffe. Von Tepp targeted him by destroying his family farmhouse and killing his family. With his country overrun, he formed a new identity, Blackhawk, and gathered pilots from various countries to form the Blackhawk Squadron, a paramilitry unit that answered directly to Winston Churchill.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Aviation: Blackhawk could fly any aircraft ever built.
• Aerial Combat: Blackhawk was absolutely the greatest combat pilot of all time, bar none.
• Chemistry/Size Alteration: Blackhawk once deduced the formula for, and recreated, a chemical compound invented by the renegade scientist Zaroc. This formula, after he ingested it, when combined with a massive jolt of electricity, caused him, and his clothing, to grow to a height of about twenty feet, and charged him with thermal energy.
• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic) Blackhawk and his team were famous for wading into well-armed masses of enemies, and laying them out with their bare fists.
• Mysticism
• Robotic Engineering: Blackhawk once built a robot duplicate of himself, and participated in the building of Zollo, the team's runaway espionage robot.
• SCUBA Diving: Blackhawk could do underwater welding or other rescue and demolition work.

Notes

• This version of Blackhawk, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.
• Blackhawk first appeared in Military Comics #1, 1941, published by Quality Comics, and was created by Will Eisner, Bob Powell and Chuck Cuidera. This Earth-One version first appeared in Blackhawk #108, 1957, by Robert Bernstein and Dick Dillin.

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