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"The Challenge of the Wizard": A villain who calls himself the Wizard uses stage magic tricks to make airplanes disappear, royal jewels float away, and alien monsters appear on the streets. The Blackhawks try to unmask him by investigating the world's greatest magicians. But the greatest of them

Under cover of night, we made five electronic dummies out of the spare parts and gadgetry of your robot Cyclops, and dressed them up in Blackhawk clothing! At 'em, men!
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Blackhawk #120 is an issue of the series Blackhawk (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1958.

Synopsis for "The Challenge of the Wizard"

A villain who calls himself the Wizard uses stage magic tricks to make airplanes disappear, royal jewels float away, and alien monsters appear on the streets. The Blackhawks try to unmask him by investigating the world's greatest magicians. But the greatest of them all is dead. Or is he? Blackhawk smokes him out with a daring feat of his own.

Appearing in "The Challenge of the Wizard"

Featured Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

  • Kan-du, the magician
  • Carl Pierce, another magician
  • Queen Sonja, crime victim
  • gaggle of reporters

Locations:

Items:

  • Queen Sonja's fabulous jewels

Vehicles:

  • six Blackhawk Lockheed F-90C interceptors (Destroyed)
  • U.S.Army transport plane (4 prop engines) (stolen)


Synopsis for "The Junior Blackhawk"

After the Blackhawks saved his life in a flood, "Junior" Johnson dedicated himself to becoming a future member of the team. Saving the Blackhawks' lives with a kite, he wants to join now! The twelve-year old has his own island, a stuffed hawk, a car in the shape of a Hawk Jet, a Blackhawk uniform, and a store room full of secret inventions. But sneaking aboard a suspicious yacht to help the team (he's got a belt radio, too!), Junior finds out there's more to being a Blackhawk than just dressing up for the role.

Appearing in "The Junior Blackhawk"

Featured Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Bart Maddox
    • his gang

Other Characters:

  • Junior Johnson

Locations:

  • Center City
    • New Blackhawk HQ
    • New Medical Center
    • Diamond Mart
  • Thunder Island
    • abandoned movie studio

Items:

  • Johnson's Gyro Kite
  • Honorary Blackhawk Card

Vehicles:

  • getaway airplane
  • Johnson's jet-shaped car
  • sloop "Mary Ann"

Synopsis for "The Perils of Ulysses"

The evil Professor, looter of tombs of ancient art, plans a unique revenge on the team that sent him to prison. With millions in stolen art money, he builds a robotic trap based on Homer's Odyssey, and forces the team to brave its dangers, while the Professor films their every move. After surviving the Sirens, and after tossing Scylla (the monster with six heads and twelve legs) into the whirlpool Charybdis, the Blackhawks and Blackie trip up the giant Cyclops. The team then turns the tables on the double-crossing Professor with robots of their own.

Appearing in "The Perils of Ulysses"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • The Professor
    • his henchmen: Carl, Igor, many others

Locations:

Items:

  • robotic fake "Sirens"
  • robotic gigantic "Scylla" (Destroyed)
  • artificial mechanized "Charybdis" (Destroyed)
  • robotic ether expelling "Circe" (Destroyed)
  • robotic gigantic "Cyclops" (Destroyed)
  • Professor's Telescopic TV Camera

Vehicles:

  • Professor's yacht, "Ulysses"
  • Professor's 2-engine amphibious observation plane
  • Professor's 1-masted sailing ship

Notes

  • Challenge of the Wizard
    • All six Blackhawk F-90 jets are destroyed in a mid-air booby-trap, by the Wizard.
  • Junior Blackhawk
    • No Blackhawk F-90 jets are seen in this story.
    • Blackhawk gives Junior Johnson an Honorary Blackhawk card, and tells him to look them up in a few years.
  • Perils of Ulysses
    • No Blackhawk F-90 jets are seen in this story either.
    • The Blackhawks build five robots, out of scavenged parts, at night, then dress them up as themselves, and walk them into a confrontation where they are lifelike enough to deceive the villains into shooting them.
  • Also appearing in this issue of Blackhawk were:

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