Blackhawk Vol 1 15

"The Sky Matador!": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

"The Sky Matador!"
Cover
Blackhawk Vol 1 #15
June, 1947
Publisher	Quality Comics
Executive Editor	Everett M. Arnold
Cover Artists	Al Bryant
The Sky Matador!
Writers	William Woolfolk
Pencilers	Bill Ward
Inkers	Bill Ward
Editors	George E. Brenner
The Island in the Sky!
Writers	William Woolfolk
Pencilers	Harry Harrison
Chop Chop: "The Temptation of Chop Chop"
Pencilers	Bill Ward
Inkers	Bill Ward
The Hatchets of Hongo!
Pencilers	Harry Harrison
Previous Issue	Blackhawk # 14
Next Issue	Blackhawk # 16

Don't spread it on so thick! You're nothing very frightening or mysterious! You're just a nervy, greedy criminal who has frightened peace-loving people into sharing their possessions with you! They didn't dare challenge you or hunt for you ... but you were easy to find!

— Blackhawk

Blackhawk #15 is an issue of the series Blackhawk (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1947.

Appearing in "The Sky Matador!"

Featured Characters:

• Blackhawk Squadron
  • Andre
  • Blackhawk
  • Chop Chop
  • Chuck Wilson
  • Hans Hendrickson
  • Olaf
  • Stanislaus

Antagonists:

• Sky Matador (First appearance) (Dies)
  • his gang

Locations:

• Philippines
  • Valencia, a resort town
  • Sky Matador's airstrip
• Blackhawk Island

Vehicles:

• Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets
• Sky Matador's Stunt Plane
• Island Clipper Passenger Plane (Destroyed)
  

Appearing in "The Island in the Sky!"

Featured Characters:

• Blackhawk Squadron
  • Andre
  • Blackhawk
  • Chop Chop
  • Chuck
  • Hendrickson
  • Olaf
  • Stanislaus

Antagonists:

• The Corsair (First appearance) (Dies)
  • his mountain bandits
  • his airbase crew (Most or all die.)

Other Characters:

• Caravan Company (Dies)
• Trans-China Airways Co. manager
• Indo-Chinese civic leader

Locations:

• Indo-China
  • remote mountains
• Blackhawk Island

Vehicles:

• Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets (One is abandoned and destroyed.)
• Corsair's aerial fortress (Destroyed)
  

Appearing in Chop Chop: "The Temptation of Chop Chop"

Featured Characters:

• Chop Chop

Supporting Characters:

• Blackhawk Squadron

Antagonists:

• Satan

Other Characters:

• Spy Lady
• sporting girls

Locations:

• Satan's Office
• Blackhawk Island
• an Oriental City, noted for its forbidden pleasures

Items:

• Satan's Dream Juice

Vehicles:

• Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets
  

Appearing in "The Hatchets of Hongo!"

Featured Characters:

• Blackhawk Squadron
  • Andre
  • Blackhawk
  • Chop Chop
  • Chuck
  • Hendrickson
  • Olaf
  • Stanislaus

Antagonists:

• Hongo (First appearance) (Dies)
  • his many hatchet men

Other Characters:

• Dr. Hsi (Dies)
• Governor of Radien

Locations:

• Far East
  • Radien, major port city, center of world silk market

Vehicles:

• Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets

Notes

• Being a Blackhawk is dangerous.
  • In The Sky Matador!, Olaf gets head-konked unconscious, for the first time, with a rifle stock. Blackhawk gets head-konked unconscious, for his eighteenth concussion, with a rifle stock.
  • In Island In The Sky, Blackhawk gets head-konked unconscious, for his nineteenth concussion, again with a rifle stock.
• Sky Matador and Corsair both wear eye-patches.
• Sky Matador gets killed by Blackhawk; Corsair and Hongo both kill themselves.
• Also appearing in this issue of Blackhawk was:
  • "Victim No. 13" (text story)

Trivia

• Blackhawks drink beer in their barracks.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Blackhawk series
• Images from Blackhawk Vol 1 15

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