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| Year = 1984
  
| Year = 1984
   
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| Executive Editor = Dick Giordano
 
| CoverArtist1 = Dan Spiegle
  
| CoverArtist1 = Dan Spiegle
   
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| Quotation = Why are you wearing ''that uniform''? You're not Domino.
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| Editor1_1 =
 
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| Speaker = [[Bartholomew Hawk (Earth-One)|Blackhawk]]
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| Editor1_1 = Mark Evanier
 
| Writer1_1 = Mark Evanier
  
| Writer1_1 = Mark Evanier
 
| Penciler1_1 = Dan Spiegle
  
| Penciler1_1 = Dan Spiegle
 
| Inker1_1 = Dan Spiegle
  
| Inker1_1 = Dan Spiegle
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| Colourist1_1 =
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| Colourist1_1 = Jerry Serpe
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| Letterer1_1 =
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| Letterer1_1 = Carrie McCarthy
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| Quotation =
 
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| Speaker =
 
   
 
| StoryTitle1 = The Domino Principle!
  
| StoryTitle1 = The Domino Principle!
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| Synopsis1 = A German barmaid named Helga, who had met Blackhawk {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 267}},{{OOU}} graduated from the Leipzig Project, after intensive training in espionage, forgery, hand-to-hand fighting, marksmanship, photography, etc. Then three Blackhawks flew to a base in North Africa, while Andre flew to Algiers, in a tuxedo, to do espionage, but he got vamped and out-espionaged by this Helga chick, now dba "Domino". She captured Andre, lured Blackhawk, and captured him too, in a hotel room (?). Hendrickson sneaked in to the rescue but Blackhawk had already broken down Domino's intensive brainwashing by making goo-goo eyes at her.
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'''Featured Characters:'''
  
'''Featured Characters:'''
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* {{a|[[Blackhawk Squadron (Earth-One)|Blackhawk Squadron]]}}
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* <br/>
  
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** {{a|[[Andre (Earth-One)|Andre Blanc-Dumont]]}}
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** {{a|[[Bartholomew Hawk (Earth-One)|Blackhawk]]}}
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** {{a|[[Charles Wilson (Earth-One)|Chuck Wilson]]}}
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** {{a|[[Hans Hendrickson (Earth-One)|Hans Hendrickson]]}}
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** {{a|[[Olaf Bjornson (Earth-One)|Olaf Bjornson]]}}
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** {{a|[[Stanislaus (Earth-One)|Stanislaus Drozdowski]]}}
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
  
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
* <br/>
  
* <br/>
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'''Villains:'''
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'''Antagonists:'''
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* {{a|[[Nazi Party|Nazis]]}}
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** {{a|[[Adolf Hitler (New Earth)|Adolf Hitler]]}} {{flashalso}}
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** {{a|[[Domino (Earth-One)|Domino]]}} {{Flashback}}
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** {{a|[[Domino II (Earth-One)|Domino II (Helga)]]}}
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** Frau Bulle
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* {{a|[[Benito Mussolini (New Earth)|Benito Mussolini]]}} {{Flashback}}
 
'''Other Characters:'''
  
'''Other Characters:'''
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* General Hastings, Royal Army
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* Neville Chamberlain {{Flashback}}
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* Sammy Sweet, bandleader {{cameo}}
 
'''Locations:'''
  
'''Locations:'''
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* {{a|[[Algeria]]}}
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** {{a|[[Algiers]]}}
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* {{a|[[Germany]]}}
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** {{a|[[Berlin]]}}
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* {{a|[[Poland]]}}
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* {{a|[[United States of America]]}}
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** {{a|[[New York]]}}
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*** {{a|[[New York City]]}}
 
'''Items:'''
  
'''Items:'''
 
* <br/>
  
* <br/>
 
'''Vehicles:'''
  
'''Vehicles:'''
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* {{a|[[Grumman XF5F Skyrocket]]}}s
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| Writer2_1 = Mark Evanier
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| Penciler2_1 = Ken Steacy
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| Inker2_1 = Ken Steacy
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| Colourist2_1 = Ken Steacy
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| Letterer2_1 = Carrie McCarthy
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| StoryTitle2 = Detached Service Diary: The Artist
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| Synopsis2 = At a remote Allied airbase Hendrickson meets an enlisted airman whose job it is to paint girly cartoon insignias on the engine cowling of fighter planes. Hendrickson thinks this is a silly and superstitious custom, but later changes his mind.
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Hendrickson's mission is to escort a Gestapo prisoner to London, but the wily enemy officer escapes, and abducts Hendy and Franklin, steals a plane, and flies it to London, planning to assassinate Blackhawk and/or Churchill. Instead, on arrival he's surrounded and arrested, by Allied soldiers who were tipped off by something Franklin had painted on the fuselage.
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| Appearing2 =
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'''Featured Characters:'''
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* {{a|[[Hans Hendrickson (Earth-One)|Hans Hendrickson]]}}
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'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
* <br/>
  
* <br/>
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'''Antagonists:'''
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* {{a|[[Klaus Gruver (Earth-One)|Klaus Gruver]]}}, Gestapo officer
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'''Other Characters:'''
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* Private Daniel Franklin
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'''Locations:'''
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* Allied airbase in North Africa
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* airfield near London
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'''Items:'''
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* <br/>
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'''Vehicles:'''
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* DeHavilland Mosquito
   
 
| Notes =
 
| Notes =
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* Main story takes place some time before April 1941.
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** "''It was just months ago that the original Domino had been killed''"
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** At this story's end Hitler reacts to the news of Domino's defection by giving the order to invade Greece, which happened in 1941-April.
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* At this time, Chop Chop has not yet returned from his deployment to Asia.
 
| Trivia =
 
| Trivia =
 
| Recommended =
 
| Recommended =

Revision as of 10:43, 9 January 2019

"The Domino Principle!": A German barmaid named Helga, who had met Blackhawk Blackhawk #267,
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Quote1 Why are you wearing that uniform? You're not Domino. Quote2
— Blackhawk

Blackhawk #272 is an issue of the series Blackhawk (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1984.

Synopsis for "The Domino Principle!"

A German barmaid named Helga, who had met Blackhawk Blackhawk #267,

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graduated from the Leipzig Project, after intensive training in espionage, forgery, hand-to-hand fighting, marksmanship, photography, etc. Then three Blackhawks flew to a base in North Africa, while Andre flew to Algiers, in a tuxedo, to do espionage, but he got vamped and out-espionaged by this Helga chick, now dba "Domino". She captured Andre, lured Blackhawk, and captured him too, in a hotel room (?). Hendrickson sneaked in to the rescue but Blackhawk had already broken down Domino's intensive brainwashing by making goo-goo eyes at her.

Appearing in "The Domino Principle!"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:


Antagonists:

Other Characters:

  • General Hastings, Royal Army
  • Neville Chamberlain (Flashback only)
  • Sammy Sweet, bandleader (Cameo)

Locations:

Items:


Vehicles:


Synopsis for "Detached Service Diary: The Artist"

At a remote Allied airbase Hendrickson meets an enlisted airman whose job it is to paint girly cartoon insignias on the engine cowling of fighter planes. Hendrickson thinks this is a silly and superstitious custom, but later changes his mind.

Hendrickson's mission is to escort a Gestapo prisoner to London, but the wily enemy officer escapes, and abducts Hendy and Franklin, steals a plane, and flies it to London, planning to assassinate Blackhawk and/or Churchill. Instead, on arrival he's surrounded and arrested, by Allied soldiers who were tipped off by something Franklin had painted on the fuselage.

Appearing in "Detached Service Diary: The Artist"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:


Antagonists:

Other Characters:

  • Private Daniel Franklin

Locations:

  • Allied airbase in North Africa
  • airfield near London

Items:


Vehicles:

  • DeHavilland Mosquito

Notes

  • Main story takes place some time before April 1941.
    • "It was just months ago that the original Domino had been killed"
    • At this story's end Hitler reacts to the news of Domino's defection by giving the order to invade Greece, which happened in 1941-April.
  • At this time, Chop Chop has not yet returned from his deployment to Asia.



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