Blackhawk Vol 1 50

"The Killer Shark": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

Blackhawk #50 is an issue of the series Blackhawk (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1952.

Appearing in "The Killer Shark"

Featured Characters:

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

Antagonists:

• Killer Shark (First appearance) (Apparent Death)
  • his pilots

Other Characters:

• Mayor Rolt (Apparent Death)
• street photographer

Locations:

• Europe
  • City of Kamard
• Balcor
  • Balcor Bay
  • Balcor City
    • Balcor Docks / submerged supervillain hideout

Vehicles:

• Killer Shark's submersible jet fighters, at least four (one destroyed)
• Blackhawk Lockheed F-90Bs, at least three
  
  

Synopsis for "The Killer Shark"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Appearing in Chop Chop: "Chief Chop Chop"

Featured Characters:

• Chop Chop

Antagonists:

• two rustlers

Other Characters:

• Indians

Locations:

• Out West

Vehicles:

• propeller-driven scouting plane
  

Synopsis for Chop Chop: "Chief Chop Chop"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "The Lost Express"

Featured Characters:

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

Other Characters:

• President Grome, of Brovia (reinstated)

Antagonists:

• Dictator Lastin, of Brovia (arrested)
  • his military forces
• Mala (arrested)

Locations:

• Europe
  • Prelna
    • Prel-Bro Tunnel
      • (w/ secret, removable, RR track switch & concealed side tunnel)
  • Brovia

Vehicles:

• six Blackhawk Lockheed F-90Bs
• many Brovian tanks and armored cars (plenty destroyed)
• Prelnan Presidential Express Train (stolen and recovered)
  

Synopsis for "The Lost Express"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "The Flying Octopus"

Featured Characters:

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

Antagonists:

• Corvik (Apparent Death)
  • his Flying Octopus crew (Apparent Death)
  • his ground troops (left leaderless, in Larovia and Banglow)
  • his fighter pilots (some survive)

Other Characters:

• Larovian civilians (gassed)

Locations:

• South America
  • Banglow
    • a valley deeply entrenched in high mountains
  • Larovia
• Blackhawk Island

Items:

• Corvik's will-sapping gas

Vehicles:

• Corvik's Flying Octopus (Destroyed)
• Corvik's escort jet fighters, at least five (Destroyed)
• Blackhawk Lockheed F-90Bs, six
  

Synopsis for "The Flying Octopus"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• Killer Shark:
  • Blackhawk gets head-konked with a rifle stock, which breaks, and he is knocked down, but does not black out. This is his forty-eighth concussion.^[1]
  • Killer Shark, and his small gang of town-looting jet fighter pilot pirates, has exactly the same modus operandi as Baron Blood, and his small gang of hench-aviators, from the last story of the previous issue.
  • Also like Baron Blood, and like Valkyrie before him, the origins or sources of his "fish planes" are not revealed. A review of Killer Shark's later career, however, credits him with the invention of a wide variety of fantastic vehicles and weapons; thus it seems likely that these flying submarines were created by him also.
  • Unlike almost all prior Blackhawk villains, Killer Shark will return, more than once. But at this story's end, he falls into a tank that's stocked with a shark and some carib fish, so the Blackhawks understandably think he's done for.
• Lost Express:
  • Dictator Lastin addresses his troops as "Comrades," and his tanks have Red Stars on their turrets.
• Flying Octopus:
  • Corvik and his troops all wear bright red uniforms. Star-shaped insignia on Corvik's uniform are black, stars on enlisted uniforms are yellow. His jeeps and jets have no painted insignia, but one jeep flew a "flying octopus" flag. This all implies that Corvik was an independent supervillain, rather than a Red pawn.
  • Corvik knows where Blackhawk Island is, and he didn't learn it in this story.
  • Corvik is aboard the Flying Octopus when it is shot down over the Pacific Ocean; we do not see a body or other confirmation of his death.
  • On Blackhawk Island, the singing Blackhawks celebrate their victory by hoisting some beer steins.
• This issue's Chop Chop story is reprinted in Blackhawk #86
• Also featured in this issue of Blackhawk were:
  • "Origin of the Blackhawks" (text story)
    • This story establishes Blackhawk as an American, and Hendrickson as a concentration camp escapee.
  • "Naombi's Skull" (non-Blackhawk text story)

Trivia

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See Also

• Discuss Blackhawk Vol 1 50 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Blackhawk series
• Images from Blackhawk Vol 1 50

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