Blackhawk Vol 1 51

"The Root of Evil": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

"The Root of Evil"
Cover
Blackhawk Vol 1 #51
April, 1952
Publisher	Quality Comics
Executive Editor	Everett M. Arnold
Cover Artists	Reed Crandall
The Root of Evil
Pencilers	Bill Ward
Inkers	Bill Ward
Editors	Al Grenet
Chop Chop: "A Chicken in Every Pot"
Writers	Paul Gustavson
Pencilers	Paul Gustavson
Inkers	Paul Gustavson
Letterers	Paul Gustavson
Drop of Destruction
Pencilers	Bill Ward
Inkers	Bill Ward
Whip of Montelon
Pencilers	Bill Ward
Inkers	Bill Ward
Previous Issue	Blackhawk # 50
Next Issue	Blackhawk # 52

I'd hoped to keep bullets out of this --- but you rats don't deserve mercy!

— Blackhawk

Blackhawk #51 is an issue of the series Blackhawk (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1952.

Appearing in "The Root of Evil"

Featured Characters:

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

Antagonists:

• Balaps, headhunters (many are killed)
• Dr. Leoma Carr (arrested)

Other Characters:

• Mr. Rogers, United World Development Program
• Dr. Draber (Dies)
  • his crew

Locations:

• Amazon Jungle
  • San Edra
  • Dr. Draber's Jungle Plant Station
  • Hidden Balap Camp
• Andes (turning point)
• Blackhawk Island

Items:

• Draber's Pola Roots (richest source of food energy ever discovered)
• Draber's Yuma Roots (psychosis-inducing over-stimulant)

Vehicles:

• Blackhawk Lockheed F-90Bs
  

Synopsis for Chop Chop: "A Chicken in Every Pot"

Chop Chop has some bad luck then some good luck with a store-bought live chicken, and ends up adopting the chicken.

Appearing in Chop Chop: "A Chicken in Every Pot"

Featured Characters:

• Chop Chop

Animals:

• elusive chicken

Other Characters:

• Chicken Vendor
• Poultry Show Judge
• security guards and cops
  

Appearing in "Drop of Destruction"

Featured Characters:

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

Antagonists:

• Dr. Zeegor (Apparent Death)
  • Volotar, pirate officer (Apparent Death)
  • pirate crew (Apparent Death)

Other Characters:

• Amata, Zeegor's niece

Locations:

• Blackhawk Island

Items:

• Zeegor's "Drop of Destruction"
  • (temperature activated liquid explosive inside a crystal locket)

Vehicles:

• Blackhawk Lockheed F-90Bs
• Zeegor's Sailing Frigate (Destroyed)
  

Appearing in "Whip of Montelon"

Featured Characters:

• Blackhawk Squadron
  • Andre
  • Blackhawk as "Slugger Barone"
  • Chop Chop
  • Chuck Wilson
  • Hans Hendrickson
  • Olaf
  • Stanislaus

Antagonists:

• The Whip (wears a pith helmet AND a monocle) (Apparent Death)
  • his mob: Vassily, Boris, Ben Akhim, Carlo, others (132 men) (most or all die)

Other Characters:

• Tanya, night club hostess

Locations:

• Blackhawk Island
• North Africa
  • El Mariba, tiny republic, neighboring Montelon
  • Montelon, International City, under Red control
    • Golden Spider Night Club

Items:

• Blackhawks' new HB-3 Capsule Bomb

Vehicles:

• Blackhawk Lockheed F-90Bs
• Whip's six armored cars and seventeen Jeeps

Notes

• Root of Evil:
  • Per the 5th panel of the 8th page of the 1st story, Blackhawk Island is in the Pacific Ocean. The team flies over the Andes on their way from the Amazon to the Island.
  • The Balap headhunters are mostly armed with machetes and blow guns; the Blackhawks attack them from the air with machine guns, and from the ground with submachine guns.
• In Drop of Destruction, Blackhawk gets head-konked unconscious, with a flintlock pistol. This is his forty-ninth concussion.
• In Whip of Montelon, the Blackhawks make use of a U.N. airfield, 28 miles from Montelon, which was an "international city." Usually but not consistently, in these stories, the U.N. was called the "United World." Montelon looks like it might be in North Africa, going by how the mobsters are dressed.
• This issue's Chop Chop story is reprinted in Blackhawk #89
• Also featured in this issue of Blackhawk was:
  • "The Killer Who Wasn't There" (text story)

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Blackhawk series
• Images from Blackhawk Vol 1 51

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