Blackhawk (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1953.
Contents
- 1 Synopsis for "Devil's Squadron!"
- 2 Appearing in "Devil's Squadron!"
- 3 Synopsis for Chop Chop: "Gold Was Discovered Here"
- 4 Appearing in Chop Chop: "Gold Was Discovered Here"
- 5 Synopsis for "Vampire Men of Kunwalo!"
- 6 Appearing in "Vampire Men of Kunwalo!"
- 7 Synopsis for "Terror of the Crimson Hoods"
- 8 Appearing in "Terror of the Crimson Hoods"
- 9 Notes
- 10 See Also
- 11 Recommended Reading
- 12 Links and References
Synopsis for "Devil's Squadron!"
Appearing in "Devil's Squadron!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- United World President
Antagonists:
- Dr. Mole
- Devil's Squadron
- Desira
Locations:
- Kan-Dor Island
- United World Atomic Weapons Vault
- Vernor City (super crime scene)
- New Delbro (super crime scene)
- Capital City of Amabar (super crime scene)
Items:
- neutronium
- Desira's paralyzing nerve gas
- atomic powered tunneling devices
Vehicles:
- Blackhawk Lockheed F-90Bs
Synopsis for Chop Chop: "Gold Was Discovered Here"
Chop Chop sets out to prospect for gold but instead ends up going into the fishing-bait business and making a lot of money at it.
Appearing in Chop Chop: "Gold Was Discovered Here"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- two idle pranksters
Other Characters:
- store keeper
- sport fishermen
Locations:
Synopsis for "Vampire Men of Kunwalo!"
In the Hills of Kunwalo, surrounding the vital Zuar Canal Zone, the Kunwalo people are terrorized by flying Vampire Men. These monsters are actually Red agents, in specialized flying harnesses, with pressurized blood-sucking cylinders. Their purpose is to foment a revolution among the Kunwalo Natives against the United World military garrison defending the canal, and ultimately to destroy the canal. They are defeated by Blackhawk and his team.
Appearing in "Vampire Men of Kunwalo!"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Kunwalo Vampire Men (all but one die)
- Kunwalo Natives
Other Characters:
- Admiral Radford
Locations:
- Hills of Kunwalo
Vehicles:
- Blackhawk Lockheed F-90Bs
Synopsis for "Terror of the Crimson Hoods"
Appearing in "Terror of the Crimson Hoods"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Mayor of Kwang-Shu
Locations:
- Kwang-Shu, a vital coastal city
Vehicles:
- WWII-era, Italian-built, "Q"-ship (Destroyed)
- Red Submarine (Captured)
Notes
- In Devil's Squadron, Vernor City, New Delbro, and the Capital City of Amabar are all important cities, in the same region; the region is not identified.
- Vampire Men of Kunwalo!
- The admiral is introduced on page 1 as "Radford" but starting on page 3 he's called "Bradford."
- Blackhawk gets head-konked unconscious with a native war club.
- Wherever the vitally important and inadequately militarized Zuar Canal Zone is, it's in the Tropics. The indigenous tribal people are instigated by the fake "Vampire Men" to go to war against "the White Men," but in the artwork, all three groups have got the same skin color.
- At this story's end, the Blackhawks have either captured some of the Vampire Men's flying harnesses, or missed a great opportunity to do so. The chronicles are ambiguous.
- In Terror of the Crimson Hoods, the Mayor of Kwang-Shu is White. Only two other Kwang-Shu citizens are clearly visible, and both of them are White too.
- Also featured in this issue of Blackhawk was: "Man-Killer" (text story).
See Also
Recommended Reading
- World War II Recommended Reading
- Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 1)
- Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 2)
- All-American Men of War (Volume 1)
- All-Out War (Volume 1)
- Blackhawk (Volume 1)
- Blitzkrieg (Volume 1)
- Capt. Storm (Volume 1)
- Four-Star Battle Tales (Volume 1)
- G.I. Combat (Volume 1)
- Men of War (Volume 1)
- Military Comics (Volume 1)
- Our Army at War (Volume 1)
- Our Fighting Forces (Volume 1)
- Sgt. Rock (Volume 1)
- Sgt. Rock (Volume 2)
- Star-Spangled War Stories (Volume 1)
- Unknown Soldier (Volume 1)
- Weird War Tales (Volume 1)
Links and References
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- Comics Published by Quality Comics
- Everett M. Arnold/Executive Editor
- Reed Crandall/Cover Artist
- Bill Ward/Penciler
- Paul Gustavson/Writer
- William Woolfolk/Writer
- Bill Ward/Inker
- Al Grenet/Editor
- Paul Gustavson/Penciler
- Paul Gustavson/Inker
- Paul Gustavson/Letterer
- Reed Crandall/Penciler
- Reed Crandall/Inker
- Blackhawk Squadron (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Andre (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Blackhawk (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Chop Chop (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Charles Wilson (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Hans Hendrickson (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Olaf (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Stanislaus (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- United World (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Amabar/Appearances
- Lockheed XF-90/Appearances
- California/Appearances
- Communist Party/Appearances
- Kunwalo/Appearances
- Zuar Canal Zone/Appearances
- Kwang-Shu/Appearances
- Comics
- 1953
- 1953, January
- 1952, November (Publication)
- Blackhawk Vol 1
- Golden-Age
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