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Blackhawk #68 is an issue of the series Blackhawk (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1953.
Synopsis for "The Assassin Squad"
Appearing in "The Assassin Squad"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- President Vallin, of Bolia
- his cabinet (assassinated)
Locations:
- Europe
- Bolia, a democracy
- Blackhawk Island
Items:
- giant vacuum tube
Vehicles:
- six Blackhawk Lockheed F-90C interceptors
Synopsis for Chop Chop: "The Baker"
Chop Chop tries to work in a bakery but he is terrible at baking.
Appearing in Chop Chop: "The Baker"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- irate bake shop owner
Synopsis for "Killers of the Kremlin"
Appearing in "Killers of the Kremlin"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Danya
- Red commando squad: Timko, Gregov, others (some killed, some captured)
- Red submarine crew (captured alive)
Other Characters:
- President Osla, of Ruania
Locations:
- Ruania
- Shipyards
Vehicles:
- S.S. Defender, Ruanian destroyer (damaged)
- United World Freedom Fleet (Mentioned only)
- "Thanis", Danya's yacht, & attached gigantic submarine
- Sub has conventional torpedoes and "electric cannon," which silently shoots 10-inch artillery shells.
- Sub has conventional torpedoes and "electric cannon," which silently shoots 10-inch artillery shells.
Synopsis for "A World-Wide Manhunt"
Appearing in "A World-Wide Manhunt"
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Commissar Anton Renick, Director of Soviet Research (defects, dies)
- Russian Underground members, four or more
Locations:
- Russia
- open field, 15 miles from Moscow
- Rushlo Flour Mill, outside Moscow
- Ural Mountains
- Renick's Science Base
- Black Sea
- Mediterranean Sea
- Atlantic Ocean
- Brazil
- abandoned Portuguese fort in a remote mountain pass
Items:
- Blackhawk's Radioactivated Metal Disc
- (emits a super high frequency signal, detectable by special radar in the Blackhawk jets)
- Stalin's Slave Enforcer (Destroyed)
- (space station hovering over Earth, to rain death on non-Soviet nations)
Vehicles:
- six Blackhawk Lockheed F-90C interceptors
- Russian Underground Submarine
- Red Navy Destroyer (Destroyed)
Notes
- Assassin Squad
- For the second time in their careers, the Blackhawk aviators accept the roles of Cabinet Ministers,[1] in a small democratic nation. Blackhawk becomes Vice President, thus becomes President when President Vallin is kidnapped. Other cabinet positions are not specified.
- This issue's Chop Chop story is reprinted in Blackhawk #77.
- Killers of the Kremlin
- Chop Chop catches a thrown bomb, outfielder style, and lobs it back to its throwers just before it explodes.
- Danya's submarine crew was captured alive.
- Per page 6, panel 3, Andre, Chuck, Olaf, and Stanislaus all get head-konked unconscious in the same melee. This is Andre's fifteenth concussion,[2] Chuck's seventh,[3] Olaf's ninth,[4] and Stan's sixth concussion.[5] Being a Blackhawk is dangerous.
- World-Wide Manhunt
- The Blackhawks attack and sink a conventional Soviet warship, and a super-weaponized Soviet space station. These seem like acts of war, but World War III does not break out.
- Also appearing in this issue of Blackhawk was:
- "Blackhawk's Challenge" (text story)
See Also
Links and References
- ↑ Blackhawk #43
- ↑ Military Comics #3, Modern Comics #67, Blackhawk #18, Modern Comics #71, Blackhawk #20, Blackhawk #23, Modern Comics #94, Modern Comics #101, twice in Blackhawk #33, Blackhawk #43, Blackhawk #54, Blackhawk #64, Blackhawk #65, & Blackhawk #68
- ↑ Blackhawk #17, Blackhawk #31, Modern Comics #99, Blackhawk #33, Blackhawk #42, Blackhawk #58, & Blackhawk #68
- ↑ Blackhawk #15, Blackhawk #25 1st story, Modern Comics #89, Modern Comics #94, Blackhawk #31, Blackhawk #43, Blackhawk #58, Blackhawk #67 & Blackhawk #68
- ↑ Modern Comics #47, twice in Blackhawk #31, Modern Comics #101, Blackhawk #43, & Blackhawk #68
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