It's a well-planned devilish device! Gyroscopic stabilizers installed in the inner hull keep it upright, while it spins at this terrific pace and creates the tornado effect! 
- — Blackhawk, figured it out with one look.
Blackhawk #69 is an issue of the series Blackhawk (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1953.
Synopsis for "The Cyclone From Hell"
Appearing in "The Cyclone From Hell"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- President of Pardo's home country
Antagonists:
- John "Duke" Pardo (Dies)
- his mob
- Dr. Dragos
- Mafia, Pardo's financial backers
Locations:
- large U.S. city
- Pardo's home country, in Europe
Vehicles:
- "Cyclone from Hell" aka "Tornado Top" (Destroyed)
- (gargantuan hovering spinning tornado-generator, also armed w/ cannon)
- (very well armored)
- six Blackhawk Lockheed F-90C interceptors
Synopsis for Chop Chop: "Cowboy Chop Chop"
This story is reprinted from Blackhawk #44.
Appearing in Chop Chop: "Cowboy Chop Chop"
Featured Characters:
Animals:
- Ornery, horse
Other Characters:
- two jokester cowpokes
- train engineer
Locations:
- Out West
- Dowdy Doody Dude Ranch
Vehicles:
- railroad train
Synopsis for "The King of the Iron Men"
Appearing in "The King of the Iron Men"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Yorga, scientist, King of the Iron Men, (secretly a giant)
Locations:
- tiny democracy of Costonya
- uranium mines
- Yorga's fortress, a former prison
Items:
- Yorga's Robots: X-12, others
- (about 12' tall, run faster than motorcycles)
- Yorga's body-double talking robot, w/ plastic face
Vehicles:
- six Blackhawk Lockheed F-90C interceptors (wrecked)
Synopsis for "The Conference of the Dictators"
Appearing in "The Conference of the Dictators"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Mao Tse-Tung
- Malenkov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
- Kim Il Sung
- Boris Slanvestch, Communist Secretary
- Walter Tzbo, Dictator of Hungary
- Boleslaw Bierut, President of Poland
Other Characters:
- United World Court President
- Walter, aide-de-camp
- Russian Underground squad
Locations:
- Gulf of Finland
- Russia
- International Airport & United World Building ("famous building of freedom")
Vehicles:
- six Blackhawk Lockheed F-90C interceptors
- United World submarine
- elaborately camouflaged Soviet tank
Notes
- In King of the Iron Men, six Blackhawk jets get wrecked by giant robots.
- Also appearing in this issue of Blackhawk was:
- Blackhawk: "No Clue of Danger" (text story)
See Also
Links and References
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