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+ | ** Snake Pit Master {{dies}} |
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+ | * {{a|[[China]]}} |
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+ | ** {{a|[[Great Wall of China]]}} |
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+ | *** Fang's Fortress {{destroyed}} |
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+ | ** {{a|[[Andre (Quality Universe)|Andre]]}} |
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+ | ** his guerrillas |
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+ | ** {{a|[[Hans Hendrickson (Quality Universe)|Hans Hendrickson]]}} |
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+ | ** his troops {{ApDeath}} |
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+ | ** his troops {{green|many die}} |
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+ | * The Death-Digger {{destroyed}} |
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+ | * '''Fang the Merciless''' |
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+ | ** Evil Fang is the daughter of Fang (and, yes, her first name is Evil). |
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+ | ** This is the fourth of [[Killer Shark (Quality Universe)|Killer Shark]]'s five appearances.<ref>{{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 50}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 70}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 74}}, {{C|Blackhawk Vol 1 80}}, & {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 81}}</ref> |
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+ | ** This is the second of [[King Cobra II (Quality Universe)|King Cobra]]'s two appearances. At the end of his first appearance, in {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 58}}, he got shot thru an Electric Cannon, and died. His return is not explained. |
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+ | ** Killer Shark definitely returns next issue, in {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 81}}. |
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+ | ** Blackhawk gets shot down, for the nineteenth time.<ref>{{c|Military Comics Vol 1 6}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 13}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 14}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 19}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 28}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 33}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 9}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 39}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 42}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 44}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 10}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 12}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 13}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 69}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 18}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 21}} 4th story, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 36}} 1st story, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 64}} 1st story, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 80}} 1st story </ref> |
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+ | ** Blackhawk survives his eleventh plane crash.<ref>{{c|Military Comics Vol 1 4}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 6}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 13}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 19}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 33}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 9}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 39}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 61}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 83}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 70}} {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 80}} 1st story </ref> |
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+ | ** Chop Chop survives his fourth plane crash..<ref>{{c|Military Comics Vol 1 3}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 45}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 61}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 80}}.</ref> |
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+ | ** Blackhawk gets head-konked unconscious with a blunt-tipped arrow. This is his sixty-fifth concussion.<ref>{{c|Military Comics Vol 1 7}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 30}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 36}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 39}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 41}}, {{c|Military Comics Vol 1 42}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 47}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 11}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 51}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 52}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 53}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 12}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 54}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 13}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 56}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 14}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 60}}, twice in {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 15}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 16}}, thrice in {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 17}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 67}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 69}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 71}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 73}}, twice in {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 21}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 78}}, twice more in {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 22}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 23}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 84}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 89}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 27}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 91}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 93}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 31}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 98}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 32}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 35}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 42}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 43}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 45}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 46}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 48}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 50}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 51}}, twice in {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 52}}, twice in {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 57}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 58}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 62}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 63}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 64}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 65}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 70}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 75}}, thrice in {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 78}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 79}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 80}}</ref> |
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+ | ** Chuck gets head-konked unconscious with a blunt-tipped arrow. This is his eighth concussion.<ref>{{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 17}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 31}}, {{c|Modern Comics Vol 1 99}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 33}}, & {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 42}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 58}}, {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 68}}, & {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 80}}</ref> |
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+ | * The '''Iron Curtain Destroyer''' was a Polish Underground mass-escape vehicle, assembled from a bulletproof railroad car, powered by four Soviet tank engines, and armed with salvaged warplane gunnery. |
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+ | * '''Death-Digger''' |
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+ | ** The [[Doctor Death (Quality Universe)|Doctor Death]] appearing in this story is not the same villain as "Dr. Death" who lived and died in "The Isle of the Damned," the 4th story of {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 62}}, and also is not known to be related to or affiliated with any of the "[[Doctor Death]]"s from any parallel universes. |
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+ | ** The underground lair of the Death-Digger is a "submerged volcano," with stalactites and stalagmites. |
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+ | ** One of Dr. Death's soldiers addresses another as "Comrade," but in that context they ''are'' comrades. No Communist insignia is visible. |
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+ | ** Blackhawk not only re-uses his jacket-with-built-in-helium-inflating-balloon gimmick, he actually refers to the "Destroyer Drill," the recent story in which it first appeared. (It was the 1st story in {{c|Blackhawk Vol 1 79}}). This was very rare in Quality Comics of this era. |
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+ | ** Doctor Death is aboard the Death-Digger when it bores into a gigantic vat of acid and is destroyed, thus is presumed dead. |
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+ | * Also featured in this issue of ''Blackhawk'' was: |
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+ | ** "Bird of Evil" (non-Blackhawk text story) |
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Revision as of 15:01, 11 September 2020
Blackhawk (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1954.
Synopsis for "Fang, the Merciless"
Appearing in "Fang, the Merciless"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Fang (Apparent Death)
- Miss Evil Fang (Apparent Death)
- Snake Pit Master (Dies)
- Killer Shark (Apparent Death)
- King Cobra (Apparent Death)
Animals:
- assorted deadly snakes
- giant manta ray
Locations:
- Blackhawk Island
- China
- Great Wall of China
- Fang's Fortress (Destroyed)
- River of the Dead
- Great Wall of China
Items:
- Fang's H-Bomb Cannon, "Hell Cannon" (Destroyed)
Vehicles:
- Six Blackhawk Lockheed F-90Cs
- Blackhawk Glider
- Fang's Slave Galley
Synopsis for Chop Chop: "Are You Full of Zing?"
This story is reprinted from Blackhawk #49.
Appearing in Chop Chop: "Are You Full of Zing?"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Marvelous Mauler, shady wrestler
- shady managers and trainers too
Locations:
- Cruncher's Gym
Synopsis for "The Iron Curtain Destroyer"
Appearing in "The Iron Curtain Destroyer"
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Kovac, Polish Underground
- his guerrillas
Locations:
- Red Poland
- Great Mountain
- Great Cave
- Skull Mountain
- Swamp
- Great Mountain
Vehicles:
- The "Iron Curtain Destroyer"
Synopsis for "The Death-Digger"
Appearing in "The Death-Digger"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Doctor Death (Apparent Death)
- his troops (Apparent Death)
Other Characters:
- Limerian General
- his troops (many die)
Locations:
- Democratic Limeria
Vehicles:
- The Death-Digger (Destroyed)
Notes
- Fang the Merciless
- Evil Fang is the daughter of Fang (and, yes, her first name is Evil).
- This is the fourth of Killer Shark's five appearances.[1]
- This is the second of King Cobra's two appearances. At the end of his first appearance, in Blackhawk #58, he got shot thru an Electric Cannon, and died. His return is not explained.
- Killer Shark definitely returns next issue, in Blackhawk #81.
- Blackhawk gets shot down, for the nineteenth time.[2]
- Blackhawk survives his eleventh plane crash.[3]
- Chop Chop survives his fourth plane crash..[4]
- Blackhawk gets head-konked unconscious with a blunt-tipped arrow. This is his sixty-fifth concussion.[5]
- Chuck gets head-konked unconscious with a blunt-tipped arrow. This is his eighth concussion.[6]
- The Iron Curtain Destroyer was a Polish Underground mass-escape vehicle, assembled from a bulletproof railroad car, powered by four Soviet tank engines, and armed with salvaged warplane gunnery.
- Death-Digger
- The Doctor Death appearing in this story is not the same villain as "Dr. Death" who lived and died in "The Isle of the Damned," the 4th story of Blackhawk #62, and also is not known to be related to or affiliated with any of the "Doctor Death"s from any parallel universes.
- The underground lair of the Death-Digger is a "submerged volcano," with stalactites and stalagmites.
- One of Dr. Death's soldiers addresses another as "Comrade," but in that context they are comrades. No Communist insignia is visible.
- Blackhawk not only re-uses his jacket-with-built-in-helium-inflating-balloon gimmick, he actually refers to the "Destroyer Drill," the recent story in which it first appeared. (It was the 1st story in Blackhawk #79). This was very rare in Quality Comics of this era.
- Doctor Death is aboard the Death-Digger when it bores into a gigantic vat of acid and is destroyed, thus is presumed dead.
- Also featured in this issue of Blackhawk was:
- "Bird of Evil" (non-Blackhawk text story)
See Also
Links and References
- ↑ Blackhawk #50, Blackhawk #70, Blackhawk #74, Blackhawk #80, & Blackhawk #81
- ↑ Military Comics #6, Military Comics #13, Military Comics #14, Military Comics #19, Military Comics #28, Military Comics #33, Blackhawk #9, Military Comics #39, Military Comics #42, Modern Comics #44, Blackhawk #10, Blackhawk #12, Blackhawk #13, Modern Comics #69, Blackhawk #18, Blackhawk #21 4th story, Blackhawk #36 1st story, Blackhawk #64 1st story, Blackhawk #80 1st story
- ↑ Military Comics #4, Military Comics #6, Military Comics #13, Military Comics #19, Military Comics #33, Blackhawk #9, Military Comics #39, Modern Comics #61, Modern Comics #83, Blackhawk #70 Blackhawk #80 1st story
- ↑ Military Comics #3, Modern Comics #45, Modern Comics #61, Blackhawk #80.
- ↑ Military Comics #7, Military Comics #30, Military Comics #36, Military Comics #39, Military Comics #41, Military Comics #42, Modern Comics #47, Blackhawk #11, Modern Comics #51, Modern Comics #52, Modern Comics #53, Blackhawk #12, Modern Comics #54, Blackhawk #13, Modern Comics #56, Blackhawk #14, Modern Comics #60, twice in Blackhawk #15, Blackhawk #16, thrice in Blackhawk #17, Modern Comics #67, Modern Comics #69, Modern Comics #71, Modern Comics #73, twice in Blackhawk #21, Modern Comics #78, twice more in Blackhawk #22, Blackhawk #23, Modern Comics #84, Modern Comics #89, Blackhawk #27, Modern Comics #91, Modern Comics #93, Blackhawk #31, Modern Comics #98, Blackhawk #32, Blackhawk #35, Blackhawk #42, Blackhawk #43, Blackhawk #45, Blackhawk #46, Blackhawk #48, Blackhawk #50, Blackhawk #51, twice in Blackhawk #52, twice in Blackhawk #57, Blackhawk #58, Blackhawk #62, Blackhawk #63, Blackhawk #64, Blackhawk #65, Blackhawk #70, Blackhawk #75, thrice in Blackhawk #78, Blackhawk #79, Blackhawk #80
- ↑ Blackhawk #17, Blackhawk #31, Modern Comics #99, Blackhawk #33, & Blackhawk #42, Blackhawk #58, Blackhawk #68, & Blackhawk #80
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