What? And let a handful of wretched survivors endanger my plans? Never! Control room, sink those life-boats! There are to be no survivors! 
- — Cobra
Modern Comics #71 is an issue of the series Modern Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1948.
Synopsis for Blackhawk: "The Spawn of the Cobra"
In the aftermath of World War II, the Allied nations collaborated on a project to enclose many major warships in plastic wrapping and store them away, hopefully forever. Instead this "Mummy Fleet" was stolen by a pirate commander called Cobra, who stashed them in a secret harbor, under a seemingly-barren rock island in the Atlantic Ocean. The Blackhawk Squadron detected the stolen fleet's passage, and followed it to the Cobra's base.
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Cobra's fleet of stolen warships was moored in a catacomb of tunnels under her island, until the Blackhawks attacked Cobra's base by air and by sea, destroying the tunnel entrance to her secret harbor.
Appearing in Blackhawk: "The Spawn of the Cobra"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- unnamed top-level Washington Officials
Antagonists:
- Cobra (First appearance) (Apparent Death)
- Fang (Dies)
- Cobra's crew
Other Characters:
- Admiral Richards (Dies)
- Washington Officials
Locations:
- an Internationally-controlled Port on the Atlantic Ocean
- an apparently barren rock island, concealing the Lair of the Cobra
- Washington, D.C.
Animals:
- Hooded Cobras (One dies.)
Vehicles:
- Blackhawk speedboat
- Cobra's very large fleet of assorted warships (Apparently destroyed.)
- Blackhawk heavily-armed "scurvy tramp" trawler
- Blackhawk Squadron's Grumman XF5F Skyrockets.
Synopsis for Torchy: "The Apache Dance Gig"
Appearing in Torchy: "The Apache Dance Gig"
Featured Characters:
Synopsis for Dogtag: "The Barbaric Barber"
Appearing in Dogtag: "The Barbaric Barber"
Featured Characters:
Synopsis for Ezra: "The Cooking Class"
Appearing in Ezra: "The Cooking Class"
Featured Characters:
- Ezra Jones
Synopsis for Choo Choo: "Lariat City"
Appearing in Choo Choo: "Lariat City"
Featured Characters:
- Choo Choo LaMoe
Supporting Characters:
- Cherry Lane
Synopsis for Will Bragg: "Sven the Lumberjack"
Appearing in Will Bragg: "Sven the Lumberjack"
Featured Characters:
- Will Bragg
Notes
- Page 4, panel 4, Hendrickson packs no visible handgun, but when the cobra jumps out of the briefcase, he whips out a revolver and kills it in mid-strike.
- Unnamed top-level Washington Official, to Blackhawk: "We will invest you with complete power and authority to take immediate action! We'll back you to the hilt with all the concentrated power of the International Security Force!"
- Blackhawk gets head-konked unconscious, for his 26th concusssion,[1] with a rifle stock. Andre gets head-konked unconscious, for at least the 4th time, with a rifle stock.[2] Being a Blackhawk is dangerous.
- Cobra's fleet of stolen warships was moored in a catacomb of vast tunnels under her island. The Blackhawk Squadron's air attack destroyed the entrance to these tunnels. Survival prospects of the fleet, and of Cobra herself, are ambiguous.
- Also appearing in this issue of Modern Comics were:
- Prudence by Michael Senich
- Blackhawk: "Crime Rats" (text story)
See Also
Links and References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Military Comics #10, Modern Comics #67, Blackhawk #18, & Modern Comics #71
