Modern Comics Vol 1 74

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Blackhawk: "Captain Squidd"
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Modern Comics Vol 1 #74
June, 1948
Publisher	Quality Comics
Executive Editor	Everett M. Arnold
Cover Artists	Reed Crandall
Blackhawk: "Captain Squidd"
Pencilers	Reed Crandall
Inkers	Chuck Cuidera
Editors	George E. Brenner
Dogtag: "Yogi Slogi"
Writers	Bart Tumey
Pencilers	Bart Tumey
Inkers	Bart Tumey
Torchy: "The Lofty Mountains Gig"
Writers	Bill Ward
Pencilers	Bill Ward
Inkers	Bill Ward
Will Bragg: "Mr. Loafer's Flats"
Writers	Paul Gustavson
Pencilers	Paul Gustavson
Inkers	Paul Gustavson
Letterers	Paul Gustavson
Ezra: "Ezra For President"
Writers	Harry Sahle
Pencilers	Harry Sahle
Inkers	Harry Sahle
Choo Choo: "The Football Movie That Fumbled"
Writers	Gill Fox
Pencilers	Gill Fox
Inkers	Gill Fox
Previous Issue	Modern Comics # 73
Next Issue	Modern Comics # 75

I suppose that queer-looking monkey is the chief of this crew!

— Blackhawk

Modern Comics #74 is an issue of the series Modern Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1948.

Appearing in Blackhawk: "Captain Squidd"

Featured Characters:

• Blackhawk Squadron
  • Andre
  • Blackhawk
  • Chop Chop
  • Chuck Wilson
  • Hans Hendrickson
  • Olaf
  • Stanislaus

Antagonists:

• Captain Squidd (Apparent Death) (Single appearance)
  • his pirate crew: Mawr, others (mostly captured, some die)

Other Characters:

• Chief Engineer Angus McWhistle (Dies)
• Captain Lassiter (Dies)
  • other Clementine officers (Dies)
  • other Clementine crew
• Captain Corcoran
  • his merchant crew: Sparks, others

Locations:

• Pacific Ocean
  • piracy scene, at the Equator
  • Blackhawk Island
  • Squidd's sea-floor submarine base w/ internal dry-dock (Destroyed)

Vehicles:

• S.S. Clementine, tramp steamer (Destroyed)
  • homeport Liverpool, en route from San Francisco to Australia
• Squidd's Giant Submarine, the Cuttlefish (Destroyed)
  • hydraulic pincers on bow for ship demolition
  • hull-breaching ram on top for ship boarding
  • internal airplane-sized docking airlock
• second tramp steamer (damaged)
• five New Blackhawk Jet Submersible Warplanes (one is destroyed) (Single appearance)
  • flies, operates underwater, or can land on surface
  • armed w/ oxy-acetylene blowtorch
    

Appearing in Dogtag: "Yogi Slogi"

Featured Characters:

• Dogtag
  

Appearing in Torchy: "The Lofty Mountains Gig"

Featured Characters:

• Torchy Todd
  

Appearing in Will Bragg: "Mr. Loafer's Flats"

Featured Characters:

• Will Bragg
  

Appearing in Ezra: "Ezra For President"

Featured Characters:

• Ezra Jones
  

Appearing in Choo Choo: "The Football Movie That Fumbled"

Featured Characters:

• Choo Choo LaMoe

Supporting Characters:

• Cherry Lane

Notes

• Blackhawk is at work on "an improved design for our planes," on page 5. Six issues later, the team will upgrade from Grumman XF5F Skyrockets to North American F-86 Sabre jets.
  • The submersible jet fighters used against Captain Squidd could land on the surface or maneuver below it. They are never seen again after this issue.
• Also appearing in this issue of Modern Comics were:
  • Poodle McDoodle
  • Blackhawk: "Conqueror" (text story)

Trivia

• Blackhawk Island has a beach where the pilots sometimes swim for fun.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Modern Comics series
• Images from Modern Comics Vol 1 74

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