Modern Comics #74 is an issue of the series Modern Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1948.
Contents
- 1 Synopsis for Blackhawk: "Captain Squidd"
- 2 Appearing in Blackhawk: "Captain Squidd"
- 3 Synopsis for Dogtag: "Yogi Slogi"
- 4 Appearing in Dogtag: "Yogi Slogi"
- 5 Synopsis for Torchy: "The Lofty Mountains Gig"
- 6 Appearing in Torchy: "The Lofty Mountains Gig"
- 7 Synopsis for Will Bragg: "Mr. Loafer's Flats"
- 8 Appearing in Will Bragg: "Mr. Loafer's Flats"
- 9 Synopsis for Ezra: "Ezra For President"
- 10 Appearing in Ezra: "Ezra For President"
- 11 Synopsis for Choo Choo: "The Football Movie That Fumbled"
- 12 Appearing in Choo Choo: "The Football Movie That Fumbled"
- 13 Notes
- 14 Trivia
- 15 See Also
- 16 Links and References
Synopsis for Blackhawk: "Captain Squidd"
Appearing in Blackhawk: "Captain Squidd"
Featured Characters:
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
Synopsis for Dogtag: "Yogi Slogi"
Appearing in Dogtag: "Yogi Slogi"
Featured Characters:
Synopsis for Torchy: "The Lofty Mountains Gig"
Appearing in Torchy: "The Lofty Mountains Gig"
Featured Characters:
Synopsis for Will Bragg: "Mr. Loafer's Flats"
Appearing in Will Bragg: "Mr. Loafer's Flats"
Featured Characters:
- Will Bragg
Synopsis for Ezra: "Ezra For President"
Appearing in Ezra: "Ezra For President"
Featured Characters:
- Ezra Jones
Synopsis for Choo Choo: "The Football Movie That Fumbled"
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
Links and References
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- Comics Published by Quality Comics
- Everett M. Arnold/Executive Editor
- Reed Crandall/Cover Artist
- Reed Crandall/Penciler
- Bart Tumey/Writer
- Bill Ward/Writer
- Paul Gustavson/Writer
- Harry Sahle/Writer
- Gill Fox/Writer
- Chuck Cuidera/Inker
- George E. Brenner/Editor
- Bart Tumey/Penciler
- Bart Tumey/Inker
- Bill Ward/Penciler
- Bill Ward/Inker
- Paul Gustavson/Penciler
- Paul Gustavson/Inker
- Paul Gustavson/Letterer
- Harry Sahle/Penciler
- Harry Sahle/Inker
- Gill Fox/Penciler
- Gill Fox/Inker
- Blackhawk (Quality Universe)/Quotes
- Blackhawk Squadron (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Andre (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Blackhawk (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Chop Chop (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Charles Wilson (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Hans Hendrickson (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Olaf (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Stanislaus (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Captain Squidd (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Pacific Ocean/Appearances
- Blackhawk Island/Appearances
- Dogtag (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Torchy Todd (Quality Universe)/Appearances
- Comics
- 1948
- 1948, June
- 1948, April (Publication)
- Modern Comics Vol 1
- Golden-Age
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