Modern Comics Vol 1 76

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Blackhawk: "The Besieged City"
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Modern Comics Vol 1 #76
August, 1948
Publisher	Quality Comics
Executive Editor	Everett M. Arnold
Cover Artists	Reed Crandall
Blackhawk: "The Besieged City"
Pencilers	Reed Crandall
Inkers	Chuck Cuidera
Editors	George E. Brenner
Torchy: "The Bullfighting Gig"
Writers	Bill Ward
Pencilers	Bill Ward
Inkers	Bill Ward
Dogtag: "Pottsville Clothing Co."
Writers	Bart Tumey
Pencilers	Bart Tumey
Inkers	Bart Tumey
Will Bragg: "Homo Braggadocio"
Writers	Paul Gustavson
Pencilers	Paul Gustavson
Inkers	Paul Gustavson
Letterers	Paul Gustavson
Ezra: "Fore!"
Writers	Harry Sahle
Pencilers	Harry Sahle
Inkers	Harry Sahle
Choo Choo: "Trackem Private Detective Agency"
Writers	Gill Fox
Pencilers	Gill Fox
Inkers	Gill Fox
Previous Issue	Modern Comics # 75
Next Issue	Modern Comics # 77

Ve better check der cargo, Andre! Dese schweinhunts were up to no good aboard der ship!

— Hans Hendrickson

Modern Comics #76 is an issue of the series Modern Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1948.

Appearing in Blackhawk: "The Besieged City"

Featured Characters:

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

Antagonists:

• Tigra (Dies)
  • Bolvanian Rebels: foreign mercenaries, unscrupulous adventurers, and native traitors
  • Snarl, Minister of Defense
    • his spy gang
  • her pirate crew: Curd, Wicks, others (Dies)

Other Characters:

• Vulcan Bednar, Prime Minister of Bolvania

Locations:

• Pacific Ocean
  • Blackhawk Island
  • Bolvania, about 1000 miles away from Blackhawk Island
  • Treachery Reef, near Bolvania
  • Canal Locks, of Bolvania

Vehicles:

• four Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets
• freighter laden with munitions
• Tigra's pirate submarine (Destroyed)
  

Appearing in Torchy: "The Bullfighting Gig"

Featured Characters:

• Torchy Todd
  

Appearing in Dogtag: "Pottsville Clothing Co."

Featured Characters:

• Dogtag
  

Appearing in Will Bragg: "Homo Braggadocio"

Featured Characters:

• Will Bragg
  

Appearing in Ezra: "Fore!"

Featured Characters:

• Ezra Jones
  

Appearing in Choo Choo: "Trackem Private Detective Agency"

Featured Characters:

• Choo Choo LaMoe

Supporting Characters:

• Cherry Lane

Notes

• Blackhawk's villain Tigra is another submarine pirate. Just two issues ago, the Squadron was equipped with five jet-powered submersible warplanes, armed with oxy-acetylene undersea blowtorches. And in Modern Comics #57, they had at least one jet-engined submersible scouting craft. Neither of these vehicles has been shown or mentioned after their first appearances.
• Blackhawk gets skyjacked and forced to bail out of his plane, which the skyjacker also abandons. This is at least the 27th Grumman fighter-bomber to be lost.
• Blackhawk is injected with a drug which numbs his mind and body. Being a Blackhawk is dangerous.
• Tigra's submarine is sunk with all hands.
• Also appearing in this issue of Modern Comics was:
  • Skipper
  • Blackhawk: "The Fireballs" (text story)

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Modern Comics series

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