In the name of the Allied Democracies, I take possession of this world and all it contains! 
Modern Comics #99 is an issue of the series Modern Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1950.
Synopsis for Blackhawk: "Battleground on the Moon"
The Allied Scientists of the Democratic Powers launch an experimental spacecraft, manned by the Blackhawks, to the Moon. Their task is to prepare a landing site for a group of permanent colonists, scheduled to follow on the next spacecraft. Chop Chop finds zero-gravity cooking to be more challenging than expected. They reach the moon in about seven hours, land, and claim the moon in the name of the Allied Democracies.
Chuck and Blackhawk are ambushed and captured by enemy cosmonauts, who have a secret spaceship base in a cave beneath the lunar surface. Their captors, Telga and Zorak, are hiding out from their own government, who believes them to be dead, because they have found volcanic diamonds and plan to make themselves very wealthy. Zorak and Telga attempt to disguise themselves as Blackhawk and Chuck, and thus infiltrate the Blackhawks moon camp, but they get outsmarted and captured alive. Also according to Hendrickson, the so-called 'diamonds" that they found on the moon are just low-value industrial grade diamond ore. Bargaining for a more lenient sentence, Zorak and Telga go to work under Blackhawk's direction, building the docking station for the scheduled first ship of lunar colonists.
Appearing in Blackhawk: "Battleground on the Moon"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- two Allied Scientists
Antagonists:
- Telga, spy
- Zorak, boss
- armed band of Red Cosmonauts
Locations:
- world's most remote mountains
- experimental rocket base
- the Moon
- Crater Z-X
Vehicles:
- Allied Democracies' experimental rocket ship
- Hostile Powers' experimental rocket ship
Synopsis for Torchy: "The Photography Gig"
Appearing in Torchy: "The Photography Gig"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Tess Parker
- Ed Tracy
Synopsis for Will Bragg: "The Big Blowhard"
Appearing in Will Bragg: "The Big Blowhard"
Featured Characters:
- Will Bragg
Synopsis for Ezra: "The Great Schmobert"
Appearing in Ezra: "The Great Schmobert"
Featured Characters:
- Ezra Jones
Notes
- The Blackhawk team's recently acquired Lockheed F-90Bs, introduced last issue, do not appear in this issue.
- Chuck gets head-konked unconscious with a heavy object; this is his third concussion.[1] Being a Blackhawk is dangerous.
- At this story's end, the Allied Democracies are preparing to establish a colony on the moon. This project is never mentioned again.
- Also featured in this issue of Modern Comics was "No Clue of Danger" (text story, featuring Blackhawk)
See Also
Links and References
- ↑ Blackhawk #17, Blackhawk #31, & Modern Comics #99
