Showing posts with label Silver Age. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Silver Age. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Russkie-Smashers BLACKHAWK "Mission Incredible" Part 3

(BTW: note that this foreign reprint had to modify the cover artwork you saw yesterday since the logo was part of it!)
...as they attempt to rescue a dead scientist's daughter (without using any aircraft) from the Russkies and learn the secret her late father told her!
But the "Dark Knights" are nothing if not resourceful...
After this final Silver Age appearance in DC's Blackhawk #243 (1968), the team wouldn't appear in the DC Multiverse until a one-panel cameo in DC's Justice League of America #107 (1973), where it was revealed the Golden Age (Earth-2) team was killed after traveling with the Freedom Fighters to Earth X, a world where the Nazis won World War II.
Blackhawk was revived for a year in 1976 with the group as mercenaries battling corporate espionage, terrorists, and the occasional elderly Nazi...but no Russkies or Commies.
The Golden Age versions appeared with the Earth-2 Batman in a WWII-set tale in DC's Brave and the Bold #167 (1980).
The final pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths incarnation took place in 1982 when, due to rumored interest from Steven Spielberg in a feature film version, the series was revived, set during World War II...
...along with a tie-in WWII adventure with a time-traveling Superman in DC Comics Presents (1984).
There was also a prose novel by noted sf/fantasy writer William Rotsler (which you can order below from Amazon).
Shortly after this, DC did their first (but certainly not last) major reboot with Crisis on Infinite Earths.
While there have been several revival/revisions of Blackhawk since then, we're not planning on covering them.
But, since there's dozens of Russkie-smashing Golden Age Blackhawk tales, there'll be no shortage of Blackhawk tales in our saga!
Be Here Monday for
a Twice-Told Tale
About Two Heroines
Smashing Both Russkies and Nazis!
It'll Make Sense When You See It!

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Russkie-Smashers BLACKHAWK "Mission Incredible" Part 2

We Have Already Seen...

...when Russkies kill an uncooperative scientist and try to force his little daughter to reveal the info he entrusted to her, Blackhawk and his team (without any functioning aircraft) mount an operation to rescue her...
Written by Bob Haney and illustrated by Pat Boyette, this never-reprinted tale from DC's Blackhawk #243 (1968) ended the series which had continued uninterrupted from #9 (when they took over Quality's Uncle Sam Quarterly in 1944) to this issue!
Note: Blackhawk was one of several of Quality Comics titles to continue ongoing publication as DC purchased the company's assets in 1956, including all published and unpublished material!

To Be Concluded...
TOMORROW!

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Monday, March 20, 2023

Russkie-Smashers BLACKHAWK "Mission Incredible" Part One

The final (1968) adventure of their original run returned the "Magnificent 7"...
...(and yes, they had that nickname before the now-classic 1960 Western movie) to their Russkie-smashing 1950s heyday!
Editor's Note: We re-presented that never-reprinted, multi-part adventure HERE, HERE, and HERE!)
Written by Bob Haney and illustrated by Pat Boyette, the Blackhawks are put in an unusual situation since their jet aircraft were likely destroyed during the battle on Blackhawk Island, and the still-operational Hawk Kite was too slow and obvious to airlift her out!
(Though it would've been cool to see them utilizing one of their mothballed, WWII-era XF5F Grumman SkyRockets to do so!)
To Be Continued...
TOMORROW!

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

Russkie-Smashers ASTONISHING ANT-MAN "Part 3: The Ant-Man's Revenge!"

When Last We Left The Ant-Man...

...research scientist Henry Pym and his team, working on an anti-radiation gas, have been captured by Russkie spies.
Donning his protective uniform, Pym becomes ant-sized, uses his cybernetic helmet to contact ants and begins freeing the other scientists!
And now the mayhem begins...
Pym battled a number of Russkies during his run in Tales to Astonish!
Trivia: you may not realize it, but the original Ant-Man/Giant-Man costume has a reverse color scheme from Spider-Man's outfit!
Was it a deliberate choice to point up the difference between insect and arachnid heroes?
Only editor Stan Lee and colorist Stan Goldberg knew, and (sadly) we can no longer ask them!
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Russkie-Smashers ASTONISHING ANT-MAN "Part 2: An Army of Ants!"

...research scientist Henry Pym and his team, working on an anti-radiation gas, have been captured by Russkie spies...who have no idea what they're in for as Dr Pym becomes The Ant-Man for the first time!
Tomorrow:
The Ant-Man's Revenge!
Don't Dare Miss It!

Plotted by Stan Lee, scripted by Larry Lieber, penciled by Jack Kirby, and inked by Dick Ayers, this series premiere from Marvel's Tales to Astonish #35 (1962) clearly demonstrates how Henry Pym differed from most other costumed heroes by using brains over brawn!
BTW: Ant-Man would soon incorporate a microphone and speaker into his helmet so normal-sized humans could hear him when insect-sized.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Russkie-Smashers ASTONISHING ANT-MAN "Part 1: Return of the Ant-Man"

...after Dr Henry Pym's Hungarian-born wife was kidnapped and (supposedly*) killed by Russkies, the embittered scientist took his wife's comment "Go to the ants, thou sluggard!." literally...

Dare You Miss It?
Plotted by Stan Lee, scripted by Larry Lieber, penciled by Jack Kirby, and inked by Dick Ayers, this series premiere from Marvel's Tales to Astonish #35 (1962) clearly demonstrates how Henry Pym differed from most other costumed heroes by using brains over brawn!
*Years later, it was revealed Maria Trovaya Pym was killed, but resurrected and subjected to experimentation by A.I.M., turning her into a MODOK-like creature known as SODAM/MODAM!
In addition, Maria was pregnant at the time of her kidnapping, though Hank didn't know it.
Maria was kept alive by the Russians long enough to give birth to a daughter, Nadia, who was trained from infancy to become a "Black Widow" agent (like Natasha Romanova).
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