- It seems hopeless! It would take months for them to get back their split-second timing and initiative that made the Blackhawks invulnerable!
- — Blackhawk
Blackhawk #99 is an issue of the series Blackhawk (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1956.
Synopsis for "The Queen of Blackhawk Island"
Appearing in "The Queen of Blackhawk Island"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Zera (Dies)
- her troops: Ardo, others
- Captain Wolf (Dies)
- his submarine crew (Dies)
Locations:
Items:
- Zera's electronic amnesia-inducing device
- Blackhawk's electronic memory-stimulation device
Vehicles:
- Blackhawk Lockheed F-90Cs
Synopsis for "Fear and Flight"
Appearing in "Fear and Flight"
Featured Characters:
- Lazarov Karpovitch, arch Soviet spy (Dies)
- (posing as Professor Novac)
Supporting Characters:
- Red Spy Group 67 (smashed by FBI)
Antagonists:
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (Mentioned only)
Other Characters:
- key scientists and flight specialists
- Captain Merriman, test pilot
Locations:
- USAF Testing Base
- Cape Dunning
- Rendezvous Site, 50 miles away
Vehicles:
- hangars full of experimental fighter jets
- X-6582, experimental jet (abandoned in mid-air)
- Soviet Submarine
Synopsis for "The War That Never Ended"
Appearing in "The War That Never Ended"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- stranded unit of the Red Army (captured)
Locations:
- uncharted Island of Lisa, off the coast of Korea
Synopsis for "The Underground Menace"
Appearing in "The Underground Menace"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Vladimir Delski
- his troops
Other Characters:
- enslaved Polish Miners: Jan, many others
Locations:
- Blackhawk Island
- Western Europe
- Poland
- Tavlo, in the heart of the mining district
- Terminus, five miles under Tavlo, reached via pressurized elevators
Vehicles:
- Blackhawk Lockheed F-90Cs
- Delski's Giant Drill
Notes
- Queen of Blackhawk Island
- Blackhawk wears a Geiger Counter in his belt.
- Blackhawk invents a high-frequency beam to stimulate memory cells.
- Blackhawk gets head-punched unconscious. This is his sixty-eighth concussion.[1]
- Blackhawk Island has an auto-radar anti-aircraft gun, and some Nike anti-missile missiles.
- In the woods on Blackhawk Island is a pit, about the same size and shape as a grave but deeper, where the Blackhawks dump radioactive waste from their atomic experiments.
- The Blackhawks all sleep in the same open-berth barracks.
- Captain Wolf and his crew wear Red Star insignia on their hats, and the villains wear military uniforms, but they do not call each other "Comrade" or boast about Communism.
- Captain Wolf's submarine is sunk with all hands.
- Underground Menace
- Blackhawk Island has a seismographic laboratory, and Stanislaus is a very capable seismologist.
- Western Europe is extensively undermined, at a depth of five miles, with Russian tunnels, lined with railway tracks. A company of rebel Polish miners has promised to destroy the tunnels. They possess Vladimir Delski's Giant Drill, so this promise is not unrealistic.
- Also featured in this issue of Blackhawk was:
- Blackhawk: "The Perfect Plan" (text story)
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- ↑ Military Comics #7, Military Comics #30, Military Comics #36, Military Comics #39, Military Comics #41, Military Comics #42, Modern Comics #47, Blackhawk #11, Modern Comics #51, Modern Comics #52, Modern Comics #53, Blackhawk #12, Modern Comics #54, Blackhawk #13, Modern Comics #56, Blackhawk #14, Modern Comics #60, twice in Blackhawk #15, Blackhawk #16, thrice in Blackhawk #17, Modern Comics #67, Modern Comics #69, Modern Comics #71, Modern Comics #73, twice in Blackhawk #21, Modern Comics #78, twice more in Blackhawk #22, Blackhawk #23, Modern Comics #84, Modern Comics #89, Blackhawk #27, Modern Comics #91, Modern Comics #93, Blackhawk #31, Modern Comics #98, Blackhawk #32, Blackhawk #35, Blackhawk #42, Blackhawk #43, Blackhawk #45, Blackhawk #46, Blackhawk #48, Blackhawk #50, Blackhawk #51, twice in Blackhawk #52, twice in Blackhawk #57, Blackhawk #58, Blackhawk #62, Blackhawk #63, Blackhawk #64, Blackhawk #65, Blackhawk #70, Blackhawk #75, thrice in Blackhawk #78, Blackhawk #79, Blackhawk #80, Blackhawk #82, Blackhawk #87, Blackhawk #99
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Look at how sad this is making Batman. You did this.
Look at how sad this is making Batman. You did this.