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Issue: Blackhawk #197
Publication Date: June 1964
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Issues: #197 of 166 Issues (213 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/09/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Murray Boltinoff
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Challengers of the Unknown #38 and copyright registration.

The Blackhawks get new uniforms in this issue.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S., then standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The War Between the Blackhawks

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Charles Cuidera
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Blackhawk
Character(s): Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover title taken from interior story.
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Are You a Good Neighbor?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Synopsis: The boys learn a lesson about littering.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
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The War Between the Blackhawks, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnold Drake
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Charles Cuidera
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Blackhawk
Character(s): Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop]; Mr. Cipher
Synopsis: Mr. Cipher sends the Blackhawks on an undercover mission to Southeast Asia to prevent a war between the nations of Surbodia and Kieland.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: New look for Blackhawks - sleeker costumes, more colorful.
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They Live on Borrowed Time!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Challengers of the Unknown #38, "now on sale," with cover depicted.
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What's New?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Comics; Batman
Character(s): Batman; Robin
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for the "New Look" Batman in Detective Comics #327, "now on sale," and Batman #164, "on sale April 16th!." Covers are depicted.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Center
Character(s): Cap
First Line: Hello, Mr. Smith. Go right in.
Synopsis: Cap has a special club for fathers whose sons won't let them play with their model trains.
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Pages: 1
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Part 2: The Walking Holocausts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnold Drake
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Charles Cuidera
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Blackhawk
Character(s): Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop]
Synopsis: The team of Andre, Olaf, and Blackhawk are jailed in Kieland after being framed by a jealous general. They manage to contact the rest of the Blackhawks who use counterfeit currency to frame the general and get themselves free. The other team in Surbodia finds that the country's secret weapon is an army of huge indestructible torotises.
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Pages: 9.67
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Revealed at Last!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Doom Patrol
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for The Doom Patrol #88, "on sale April 16th," with cover depicted.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Comics
Character(s): Blackhawk (cameo); Chop-Chop (cameo)
First Line: Be first in your neighborhood...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to DC comics. Ten issues for $1.00 or 20 issues for $2.00. Titles available are Blackhawk; Tomahawk; Batman; and Our Army at War.
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Arnold Drake and France Herron Bios

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Murray Boltinoff
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Blackhawk By-Lines
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Biographies of Arnold Drake (the new scripter and designer of the new look) and France Ed Herron (former and future scripter).
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Part 3: The Boomerang Blitzkrieg

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnold Drake
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Charles Cuidera
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Blackhawk
Character(s): Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop]; Mr. Cipher
Synopsis: The Blackhawks are on opposite sides as the army of flame-throwing giant tortoises battles modern military weapons.
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Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: The Blackhawks decide to keep their new uniforms, adding a Blackhawk insignia to the upper left sleeve. (Blackhawk himself gets a chest insignia.)
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Watch for the First Superboy Annual!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superboy Annual
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Superboy Annual #1, "on sale everywhere April 23rd," with cover depicted.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Shorty
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Now to find out if there's life on this planet!
Synopsis: Shorty finds giant humans on an unexplored planet and thinks they'd be great for the school's basketball team.
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
Character(s): Superman (cameo)
First Line: Be my guest at American's Greatest Amusement Park
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Palisades Amusement Park, N.J., with discount coupons.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 100 Magnets
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Pages: 0.5
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mike Marvel System
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fighting Ships
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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