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Issue: Blackhawk #159
Publication Date: April 1961
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Issues: #159 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 Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/09/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in My Greatest Adventure #54 and copyright registration.
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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 Human Mines!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Blackhawks [Chuck; Andre; Hendrickson]
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Pages: 1
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Test Your Talent

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Master of the Puppet Men

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Hendrickson; Olaf; Chop-Chop; Stanislaus; Chuck]; The Puppeteer
Synopsis: The Puppeteer has invented a Dyna-scope, which lets him control men's actions, like marionettes.
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Pages: 7.67
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Feature(s): DC Comics
First Line: Your passport to amazing adventures!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for House of Mystery #109; Tales of the Unexpected #60; and My Greatest Adventure #54, with covers depicted. "On Sale Everywhere!"
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Homer
First Line: This pen writes like this
Synopsis: Homer is demonstrating pens in a store window and spots a man who owes him $10.
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Pages: 1
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The Sea Beasts from One Billion B.C.!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Aqualad
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #31, featuring Aquaman, with cover depicted. "On sale everywhere and still 10¢."
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Andre's Alien Ally

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction, war
Character(s): Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop]
Synopsis: After an alien saves Andre from quicksand, Andre seems to disrupt the other Blackhawks' attempts to capture the alien.
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Feature(s): DC Comics
First Line: For the very best.. and still 10¢
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Challengers of the Unknown #19 "on sale Feb. 14th" and Detective Comics #289 "now on sale", with covers depicted.
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A Salute to Our American Indians!

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Genres: informational, opinion
Character(s): Maria Tallchief; Jim Thorpe
Synopsis: An accounting of American Indian achievements.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
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Mission at Midnight

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Gruber; Lt. Baker
Synopsis: A German spy impersonates a lieutenant in order to gain access to a code room aboard a ship during World War II.
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The Human Mines

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Genres: adventure, science fiction, war
Character(s): Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop]; Rodney Lamont III
Synopsis: A conceited millionaire is spurned by a defense company when it refuses to consider his inventions. The man builds the machines anyway and tries to kidnap the company's president. Later the man attacks the Navy and captures three of the Blackhawks.
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Pages: 9
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How Long Do Animals Live?

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Genres: informational, nature, non-fiction
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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
First Line: Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!
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[untitled]

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First Line: How to gain up to 50 lbs. of mighty muscles!
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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