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Issue: Blackhawk #196
Publication Date: May 1964
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Issues: #196 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: 03/12/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1964 by National Periodical Publications, Inc.

On-sale date from a house advertisement appearing in The Doom Patrol (DC, 1964 series) #87 (May 1964) and this issue's 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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A Firing Squad for Blackhawk!

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Colonel Frog
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Pages: 1
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132 Pc. Roman Soldiers Set

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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A Firing Squad for Blackhawk! Part 1

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Mr. Cipher (introduction); Sessue Yokomata
Synopsis: The Blackhawks infiltrate the weapons plant of a Japanese scientist based in a South American dictatorship.
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Pages: 6.67
Disclose Notes: Introduction of Mr. Cipher, liaison for mission assignments from the United Nations.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
First Line: You demanded it, and here it is... The Doom Patrol
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Disclose Notes: Promotional house advertisement for Doom Patrol (DC, 1987 series) #87 (February 1995), "on sale everywhere...March 5th," with cover depicted.
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[untitled]

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Blackie the Blackhawks' Mascot
First Line: Ha! Ha! I gave the cops the slip.
Synopsis: Blackie unravels a crook's sweater so he'll get cold and surrender.
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[untitled]

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Genres: war
Character(s): Captain Storm
First Line: Ride a sea-going thunderbolt...
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Disclose Notes: Promotional house advertisement for Capt. Storm (DC, 1964 series) #1 (May-June 1964), on sale March 12th, with cover depicted.
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[A Firing Squad for Blackhawk!] Part 2: Colonel Frog -- Enemy Master of the Blackhawks

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Colonel Frog [Sessue Yokomata]; Mr. Cipher
Synopsis: The rest of the Blackhawks discover that the renegade scientist is an old World War II enemy, Colonel Frog. He has captured Blackhawk and has him under his control. Colonel Frog leads a coup against the country's dictator with a spider-like war machine and eventually uses a mind-control gas to have all the Blackhawks obeying his orders.
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Disclose Notes: Text teaser for the Blackhawk's new uniforms at the end of the story.
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[untitled]

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Genres: western
First Line: It ripped itself loose...
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Disclose Notes: Promotional house advertisement for Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series) #92 (May-June 1964), "now on sale," with cover depicted.
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Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera Bios

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational
Character(s): Dick Dillin (self-portrait); Chuck Cuidera (self-portrait)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: No letters and instead features biographies of Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera and self-portraits of each.
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Character(s): Superman (cameo)
First Line: Be my guest at America's greatest amusement park
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Disclose Notes: An advertisement for Palisades Amusement Park, N.J., with discount coupons.
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First Line: Curious coins! Odd paper money!
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Five Broken Guns

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Blackhawk World War II Combat Diary
Synopsis: The Blackhawks are sent behind enemy lines to blow up a bridge, but find it defended by a German Tiger Tank.
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Pages: 7.67
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Two exciting new adventures...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promotional house advertisment for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #163 (May 1964), "on sale everywhere...Mar. 5th," with cover depicted.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): DC Comics
First Line: Be first in your neighborhood...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional page for subscriptions to DC Comics. Ten issues for $1.00 or 20 issues for $2.00.

Titles available are Blackhawk (1957 series), Tomahawk (1950 series), Batman (1940 series), and Our Army at War (1952 series).
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100 Magnets

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100 Pc. Toy Soldiers Set

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First Line: Boys! Men! My secret new dynaflex method...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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First Line: Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

An advertisement from the American Seed Co.

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