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Issue: Blackhawk #9
Publication Date: January 1956
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Issues: #9 of 37 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagThorpe & Porter
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Indicia Publisher: Strato Publications Ltd.
On Sale Date: 1956
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: 12.0 pence GBQ 0-1-0
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 18 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 17.5 x 24 cm
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: perfectbound
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Duel of the Giants!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
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Pages: 1
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Matt Slade Gunfighter

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: western
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Pages: 1
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Duel of Giants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Chop Chop; Andre; Hendrickson; Stan; Olaf; Chuck]; Zaroc
Synopsis: Criminal scientist Zaroc has a formula that causes him to grow to giant size and gives him electrical powers. Blackhawk then drinks the formula himself so that he will be able to fight Zaroc on equal terms.
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Pages: 8
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The Mystery of Tigress Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Tigresses [Joan Sanders; Ilse; Tina; Yvette; Edith; Rita]; Kurt Ostrec
Synopsis: The team is captured and imprisoned by the Tigresses, an international band of women pilots who model themselves after the Blackhawks.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Bernstein script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-quality-writer-comes-to-dc.html.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Lionel
First Line: I hope my new assistant does his job right!
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Pages: 1
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Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quiz (Feb. 21-28) Do You Know the People of Your Country?

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion, teen
Character(s): Buzzy
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Pages: 1
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The Prophet of Disaster

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): El Kazar
Synopsis: A fortune teller warns the Blackhawks of strange events in their futures, but it's a scam to keep them away from the scene of crimes already planned.
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Well, I've got to be getting home, Shorty...
Synopsis: Borrowed umbrella clearly marked with Shorty's name.
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Pages: 0.67
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The Secret of the Boomerang

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Genres: non-fiction
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The Master of Earth's Twin World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor
Synopsis: Every time Wonder Woman turns on a light, she is transported to a parallel world, where a diabolical villain has prepared deadly traps.
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Disclose Notes: Second instance of a parallel universe in DC Comics; the first was Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #59. The villain in this story is not named, but he does note that on his world, "crime-- not justice-- triumphs," similar to the world of the Crime Syndicate of Earth-3, introduced in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #29 (August 1964).

Wonder Woman makes dinner for Steve Trevor at Diana Prince's apartment.
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Buzzy Learns about Careers in Nursing

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Genres: opinion, teen
Character(s): Buzzy
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Pages: 1
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The Amazon Album!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jesse Brown; Miss Green (teacher)
Synopsis: A young student finds it difficult to take pictures of Wonder Woman in action.
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Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Diana Prince uses a phone booth to change into Wonder Woman, just like Superman. The boy in the story is assigned to take pictures of his hero, but Wonder Woman ends up taking the pictures herself.
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[untitled]

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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: When a Chinese bride leaves her house...
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Fabulous Females

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Hannah Dustin
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Pages: 1.75
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The Triple Heroine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Saucer People
Synopsis: Alien invaders attack humans to determine their fortitude, not realizing their targets -- Wonder Woman and Diana Prince -- are the same person.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Wonder Woman removes her bracelets to repel a flying saucer with no ill effect. According to Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #19, Wonder Woman would go berserk when her bracelets were removed.
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The Talking Lasso!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman; Cowboy Clown; Mr. Cloud; Mrs. Cloud
Synopsis: Narrated by the Golden Lasso, a story about some of the people whose lives it has changed.
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Pages: 8
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Anyone Can Draw Cartoons Why Not You?

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Wonderful Western Comics

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: western
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Pages: 1

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