Publication Date: 1967?
Title: When Hawkhood Was In Flower
Author: Derrill Rothermich and Roy Thomas
This article begins with the origin of Blackhawk himself, including quotes from the first panels of the first story. It then procedes with a rapid fire summary of each of the first dozen Military Comics elaborated with commentary on the background or merits of the stories. It proceeds to analyze the artwork and writing of the series as it has progressed since those first days. The speak highly of the work of both Chuck Cuidera and Reed Crandall. The authors are obviously fans of the earlier Quality series and do not care much for how the Blackhawks have been portrayed since their move to DC. But they express hope for the direction the series had taken with the 'New Look' introduced in Issue No. 197. I suspect they were disappointed.
The article is illustrated with pen and ink drawings by Biljo White.
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