By Errol McCarthy (though uncredited), obviously not a fan of the Silver Age Blackhawks. Mikel Midnight, who submitted this information, speculated that this non-canonical story could have been set in DC's Earth-X. As Mikel pointed out, the stories set in Earth-X explicitly state that Plastic Man and the Blackhawks were killed during WW II (see JLA #107). However, since I've extended the careers of the Earth-X Blackhawks in my own story (see Shooting Stars) and moved them out of Grumman Skyrockets into Lockheed P-80s, I'd like to think this story takes place in another universe.

I like the illustration of this story. It is well done. I'm especially impressed with the depiction of the Skyrocket. The exterior views of the aircraft are very accurate, except for a few details like the arrangement of the guns in the nose and the landing gear doors. The scenes in the cockpit, on the other hand, bear little resemblance to a XF5F-1. They are nicely rendered and communicate a sense of drama, but the layout and details of the instruments and controls are more of a generic WW II fighter plane and are only vaguely like those of a Skyrocket. The control yoke, in particular, is something seen in the cockpit of a bomber, not a fighter. The Skyrocket had a control stick, just like all the other fighters in WW II. The Skyrocket had nothing like the gunsight seen in these illustrations and the headrest is the wrong shape, also.



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