Issue No. 85
February 1955
The Fiendish Impersonator: Dagon, master of impersonation, mimic supreme and a red agent, attempts to destroy the Blackhawks to impress his superior Vashti. His plan is to impersonate each of the Blackhawks, create dissension and break up the team. Blackhawk sees through his disguise and defeats him.
Chop Chop: Shanghaied aboard a whaling ship and forced to become ships cook, Chop Chop sabotages the captains dinner and escapes. (Reprint BH # 30)
The Fire-Wheel: The Blackhawks are distinguished visitors to Science City, nerve center of the democracy of Nurvania. The city is suddenly attacked by a whirling pinwheel of fire from the sky. The Blackhawk jets attack but are ineffectual against the Fire-Wheel, their bullets exploding in the flames. Commander of the Fire-Wheel, Comrade Flame (another beautiful female villain), demands the surrender of Science City. In an attempt to negotiate aboard the Fire-Wheel, Blackhawk is captured. As the Fire-Wheel attacks the Blackhawks they lure it into a hanger and when Comrade Flame attempts to destroy them they energize a great pump creating a vacuum that extinguishes the Fire-Wheel. The Blackhawks defeat the crew and Comrade Flame.
Rat In A Trap: Non Blackhawk text story. Two privates set a trap for an enemy patrol by having a Thunderjet fake a crash landing. When the enemy patrol investigates they ambush them. (Reprint Modern # 100)
The Super-Sonic Menace: The Communists have developed a fantastic super sonic machine and were systematically destroying the United World's defense army in Europe. The machine is a winged rocket car armed with cannons and is invincible because of it's speed. Not even the Blackhawk jets can keep up with it. Blackhawk develops a special jet fuel mixture. In attempt to escape Blackhawks pursuit, Super Sonic pushes his machine beyond it's structural limits and is destroyed.
Credits: Cover & Blackhawk Stories; Dick Dillin (Pencils), Chuck Cuidera (Inks) (Ref. Source GDC)
Thanks to David Chapman for submitting the cover for this issue and to Bob Fulker for submitting the synopsis.
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