Issue No. 119
December 1957Blackhawk vs Chief Black Hawk - While testing a new centrifuge, a short circuit cause it to accelerate uncontrollably, throwing all the Blackhawks but Chop Chop into the past. There they immediately go to the aid of a wagon train under attack by Indians. They fasten one of their belt radios to a horse and the "talking" horse scares the Indians away. Later, they learn that the Indians had attacked because white men had shot Chief Black Hawk and his son. Although they survived, the Chief held all the settlers responsible. The Black Knights use modern crime detection methods, including finger printing, to identify the shooters and bring peace back to the countryside.
The Playboy Blackhawk - Andre inherits a million dollars and neglects his duties as a Blackhawk while he leads the life of a playboy. He is dismissed from the team for dereliction of duty, where upon he is approached by the Black Seal Gang who persuade him he can get revenge on the Blackhawks by joining the gang. The gang leader does not completey trust Andre and fastens a tiny radio to his wrist. Andre still manages to get a message to Blackhawk and the gang is captured. Andre's inheritance is real but his dismissal was faked to get him in the gang. He donates his money to charity.
The Valley of the Monsters - While trying to set a round-the -world speed record, Stanislaus crashes in the jungles of central Africa. The Blackhawks load up their brand new invention, the Safari-mobile, and head out to rescue him. In Kenya, they meet hunter Paul Givens who shows them a native statue of a monster and a casting which he claims is an actual footprint of the monster. He warns them not to proceed into the jungle but of course they do anyway. They are immediately attacked by several monsters and in battling them discover that they are mechanical devices controlled by Givens. Givens is using the monsters to scare everyone away from a secret diamond mine and he is holding Stan hostage as protection against the Blackhawks. The Blackhawks rebuild the damaged monster and use it to capture Givens and free Stan.
Thanks to David Chapman for submitting the cover for this issue.
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