Blackhawk (1944) #97

Quality Comics 1944–1956 series Cover date Feb 1956

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

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About this issue

Blackhawk #97 (1944) is issue #97 of Quality Comics's Blackhawk (1944–1956), with a cover date of February 1956. Written by Joe Millard and drawn by Sam Citron and Dick Dillin.

Creators

Writer: Joe Millard
Pencillers: Sam Citron, Dick Dillin
Inkers: Sam Citron, Chuck Cuidera
Cover artists: Chuck Cuidera, Dick Dillin

The stories

“The Horde of the Bat”

Chop-Chop goes undercover against Blackhawk's orders to locate a gang of bat-winged raiders in China, led by the evil Vampira.

“The Most Shot-At Airman of All Time”

Professor Thaddeus Lowe founded the US Army Air Corps during the Civil War, flying hot-air balloons.

“Hitler's Daughter”

The Blackhawks meet a woman claiming to be Hitler's daughter who has surfaced in Germany and is espousing his insane beliefs, but they expose her as a Communist infiltrator.

“The Revolt of the Slave Workers”

Stan is lured to Poland with the promise of a reunion with his sister he thought dead, but it is a ruse. The Blackhawks follow, finding him the captive of Comrade Communa, who has a legion of slaves she forces to work in a mine.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.