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Cover of Blackhawk (1944) #102

Blackhawk (1944) #102

Quality Comics 1944–1956 series Cover date Jul 1956

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About this issue

Blackhawk #102 (1944) is issue #102 of Quality Comics's Blackhawk (1944–1956), with a cover date of July 1956. Written by Robert Bernstein and Joe Millard and drawn by Sam Citron and Dick Dillin.

Creators

Writers
Robert Bernstein, Joe Millard
Pencillers
Sam Citron, Dick Dillin
Inkers
Sam Citron, Chuck Cuidera
Cover artists
Chuck Cuidera, Dick Dillin

The stories

“Master of Mankind”

Professor Snye creates "Adam X", a super-computer with world domination on its electronic mind. Protected by its own force field, and in command of a small army of robots, Adam X subdues its creator and begins its campaign of conquest.

“Critical Target”

During the Korean War, Colonel Bill Dawson and Captain Jim Carroll are romantic rivals for the same gal back home. Carroll is also the best flight commander in Dawson's unit. When a critical target bombing mission falls to Dawson's command, he picks Carroll to lead the raid. Carroll dutifully sets out on the mission but feels Dawson has chosen him for reasons outside of his skill and experience.

“The Doom Cloud”

The freighter Lulane, carrying munitions to Nationalist China is destroyed by a squadron of bomb-carrying Red Chinese gliders, which appear out of nowhere, attack, and swiftly vanish. The Blackhawks investigate a mysterious cloud that might hold the answer.

“The Red Professor's Secret”

A kidnapped West German scientist is the bait to lead The Blackhawks into a trap set by an East German spy ring operating from a 14th Century castle in West Germany.

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