Blackhawk, #184

Published: May 1963

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Blackhawk #184

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Issue Contents:
The Bizarre Split-Man!
1 page adventure; science fiction
Credits
Countdown on Excellence
Story 1 1 page advocacy
Storyline

Jerry gets a lecture from his father on the importance of doing every job right.

Story Notes

Inside front cover. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

The Bizarre Split-Man
Story 2 9 pages adventure; science fiction
Storyline

A professor experiments with extreme heat and cold and at erratic intervals turns into a creature that is blazing hot on one side and freezing cold on the other.

Credits
Tootsie Roll Makes History!
Story 3 0 pages
Characters
  • Ponce de Leon
Story Notes

An advertisement for Tootsie Roll candy.

Featuring The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Stories

Story 4 1 page sports

"Strange Sports Stories is the most..."

Story Notes

Promotional house advertisement for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #47 (April-May 1963), featuring Strange Sports Stories. Cover and several interior scenes are depicted. Interior scenes may be from The Brave and the Bold #46 (February-March 1963).

204 Revolutionary War Soldiers
Story 5 1 page
Credits
Story 6 1 page

"Zenith's amazing U.S. stamp offer..."

Blackhawk's Secret Furlough
Story 7 8 pages adventure
Storyline

Blackhawk tries to take a furlough from duty, but everywhere he goes he finds something that reminds him of the Blackhawks.

Characters
Credits
Story Notes

Mostly a solo Blackhawk story.

Story 8 0 pages

"Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!"

Story Notes

An advertisement for Tootsie Roll Pop, featuring an optical illusion.

Eye in the Sky
Story 9 1 page non-fiction
Storyline

History of the development of radar for use in airplanes.

Story 10 1 page non-fiction

"What is the earth made of?"

Credits
Story Notes

Four panel filler with four questions and answers.

Featuring Batman; World's Finest

Story 11 1 page superhero

"This famous symbol is your guarantee of the best in comics reading"

Credits
Story Notes

Promotional house advertisement for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #155 (May 1963) and World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #133 (May 1963), with covers, depicted.

The Island of Super-Monkeys!
Story 12 8 pages adventure; science fiction
Storyline

A strange meteor lands on a Pacific Island, its radiation giving monkeys human-level intelligence.

Credits
Story 13 0 pages

"Kids!! Blast off your own space capsule"

Story Notes

An advertisement for Tootsie Roll candy, featuring a plastic spring-loaded rocket that includes a Tootsie Roll. Premium was 25 cents and three Tootsie Roll wrappers for each rocket sent to P.O. Box 5070, St. Paul 4, Minn.

Story 14 1 page superhero

"Metal Men Now! In their own spectacular book!"

Credits
Story Notes

Promotional house advertisement for Metal Men (DC, 1963 series) #1 (April-May 1963), with cover, depicted.

Missile Attack!
Story 15 1 page
Story Notes

Sold by Strathmore Toys.

Story 16 1 page humor; science fiction

"Professor, your robot is marvelous..."

Storyline

Professor Eureka beats his robot at chess.

Characters
  • Professor Eureka
Story 17 1 page

"Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!"

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

147 Famous Automobiles
Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Sold by Auto Models. Back cover.