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143December 1959
$0.10

Blackhawk #143

DC · December 1959 · on sale 1959-10-08

First appearance: Lady Blackhawk
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Identification plate

Series
Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series)
Issue
#143
Publication date
December 1959
Key date
1959-12-00
On-sale date
1959-10-08
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Lady Blackhawk - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Time-Monsters!cover1pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Charles Cuidera; letters: Ira SchnappBlackhawks
2Lady Blackhawk's Rivalcomic story7.67pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon MoldoffLady Blackhawk First
3Three Exciting New Adventurespromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
6The Atom Servant of Manpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi; letters: Ira Schnapp
7-promo (ad from the publisher)1
8The Great Blackhawk Feudcomic story7.67pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon Moldoff
9Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
10-comic story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Harvey KurtzmanPot-Shot Pete; Cactus-Face; Pot-Shot's boss
11-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12Code of the Crickettext story1letters: typeset
13The Time-Monsterscomic story7.67pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Charles Cuidera
14World's Finest Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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