Blackhawk #241 for Sale - First Appearance of Copperhead - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series)
Issue: #241
Publication date: June-July 1968
Key date: 1968-06-00
On-sale date: 1968-04-09
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Bat Lash - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Hangman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Count André de Sevigne - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	A Blackhawk a Day!	cover	1	pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Chuck Cuidera; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Andre, The Big Eye, Chop-Chop, Chuck, Dr. Hands, The Golden Centurion, Hendrickson, The Leaper, The Listener, M'sieu Machine, Olaf, Stanislaus, The Weapons-Master, Blackhawk
1	Coming Your Way -- A New DC Brand	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Nick Cardy, Bob Brown; inks: Nick Cardy, Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batgirl, Batman, Copperhead First, Crimson Dawn, Lili De Neuve, Carlo Di Rienzi, Dr. August Durant, Mike Tempest, Barbara Gordon, Princess Diana, King Savage, Bruce Wayne, Wonder Woman
2	A Blackhawk a Day!	comic story	7.63	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Chuck Cuidera	Andre, The Big Eye, Chop-Chop, Chuck, Dr. Hands, The Golden Centurion, Hendrickson, The Leaper, The Listener, M'sieu Machine, Olaf, Stanislaus, The Weapons-Master, Blackhawk
3	A Blackhawk a Day Part Two	comic story	7.5	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Chuck Cuidera	Andre, The Big Eye, Chop-Chop, Chuck, Dr. Hands, The Golden Centurion, Hendrickson, The Leaper, The Listener, M'sieu Machine, Olaf, Stanislaus, The Weapons-Master, Blackhawk
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Curt Swan, Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Brainiac, Kara Zor-El, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Jimmy Olsen, Supergirl, Superman, Perry White
5	-	in-house column	1	pencils: Dick Dillin, Irv Novick; inks: Chuck Cuidera, Irv Novick; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman, Dick Grayson, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Robin, Bruce Wayne
6	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
7	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5		Bat Lash First
9	The Phantom Spy	comic story	8	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	Andre, Blackhawk, Chop-Chop, Chuck, Hendrickson, Olaf, Stanislaus, Blackie
10	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert	Count André de Sevigne First, Enemy Ace, The Hangman First, Hans von Hammer
11	-	activity	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 0.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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