Publishers / Quality Comics / Blackhawk (1944) / #42
42July 1951
$0.10

Blackhawk #42

Quality Comics · July 1951

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Series
Blackhawk (Quality Comics, 1944 series)
Issue
#42
Publication date
July 1951
Key date
1951-07-10
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Iron Emperor!cover1pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallBlackhawk
1Iron Emperorcomic story12pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallThe Iron Emperor (a robot, villain, introduction, death); Dr. Nerda (villain, introduction, death)
2The City That Time Forgotcomic story10script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallMordred (villain, introduction, next app. in text story in issue #71); Tiberius (a modern Roman emperor, introduction)
3The City That Must Perishcomic story9pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallNicola (villain, introduction)
4The Painless Dentistcomic story5script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul GustavsonChop Chop
5The Sleepmastertext story2letters: typeset
6Goldcomic story8pencils: Reed Crandall, Dick Dillin; inks: Chuck CuideraMaia (villain, introduction)

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