Number 2029: Blackhawk and the flying submarine

Didn’t we already have a story about a flying submarine? Why yes, Pappy says, answering his own question. We had a story from Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub)* in October, 2016. But “The Flying Submarines” from Blackhawk #64 is from 1953, and Commander Battle #3 is from late 1954, so if there was any copying of a concept, it was done by the folks at ACG.

The Grand Comics Database gives Reed Crandall credit for both pencils and inks in this story, and his familiar style pops out of every panel. Unlike the 5-page story from Alarming Adventures we showed a couple of days ago, Crandall’s style isn’t overwhelmed by someone else’s inking. 

Just as a warning, the awful caricature, Chop Chop, has a couple of cringe-worthy pidgin-English speeches in the story. This one is from page 6: “No Blackhawk! You keep lunning! No mind me! Chop Chop’s life not velly important!” And of course, Chop Chop is important to Blackhawk, so he quits “lunning” and surrenders to the villain holding Chop Chop at gunpoint.

*See it in Pappy’s #1961

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