Blackie

Blackie is a trained bird (likely a hawk or blackbird) who served as a mascot for the Blackhawk squadron, the legendary team of World War II-era aviators featured in DC's Blackhawk series.

A feathered fixture of the Blackhawk series, Blackie took flight in the Silver Age with a 1957 debut crafted by Robert Bernstein and Dick Dillin. Sharing the pages with legendary aviators like Blackhawk, Chuck, Olaf, Hendrickson, and Andre, this character carved out a memorable niche across eleven catalogued appearances spanning more than a decade of DC's beloved aerial adventure title. Small in number of appearances but rich in the company kept, Blackie is a genuine piece of Silver Age charm worth seeking out for any devoted Blackhawk collector.