Blackhawk #123

This April 1958 DC offering presents one of aviation adventure's most arresting cover images: Blackhawk himself is trapped inside a transparent rocket hurtling toward outer space, while a fellow pilot in a jet cockpit watches in alarm, exclaiming "Sacre bleu! It ees Blackhawk, imprisoned in a strange rocket — headed for outer space!" A squadron of sleek jets streaks through the background sky, underscoring the high-flying world these daring aviators inhabit. Cover art by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera captures the breathless tension that made Blackhawk a ten-cent must-have in 1958.