Blackhawk #166

This November 1961 DC issue puts the Blackhawks in a deeply unsettling situation — the uniformed squadron advances menacingly under the beam of alien, pulsating creatures looming in the background, while a blonde woman in Blackhawk gear flees in the foreground, her caption warning that the team is being directed to capture her and that no one will be left to stop these creatures from expanding their control. Cover pencils by Dick Dillin and inks by Sheldon Moldoff give the scene a tense, eerie atmosphere that balances sci-fi dread with the team's signature military aesthetic. At just ten cents, Blackhawk #166 is a fine snapshot of early-'60s DC adventure at its imaginative best.