Blackhawk #17

In "The Perils of Ulysses," the Blackhawks are drawn to a mysterious island by the enigmatic Professor, where they face off against mechanical recreations of the legendary trials from Ulysses’s journey—each a twisted echo of myth, tested in the heat of war. The story blends classic adventure with wartime intrigue, as the team confronts ancient perils reimagined in steel and gear.

In "The Wizard of San Marco," Carlos Smith, a man of alien descent living in the quiet town of San Marco, finds himself caught between worlds when his mysterious half-brother arrives to reclaim him. Though the stranger offers escape from a life of suspicion, Carlos must decide whether to embrace his true heritage or stay rooted in the Earth he's come to call home.

In "I Built the Toys of Doom," Peter Rogers—once a banker, now known only as Mr. Smith—wakes with amnesia and a haunting gift: glimpses of the future. As he constructs intricate mechanical toys, each one seems to foreshadow the very disasters he predicts, blurring the line between cause and consequence.

In "The Island of the Enchantress!" from Blackhawk #17 (1956), a plane crash-lands on a remote island, where strange chemicals from the wreckage and a nearby lagoon begin to alter living tissue in ways that echo the myth of Circe. As the survivors confront the island’s unsettling transformations, they find themselves caught in a mystery that blurs the line between science and legend.