Blackhawk #224

A massive, tentacled creature dominates this September 1966 cover as one Blackhawk is hoisted helplessly into the air while another struggles in the grip of a police officer, pleading for freedom to aid his teammates — a wonderfully tense setup for "The Blackhawk Wreckers." Dick Dillin's pencils and Charles Cuidera's inks pack the scene with kinetic energy, pitting the squad's red-uniformed heroes against a looming mechanical monster amid a city skyline backdrop. It's a genuinely gripping Silver Age cover that captures the Blackhawks caught between an alien threat and the law at the same moment.