Blackhawk #228

Blackhawk #228 boldly announces "The New Blackhawk Era!" right on the cover, and the scene makes the stakes immediately clear — Superman, Robin, the Flash, and Batman loom large in the foreground, with Superman dismissing the Blackhawks as "Junk-Heap Heroes" while the team themselves can be seen brawling in the background. Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera's cover crackles with that particular mid-1960s DC energy, pitting the world's most recognizable heroes against a squadron that clearly has something to prove. Writer Bob Haney sets up what promises to be a spirited underdog story for a team determined to show the Justice League crowd they're anything but washed up.