Blackhawk #249

Blackhawk goes solo in this December 1976 DC adventure, the cover by Jack Sparling and Vince Colletta dropping him into a fierce snow-swept showdown against a skull-masked villain riding a motorized dog sled — wolves lunging forward as a fallen comrade lies helpless in the foreground. The bold cover copy warns that even stopping the Skull-Sled won't end the threat, with the "Empire of Death" still waiting beyond. Harold A. Harvey scripts the interior tale, "The Sky-Skull Caper!", with art by Ric Estrada inked by George Evans — a solid creative team delivering cold-weather action at its most kinetic.