Blackhawk #260

DC's long-running aviation series roars into July 1983 with this striking Howard Chaykin cover showing a steely-eyed Blackhawk at the controls of his fighter, white-gloved hand gripping the stick as a formation of red-and-white aircraft fills the smoke-streaked sky behind him. The cracked cockpit glass and a partially visible swastika on what appears to be a downed enemy plane add tension to the scene, grounding the image in the squadron's hard-fought history. Inside, writer Mark Evanier and artist Dan Spiegle deliver "Diary Entries," promising another chapter of the aerial adventure that has kept this series flying for decades.