Military Comics #4

In "Desert Death," Blackhawk captures the elusive Black Tigress, a mysterious figure whose cryptic warning hints at a looming threat: vast Arab hordes poised to seize the Suez Canal and drive the English from Africa. The story unfolds in the tense, sun-scorched landscapes of wartime North Africa, where danger lurks beneath every dune.

First Lieutenant Skiff Wilkins commands HMS Barracuda, a Royal Navy submarine with a fearsome record against Nazi warships—so fearsome that Heinrich Himmler himself plots her destruction, laying an elaborate trap with mine nets and destroyer escorts near Heligoland. When the sub becomes ensnared, Wilkins and his crew, including American seamen Billy and Dick Wade, must rely on quick thinking and daring action to break free and reach their target before their oxygen runs out.

This gripping account reveals the true story behind one of World War II's most dramatic naval hunts: the seven-day pursuit and sinking of Germany's feared raider, the Bismarck, by Britain's Royal Navy. Following the devastating loss of the battle cruiser H.M.S. Hood to the Bismarck's guns in the North Atlantic, the British assembled an enormous fleet to track down and destroy the German warship as she races across the Atlantic toward her Norwegian base. With vivid detail drawn from inside British sources, this story chronicles the desperate chase, fierce naval engagements, and the cast of ships and sailors caught in one of history's most dramatic sea battles.