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Cover: Reed Crandall
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Modern Comics #70

Feb 1948 · Quality Comics · 0.10 USD
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Modern Comics #70 is an anthology featuring multiple stories. "Blackhawk Battles the Bat!" shows the aerial hero engaging with a flying adversary. "Dogtag" follows a man who orders a tombstone he cannot afford, leading to a life insurance sales pitch about providing for his family. Another story depicts a character caught between two men fighting over money, with complications involving spoiled goods and confrontations. A final sequence shows a candy booth mishap where a boy with measles causes chaos at a bazaar, resulting in the booth being closed down.

Contains 7 stories
Blackhawk Battles the Bat!
13 pp · Adventure, War
The Bat (first appearancevillain)

A mysterious criminal mastermind called the Bat terrorizes a city with impossible robberies and ruthless efficiency, until the Blackhawks are called in to stop him. When Doctor Spicer reveals the shocking truth behind the villain's origins—and his own role in creating the Bat's uncanny powers—the team must track down a foe unlike any they've faced before. It's a race against time as the Blackhawks close in on the Bat's hideout in this pulp-era adventure from Modern Comics #70.

The Insurance Policy
6 pp · Humor
General Philanthropies
6 pp · Humor

A woman answers a charity organization's ad for a motherly playground director and lands the job at the Gas House District—but her unexpected charm sends the neighborhood boys into a frenzy of competing gangs, turning the playground into a battleground and derailing her mission to help. When the chaos reaches Mrs. Rutz, the organization's supervisor, she discovers that good intentions don't always lead to orderly results.

The Paper Route
6 pp · Humor
Will Bragg
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Children
PrudenceSparky
The Bizarre Bazaar
7 pp · Humor, Teen
Stunt Double
6 pp

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $36
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $300*
CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $236*
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $157*
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $132*
CGC 6.0 none in existence
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CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $78*
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Full credits

writer, artist, inker Mike Senich
cover pencils, inks Reed Crandall

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Reprinted in Blackhawk Comic #3 (1948)

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