Modern Comics #87

This July 1949 issue of Modern Comics promises high-flying adventure as Blackhawk and a fellow squadron member descend by parachute over a rooftop scene already crackling with danger — below them, a gun-wielding man in a red beret menaces a dark-haired woman in a desperate struggle. Reed Crandall's cover art captures the tension beautifully, balancing the aerial arrival of the heroes against the urgent threat unfolding at street level. The cover tag — "Blackhawk enters the den of Vorn, the Agressor!" — sets up a story with all the pulpy intrigue Quality Comics did so well in 1949.