Modern Comics #96

This Quality Comics issue from April 1950 puts Blackhawk squarely in the crosshairs, his uniformed figure bound with rope as enemy soldiers close in from behind — while in the foreground, armed allies crouch in tense ambush and a dark-haired woman in a red skirt, pistol in hand, watches from the shadows of a massive tree. The cover copy teases the mysterious Spectra and her scheming terrorists against the Knights of the Air, promising the most exciting Blackhawk story yet. Reed Crandall and Chuck Cuidera deliver a scene loaded with atmosphere and urgency that makes it very hard to put back on the shelf.