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Modern Comics #73 (1948)
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Blackhawk and his team are falsely accused of sabotage after mysterious attacks strike key American infrastructure, from a dam to a national forest, leaving behind wreckage that implicates them. As the government prepares to charge them with treason, the Blackhawks race to uncover the real saboteur before their reputation—and their lives—are destroyed.
In the satirical tale "The Royal Exiles of Slombodka," a group of exiled nobles from the fictional land of Slombodka reunite for a borscht-and-clam bake, lamenting their lost emperor—until they spot a man they believe to be him, a down-on-his-luck waiter named Dogtag. Posing as their long-lost ruler, Dogtag is thrust into a farcical royal role, complete with a stolen beard and a forced performance, as the exiles scheme to profit from his mistaken identity.
Jo lands a job as a French maid at the estate of famed producer Gregory Velasco, using a borrowed costume and a shaky French accent—only to discover her new "co-worker," the so-called French chef Pierre, is just as much a fraud. As they scramble to fake their way through a dinner party for Velasco’s guests, their desperate act begins to unravel in spectacularly messy ways.