For the first time, DC Comics is collecting Howard Chaykin’s controversial run on the Golden Age-Bronze Age legend Blackhawk. The hardcover volume collects Blackhawk: Blood & Iron #1-3, plus stories from Action Comics Weekly #601-608, #615-622, and #628-635 and Secret Origins #45. The 384-page collection hits comic shops on December 11, 2019 at $49.99 MSRP.
Chaykin’s original miniseries, Blackhawk: Blood & Iron #1-3, ran in 1988 to generally good reviews, but some outrage over changes to the character. The mini was popular enough to gain Blackhawk a slot for three eight-issue runs in the revamped Action Comics Weekly.
Chaykin’s storyline has the Will Eisner/Chuck Cuidera creation accused of Communist leanings. Disgraced, he stumbles across a plot to overthrow the U.S. government and bomb New York City concocted by former Nazis out for revenge against the United States.
The DC Black Label collection features a cover by Howard Chaykin, with stories by Chaykin, Martin Pasco and Mike Grell, and art by Chaykin, Grant Miehm and Rick Burchett.
First Collection of Controversial Take on the Character
Posted by ICv2 on August 27, 2019 @ 12:01 am CT