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204January 1965
$0.12

Blackhawk #204

DC · January 1965 · on sale 1964-11-12

First appearance: Zinda BlakeFirst appearance: Queen Killer Shark
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Identification plate

Series
Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series)
Issue
#204
Publication date
January 1965
Key date
1965-01-00
On-sale date
1964-11-12
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Zinda Blake - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Queen Killer Shark - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Return of Queen Killer Shark!cover1pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Chuck Cuidera; letters: Ira SchnappAndre, Blackhawk, Zinda Blake First, Chop-Chop, Hendrickson, Killer Shark, Queen Killer Shark First, Stanislaus
1Salute to Couragepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Return of Queen Killer Sharkcomic story7.67script: Bob Haney; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Charles CuideraBlackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop]; Killer Shark; Queen Killer Shark [Zinda]
5The Return of Queen Killer Shark, Part 2comic story8.67script: Bob Haney; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Charles CuideraBlackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop]; Killer Shark; Queen Killer Shark [Zinda]
7Metamorpho the Element Manpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: Ira SchnappMetamorpho
9Blackhawk By-Linesletters page1letters: typeset
10Make It a Happy Holiday--With the Best in Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: ? (various); inks: ? (various); letters: typesetCapt. Storm (cameo); Blackhawk (cameo); Tomahawk (cameo); Lt. Johnny Cloud (cameo); Santa Claus
11The Stanislaus Punchcomic story6.67script: Bob Haney, George Kashdan; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Charles CuideraBlackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chuck; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chop-Chop]
12Death Knock!comic story0.33script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; colors: Mort Drucker
14Watch for the First 80 pg Giant Superman Annualpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: Ira SchnappSuperman (cameo)

Plus 7.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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