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Blackhawks #1
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2011 DC
First Print
VERY FINE/NEAR MINT
Written by MIKE COSTA
Art and cover by KEN LASHLEY
Welcome to a world waging a new kind of war that’s faster and more brutal than ever before. It’s fought by those who would make the innocent their targets, using computers, smart weapons and laser-guided missiles. The new enemy is hard to find – and closer to home than we think. Between us and them stand the Blackhawks, an elite force of military specialists equipped with the latest in cutting-edge hardware and vehicles. Their mission: Kill the bad guys before they kill us.
Date Available: 09/28/2011
BONUS REVIEW by JOHN SCHAEFER
Hawkaaaaaaaaaaa! Does anyone realize that the Blackhawks have literally been around since the 1940's. And that I have been reading them for what seems like that long. So of course I was all for a new Blackhawks series. This book has been updated but all the key plot points are there. Secret mini army, mysterious headquarters, multi-national cast. Sure elements were lost, Blackie - the pet bird, sidekick Chop-Chop but we are introduced to Deputy of Operations, Andrew Lincoln (any relation to another of Quality Comics hero Roy Lincoln - the Human Bomb?)and field operative The Irishman (who's actually Russian!). Mike Costa's story is well plotted and intriguing. Graham Nolan's layouts help display the storyline well. There is only one problem with this book. NANOCITES! Nanobots, whatever you want to call them have been the bain of many a reader of numerous types of genres! I guess it is just the natural progression from Dr. Frankenstein type operations, to cloning, to DNA manipulation, to little microscopic robotic entities that are damn near undetectable and unriddable (is that a word?). And now they are loose at Blackhawk base because one field operative got bit in the field (Holy Night of the Living Dead, Batman!) which then made her want to bonk her teammate/boyfriend and spread the infection. (And before you ask, yes that was the plot of a bad 80's porn movie!) So much for security.
7 out of 10 Grahams
Written by MIKE COSTA
Art and cover by KEN LASHLEY
Welcome to a world waging a new kind of war that’s faster and more brutal than ever before. It’s fought by those who would make the innocent their targets, using computers, smart weapons and laser-guided missiles. The new enemy is hard to find – and closer to home than we think. Between us and them stand the Blackhawks, an elite force of military specialists equipped with the latest in cutting-edge hardware and vehicles. Their mission: Kill the bad guys before they kill us.
Date Available: 09/28/2011
BONUS REVIEW by JOHN SCHAEFER
Hawkaaaaaaaaaaa! Does anyone realize that the Blackhawks have literally been around since the 1940's. And that I have been reading them for what seems like that long. So of course I was all for a new Blackhawks series. This book has been updated but all the key plot points are there. Secret mini army, mysterious headquarters, multi-national cast. Sure elements were lost, Blackie - the pet bird, sidekick Chop-Chop but we are introduced to Deputy of Operations, Andrew Lincoln (any relation to another of Quality Comics hero Roy Lincoln - the Human Bomb?)and field operative The Irishman (who's actually Russian!). Mike Costa's story is well plotted and intriguing. Graham Nolan's layouts help display the storyline well. There is only one problem with this book. NANOCITES! Nanobots, whatever you want to call them have been the bain of many a reader of numerous types of genres! I guess it is just the natural progression from Dr. Frankenstein type operations, to cloning, to DNA manipulation, to little microscopic robotic entities that are damn near undetectable and unriddable (is that a word?). And now they are loose at Blackhawk base because one field operative got bit in the field (Holy Night of the Living Dead, Batman!) which then made her want to bonk her teammate/boyfriend and spread the infection. (And before you ask, yes that was the plot of a bad 80's porn movie!) So much for security.
7 out of 10 Grahams
