Blackhawk (DC)

Blackhawk is a male comic superhero who features in DC Comics.

Biography

Origin

Blackhawk

DC

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Janos Prohaska was a Polish man who joined the Polish Air Force at a young age and had already become a national hero by 1936 alongside his trusted friends Stanislaus Drozdowski and Kazimierc "Zeg" Zegota-Januszajtis. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, the trio travel across Europe, providing freelance service and even fighting for a time in the Spanish Civil War as members of the Communist party. (Secret Origins v2 #45)

Following the end of World War II, Janos set up his own private charter air service in East Asia. However, he met with little success and sank into a dissolute life in Singapore. (Action Comics v1 #602)

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Andrew Lincoln

Overview

Personality and attributes

He was said to be a man that arose to defend the helpless and liberate the enslaved and crush the tyrant. (Military Comics v1 #1)

Powers and abilities

One modern incarnation of the position came to head the United Nations Blackhawk Program which trained elite operatives to handle global emergencies. (Blackhawks v1 #1)

Notes

• Blackhawk was created by Chuck Cuidera, Bob Powell and Will Eisner where he made his first appearance in Military Comics v1 #1 (August, 1941).
• At Comic Con (1999), Eisner commented, "It's not important who created it...it's the guy who kept it going, and made something out if it that's more important. Whether or not Chuck Cuidera created or thought of Blackhawk to begin with is unimportant. The fact that Chuck Cuidera made Blackhawk what it was is the important thing, and therefore, he should get the credit."

Alternate Versions

• In DC: The New Frontier v1 #5 (2004), an unidentified Blackhawk appeared in the New Frontier reality that was designated as Earth-21 in the Multiverse. They beckoned the call against The Centre at Cape Canaveral. There the Squadron witnessed Superman's defeat by the Centre and were later among the gathered pilots in orchestrating their coordinated attack plan on the creature. In which the Blackhawks attacked the Centre on the other side while the other fliers distracted the creature, allowing the Squadron to greatly harm the creature and letting pilots Hal Jordan, Ace Morgan and Nathaniel Adam to bomb the being with nuclear warheads from the inside. Following the death of the Centre, the Blackhawks celebrated alongside with the other heroes over their victory.
• In Flashpoint: Hal Jordan v1 #3 (2011), an alternate version of Blackhawk appeared in the altered Flashpoint reality that existed in a world within the Multiverse. Blackhawk along with his Squadron were equipped with F-35s and with Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris among its pilots, respond to attacks on New Themyscira, but were killed by Amazonian forces.

In other media

Television

• In Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom, Blackhawk appeared in the setting of the 1952 live-action serial adventure produced by Columbia Pictures where he was portrayed by actor Kirk Alyn.
• In Justice League, an unidentified leader of the Blackhawks appeared in the setting of the animated television series set in the DC Animated Universe in the three-part episode "The Savage Time" where he was voiced by actor Robert Picardo. They join forces with Steve Trevor, the Easy Company, and the time-traveling Justice League to thwart Vandal Savage's plot to help Nazi Germany win WWII and eventually conquer the world.

Appearances

• Military Comics v1: (1941)
• Blackhawks v1:

External Links

• DC Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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