BLACKHAWK
15 CHAPTER SERIAL
1952

The 15-episode Columbia serial Blackhawk was based on the comic book created by Reed Crandall and Charles Cuidera. The title character is played by Kirk Alyn, previously the leading man in Columbia's Superman serial. Also returning from Superman is Carol Forman, here cast as slinky Soviet spy Laska. Together with his cohorts Olaf (Don Harvey), Andre (Larry Stewart) and Chop Chop (Weaver Levy), Blackhawk does his best to keep a revolutionary new death-ray from falling into the wrong hands. The film borrows a page from the 1937 Dick Tracy serial by having one of Blackhawk's freedom-fighters (Rick Vallin) replaced by his evil twin brother.

Blackhawk was a creation of the Late Will Eisner for Quality Comics, which was later bought out by DC Comics. According to the "Who's Who In The DC Universe" update, Blachawk's real name is Janos Prohaska, sometimes said to be Polish, other times said to be US-born. He's the leader of the seven-man Blackhawks team, a group of WW2 ace pilots who travel the world combating evil.

CAST:
Kirk Alyn ... Blackhawk
Carol Forman ... Laska
John Crawford ... Chuck
Michael Fox ... Mr. Case/The Leader
Don C. Harvey ... Olaf
Rick Vallin ... Stan/Boris
Larry Stewart ... Andre
Weaver Levy ... Chop Chop
Zon Murray ... Bork
Nick Stuart ... Cress
Marshall Reed ... Aller
Pierce Lyden ... Dyke
William Fawcett ... Dr. J. Rolph
Rory Mallinson ... Hodge
Frank Ellis ... Hendrickson

RUNNING TIME: 242 MIN