Military Comics #2 Values

Title: The Coward Dies Twice

Characters: Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre (introduction); Boris (introduction, see Note #5); Hendrickson (introduction, called Hendrick in this issue only); Olaf (introduction); Stanislaus (introduction); Zeg (introduction); Vladim (introduction, no further appearances, see Note #6)]; English pilot named Walt (introduction, death); unnamed doctor; unnamed French begger; Nazis (villains, some die)

Synopsis: When the Nazis seemingly have the Blackhawks trapped while on their mission to rescue a scientist who has developed an atomic bomb, a young English pilot named Walt, thought by many to be a coward, takes his Spitfire into the air and sacrifices his life to save the Blackhawks.

Pages: 11.000

Script: Will Eisner

Pencils: Chuck Cuidera [as Charles Cuidera] (signed)

Inks: Chuck Cuidera [as Charles Cuidera] (signed)

Letters: Sam Rosen

Notes: (1) Story title taken from the cover. (2) Letterer credit per Cuidera, added by Craig Delich 2012-1-12. (3) The character Stanislaus was named by writer Bob Powell, whose actual name was Stanislaus Robert Pulowski. (4) Blackhawk's "left to right" introduction of the Blackhawks on page 3 panel 8 erroneously swaps Olaf and Hendrick. (5) Through the process of elimination, the man seen on the bottom of page 9 panel 2 may be Boris. After this issue, Boris is not seen again until Blackhawk (DC, 1976 series) #245-246. (6) Vladim is mentioned on page 11 panel 4 as the Blackhawk designer, however there is no indication that he is a member of the Blackhawks. The white-haired man with a crew cut and sweater seen on page 4 panel 1 and page 10 panel 10 may be Vladim (he may also be the same man seen in the center of page 9 panel 2). (7) In the epilogue, Blackhawk states that Vladim, the Blackhawk designer, has just revamped their Grumman skyrocket and it will appear next issue.