*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: From our fabulous Arch Collection this week, three early issues of the long-running Blackhawk title from Quality, published in 1946-48, long before DC took over the reins. Great art on these cracking adventure stories, starring our magnificent seven aviators (as long as you can turn a blind eye to the horribly racially stereotyped and caricatured Chop Chop). Often the Blackhawk comic has a bevy of curvaceous heroines and slinky villainesses not always obvious from the covers, and these issues are no exception, starring as they do the adventuress known as Fear, the Blackhawks’ ally, here in her second appearance in #13, plus subsequent in #14 and #22 (her final Golden Age appearance). Her romantic interest in Blackhawk himself was never requited.  
IN THIS UPDATE: BLACKHAWK
#13 VG+ £150 (PICTURED) Nice solid copy with some cover creases that don’t break colour, tight and firm staples and very minimal edge wear with some corner blunting. Pages are off-white with a little tan at edges and some margin foxing. We just had to show the Fear story splash page!
#14 INCOMPLETE Free with #13. Decent copy with centrefold missing, which just happens to feature the Fear appearance. Plenty of other femme fatales in evidence though. Buy #13 and you get this issue free.
#22 GD £42 (PICTURED) A lower graded copy with cover staining, creases and small tears sealed with tape on inside cover. Staples firm at spine but centrefold loose. Pages are okay but inconsistently cut.