Modern Comics Vol 1 84

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Blackhawk: "The Last Testament of Jon Yandro"
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Modern Comics Vol 1 #84
April, 1949
Publisher	Quality Comics
Executive Editor	Everett M. Arnold
Cover Artists	Reed Crandall
Blackhawk: "The Last Testament of Jon Yandro"
Pencilers	Reed Crandall
Inkers	Chuck Cuidera
Editors	George E. Brenner
Torchy: "The Raffle Gig"
Writers	Bill Ward
Pencilers	Bill Ward
Inkers	Bill Ward
Will Bragg: "Bragg the Balloon"
Writers	Paul Gustavson
Pencilers	Paul Gustavson
Inkers	Paul Gustavson
Letterers	Paul Gustavson
Ezra: "The Mystery Songstress"
Editors	George E. Brenner
Previous Issue	Modern Comics # 83
Next Issue	Modern Comics # 85

Just don't get Chop Chop excited ... His trigger finger might tremble! Come on, Skendor! We're visiting the dungeon!

— Blackhawk

Modern Comics #84 is an issue of the series Modern Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1949.

Appearing in Blackhawk: "The Last Testament of Jon Yandro"

Featured Characters:

• Blackhawk Squadron
  • Andre
  • Blackhawk
  • Chop Chop
  • Chuck Wilson
  • Hans Hendrickson
  • Olaf
  • Stanislaus

Antagonists:

• Marshall Skendor (Dies)
• Doctor Merko
• Commissioner Bruger
  • new military police

Other Characters:

• Jon Yandro (Dies)
• oppressed Borovarian civilians

Locations:

• Eastern Europe
  • Borovar, formerly free port city

Vehicles:

• Blackhawk North American F-86 Sabre jets
• mule-drawn peddler cart
  

Synopsis for Torchy: "The Raffle Gig"

A salesman tries to sell Torchy a raffle ticket but she declines. He's completely besotted by her appearance, and on his way out he secretly leaves a ticket behind anyway, as a gift. When she finds the ticket, Torchy toddles down to the drawing. Torchy has the winning ticket but because of a big misunderstanding she decides to give it away and leave quickly. The elderly spinster to whom she hands the ticket wins a movie-star-handsome husband and a lot of money, but Torchy is philosophical about this unexpected outcome.

Appearing in Torchy: "The Raffle Gig"

Featured Characters:

• Torchy

Other Characters:

• Society for the Promotion of Better Harmony Between Men And Women
  • sales rep
• Raffle Drawing M.C.
• elderly spinster
• handsome husband-to-be

Items:

• raffle ticket # 56789
  

Synopsis for Will Bragg: "Bragg the Balloon"

Will Bragg becomes the model for a heroic statue by a famous sculptor, or so he claims. The barbershop is full of scoffers, but off goes Bragg, to do some posing. All of his doubters and disbelievers reel in dismay and confusion that Will Bragg has finally made the big time. Then everybody sees the parade balloon in Bragg's likeness, and many hearty laughs are had at Bragg's expense. Truly all men of lofty vision are misunderstood, concludes Bragg.

Appearing in Will Bragg: "Bragg the Balloon"

Featured Characters:

• Will Bragg

Supporting Characters:

• Mrs. Mahoulahan
• Effy Gissel

Other Characters:

• Officer Flannigan, scoffer
• Barber Peters, skeptic
• Fire Chief Swenson, scoffer
• Henri, sculptor
• Gracies' Department Store Board of Directors

Locations:

• Barbershop
• Mrs. Mahoulahan's Boarding House

Items:

• Giant Will Bragg Parade Balloon

Vehicles:

• Gracies' Board's extremely long limousine
  

Appearing in Ezra: "The Mystery Songstress"

Featured Characters:

• Ezra Jones

Supporting Characters:

• Rollo Grant, as himself, and as Mystery Songstress
• Myrna Moore

Antagonists:

• Dean Dilsbury, Jr.

Locations:

• Manorville High School

Vehicles:

• Dilsbury's big red convertible

Notes

• Blackhawk:
  • This story is the tenth appearance of the team's new warplanes, and so far no character and no caption has mentioned the replacement of the Grumman Skyrockets, or called the new aircraft anything but "planes."
  • The Blackhawk Squadron has friends in many lands, and many of these have been given carrier pigeons, which home-roost on Blackhawk Island.
  • Borovar seems to be in eastern Europe, on a seacoast, and some of the men wear lederhosen, and their wives wear wooden shoes. Also Borovar is in a region that's so poor and backward that a mule-drawn peddler cart seems normal.
  • At the end of "The Last Testament of Jon Yandro", the newly-freed Borovar civilians agree to set up makeshift democracy, but say: "We'll do so until a new government can be named by the Council of Free Nations."
  • Skendor hits Blackhawk on the head with a heavy stone, and it does not knock him unconscious, but he falls down before he bounces back up and takes down Skendor. This would be Blackhawk's thirty-fourth blunt instrument head trauma. Being a Blackhawk is dangerous.
• Also appearing in this issue of Modern Comics was:
  • "Alaskan Alien" (text story, featuring the Blackhawks)

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Modern Comics series
• Images from Modern Comics Vol 1 84

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