<i>Modern Comics</i> No. 48
date: label: date made
content: 1946
name: label: maker
content: Quality Comics
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Modern Comics</i> No. 48 was published by Quality Comics in April 1946. The cover art by Al Bryant features the pilot Blackhawk firing a gun out of his cockpit, with his sidekick Chop-Chop next to him. This issue included the Blackhawk story “The Pirates of Peroo," as well as Choo Choo in "The Masquerade Messup," the Death Patrol in "The Runaway Iceberg," Private Dogtag in "The Rescue of Chief Standing Goat," Will Bragg in "Fishin' Fools," and Ezra in "The Adolescent Psychologist."
label: Description
content: <i> Modern Comics</i> was a continuation of <i>Military Comics</i>, which was renamed after issue number 43 in October 1945 following the end of World War II. Each issue of <i>Modern Comics</i> featured a story about the Blackhawk Squadron and several other tales of action and adventure. The Squadron was led by the Polish pilot Blackhawk, who battled the Nazi army that killed his brother and sister. The rest of the squadron was a motley crew of international military men with specialized skills to help defeat the Axis powers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
label: related event
content: World War II
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Comic Books
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0086.085
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0086.085
label: accession number
content: 2013.0086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x 26.035 cm