Designed for Delinquency
Parade of Pleasure
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Blackhawk 61
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Grade:
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7.5
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Certification #:
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0213110004
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Owner:
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GAM
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Blackhawk #61 is referenced in Geoffrey Wagner’s “Parade of Pleasure” (POP) in the text on pages 91-92.
Wagner identifies Blackhawk as a form of politically extreme comic book and, while not named, references the story “Stalin’s Ambassador of Murder”, contained in Blackhawk #61, to illustrate his point. He describes the story as follows “A typical issue, then, no 61, finds the gang up against ‘a horror so simple, so fiendishly ingenious that it walks besides you and me on the street, and we cannot recognize it’. What else could this be but American Communism? The first picture sets the tone; it shows the boys busting in the platform of commie speakers … and Blackhawk himself smacking open the jaw of one of the offenders concerned”. Wagner goes on to describe additional story elements from Blackhawk 61 that he views as politically extreme.
I have provided a scan of the title page to “Stalin’s Ambassador of Murder” for additional reference.
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