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Real Name: Janos Prohaska
Class: Human
Occupation: Squadron leader
Group Affiliation: Blackhawks
Known Relatives: Józek, Staszka (siblings), unnamed aunt, unnamed father (deceased)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: England, 1940s era
First Appearance: Military Comics #1 (Quality) (August, 1941)
Powers: Blackhawk was a charismatic leader, as well as an excellent fighter and marksman.
History: Blackhawk was a flier who gained fame during the Spanish Civil War. During WWII he formed the Blackhawks, a squadron of international pilots, to resist the Nazis that conquered his native Poland.
(Swamp Thing II #46) - Blackhawk was transported to the present day due to the reality-altering effects of the Crisis. He was among the number of heroes teleported to the Monitor’s satellite by Alexander Luthor, Jr., who explained his plan to make sure reality survived the Crisis.
After the war Blackhawk formed a relationship with the C.I.A., and relocated the Blackhawks to Washington, D.C., but this relationship soon went sour. Blackhawk disappeared in the early 1970s, and his final fate is uncertain.
Comments: Created by Will Eisner & Chuck Cuidera
In pre-Crisis continuity Blackhawk lived on Earth 2.
Blackhawk was originally published by Quality Comics, which DC obtained the rights to in 1956.
Blackhawk received a profile in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #2.
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