- "Fetch those photographs of Nazi atrocities from the plane. We have to make this village realize what the enemy is truly like."
- ―Blackhawk
| "A Time to Fight... a Time to Die!" | |
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| Blackhawk | |
| Title: | "A Time to Fight... a Time to Die!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 251 |
| Cover price: | .60 |
| Cover date: | October, 1982 |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jenette Kahn |
| Ex. Ed: | Dick Giordano |
| Writers: | Mark Evanier |
| Pencilers: | Dan Spiegle |
| Inkers: | Dan Spiegle |
| Cover artists: | Dave Cockrum |
| Cover inker: | Dave Cockrum |
| Colorists: | Carl Gafford |
| Letterers: | Carrie McCarthy |
| Assistants: | Carl Gafford |
| Editors: | Len Wein |
| Group editor: | Dick Giordano |
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"A Time to Fight... a Time to Die!" is the title to the 251st issue of the first Blackhawk ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics. The story was written by Mark Evanier with artwork and inks by Dan Spiegle. It was colored by Carl Gafford and lettered by Carrie McCarthy. The story was edited by Len Wein with Carl Gafford as assistant editor. This issue shipped with an October, 1982 cover date and carries a cover price of .60 cents per copy.
"A Time to Fight... a Time to Die!"[]
Featured characters
- Andre Blanc-Dumont
- Blackhawk, Bart Hawk
- Chop Chop
- Chuck Wilson
- Hans Hendricksen
- Olaf Bjornson
- Stanislaus Drozdowski
Supporting characters
- Leuuen
- Winston Churchill
Villains
- Adolf Hitler (In flashback only)
- Buller
- Ernst von Tepp
- Streicher (In flashback only)
Minor characters
- Connie Hawk (In flashback only)
- Jack Hawk (In flashback only)
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Miscellaneous
- 1940s
- 1940
- Bondage
- Crash landings (In flashback only)
- Flashbacks
- Gunshot victims
- Military units
- Smoking
- Torture
- World War II
Notes & Trivia[]
- Blackhawk, and all related characters and concepts were created by writer Will Eisner and artist Chuck Cuidera. They first appeared in Military Comics #1 in August, 1941, published by Quality Comics. They later spun-out into their first Blackhawk ongoing series, which ran from 1944 to 1956, spanning a total of 107 issues. DC Comics acquired the rights to continue publication of Blackhawk stories without interruption and began producing the title with Blackhawk #108 in January, 1957.
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- This issue shipped to retailers on June 8th, 1982.
- This issue is job number J-8414.
- The events of this issue begin on May 11th, 1940.
- Andre Blanc-Dumont writes a letter to his one true love; a woman named Michelle.