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Blackhawk is a 1952 American 15-chapter science fiction adventure movie serial from Columbia Pictures, based on the comic book Blackhawk, first published by Quality Comics, but later owned by competitor DC Comics. It was Columbia's forty-ninth serial. The one-sheet poster referred to the serial as The Miraculous Blackhawk: Freedom's Champion.[1] The home video release added the tagline: "Fearless Champion of Freedom".

Blackhawk stars Kirk Alyn as Blackhawk and Carol Forman as the foreign spy that must be stopped from stealing the experimental super-fuel "Element-X"; Alyn and Forman were also the hero and villain of Columbia's earlier Superman.

Blackhawk was produced by the famously cheap Sam Katzman and directed by the team of Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred F. Sears. It is considered cheap and lackluster, made in the waning years of studio movie serial production.
Premise

A flying squadron of World War II veterans, The International Brotherhood, is a private flying investigative force led by Blackhawk. They uncover a gang of underworld henchmen, led by the notorious foreign spy Laska, who reports to The Leader, a mystery man. During the serial, Blackhawk and his flying squadron set about bringing these criminals to justice, following a series of cliff-hanger adventures.
Cast

Kirk Alyn as Blackhawk
Michael Fox as Mr. Case
Don C. Harvey as Olaf (as Don Harvey)
Rick Vallin as Stan/Boris
John Crawford as Chuck
Frank Ellis as Hendrickson [Chs. 1-2,4,8-9]
Larry Stewart as Andre
Weaver Levy as Chop-Chop
Carol Forman as Laska
Zon Murray as Bork
Nick Stuart as Cress
Marshall Reed as Aller
Pierce Lyden as Dyke
William Fawcett as Dr. Rolph [Chs.4-7]
Rory Mallinson as Hodge [Chs. 11-14]

Chapter titles

Distress Call from Space
Blackhawk Traps a Traitor
In the Enemy's Hideout
The Iron Monster
Human Targets
Blackhawk's Leap for Life
Mystery Fuel
Blasted from the Sky
Blackhawk Tempts Fate
Chase for Element X
Forced Down
Drums of Doom
Blackhawk's Daring Plan
Blackhawk's Wild Ride
The Leader Unmasked