Soaring on the patriotic fervor of the Golden Age, combat pilot Blackhawk and his self-named paramilitary squadron of international aces took to the skies of World War II, defeating the evil Axis powers in the name of Queen and Country. Created by Chuck Cuidera and Bob Powell, with input from Will Eisner, this was one of the first team of heroes in comic history, and they've enjoyed a run of over 60 years, eventually spinning off into radio, movie serials, and novel form. According to internationalhero.co.uk:

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"Blackhawk was a member of the Polish resistance, fighting the Nazis with daring night attacks in a plane he had painted black. However, after one such raid, he was pursued back to his family's farm by Colonel Von Tepp, who then bombed the house, killing Blackhawk's younger brother and sister. Blackhawk vowed revenge, and began a ceaseless campaign to destroy the Hun.

"He soon attracted like-minded fliers from other occupied countries, leading to the formation of the Blackhawk Squadron (Poles Blackhawk and Stanislaus, the English Chuck, Dutchman Hendrickson, Frenchman Andre, Swedish Olaf and Chinese Chop-Chop (Liu Huang), answerable only to Winston Churchill. Post-war, he fought both communists and supervillains, even briefly gaining superpowers himself."