WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.000 Are you ready? Yeah. 2 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:02.000 Are you with it? 3 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:03.000 Yeah. 4 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Okay, let's go. You know what to do. The whole world's watching and counting on you. And all you people listening out there. Everybody everywhere. 5 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:17.000 Hang on, hang on, hang on. 6 00:00:17.000 --> 00:01:10.000 Welcome to Checkered Past. A loving postmodern examination of the. Go. Go. Check. Branded comic magazines published by DC Comics between February 1966 and August 1967. I'm Dr. Bob and each week I'll be your guide on this trippy tour through 535 mid century masterpieces of graphic noveldom. This week, Blackhawk 232 cover date May 1967 cover price $0.12. Cover artists Dick Dillon and Charles Khudera. Edited by George Cashdan Featuring with these rings I thee kill. Written by Bob Haney Art by Dick Dillon and Charles Quidera. Are you ready? Are you with it? Then away we go Go. 7 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:28.000 Open up your eyes Take a look at the world around you don't you want to lend a helping hand? Try it on your sides if you like the feeling about you Come along and join in with the. 8 00:01:28.000 --> 00:02:39.000 The Supreme Overlord of the International Crime Combine launches a missile at Blackhawk before the other Blackhawks can stop it. Blackhawk manages to disarm the missile using a weapon supplied by Hendrickson. However, the Supreme Overlord himself was aboard the missile and boards Black Hawk's plane. Confused. Don't worry, I'll be right back with doctor Husband to explain everything. We are the Black Hawks. Hawk call, swift as the wind Big eyes watching from the skies. Listener, here's your secret lies. Leaper strikes, Pen centurion dives in. Hawk calls follow the Black Hawks Honk off, break every chain Weapons master plots the plane. Dr. Hands and machines save the day. We are the Blackhawks. Remember our name. My goodness, yes. It's been ever such a long time since I've seen you. Yes, well, in this context, yes, of course. 9 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:40.000 We see each other every day. 10 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:41.000 Multiple times. 11 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:51.000 Yes, usually. Well, we started in the middle of October with a very, very busy. About three weeks for us. 12 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:53.000 Yes, well, mostly Hugh. 13 00:02:53.000 --> 00:03:03.000 Mostly me. To be age tbh. Yes. So we're in the. Not in the middle of that. Almost in the middle of that. 14 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:04.000 Close to the end. 15 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:10.000 Just sort of. Yeah. Let's say we're two thirds of the way through of that really busy period. So I went away for a conference. 16 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:11.000 Yes, you did. 17 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:13.000 Spoke and presented at a conference. And that was good. 18 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:14.000 Exciting. 19 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:15.000 Yes. 20 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:17.000 Was it in a beautiful place? 21 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:19.000 No, no, no. 22 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:20.000 Sorry. 23 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:23.000 I wish. Although I did enjoy the drive there. 24 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:24.000 Okay. 25 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:25.000 It was In Atlantic City. 26 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:26.000 That's in New Jersey. 27 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:33.000 Yes. And I have to tell you that Atlantic City reminds me a lot of 1985 Daytona Beach, Florida. 28 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:34.000 Okay. 29 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:57.000 And if anyone was in Daytona Beach, Florida, before the speedway really sort of took over and the motorcycle races, that sort of commercialized kind of family destination sort of dominated the. The. The scene down in. In Daytona Beach. Let me back up a little bit, may I? 30 00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:58.000 Yes, certainly. 31 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:34.000 Okay. So I grew up in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. I was born in Miami. Right. So we moved to New Smyrna beach in 1976, I think it was. Daytona beach had always been a vacation destination for people, historically, especially in the 1960s and 70s and early 80s, especially because you can drive on the beaches, which was a very novel feature for that. For that area. But. But in the 80s, it really fell into this kind of like, sad economic situation where they really weren't sure what to do with Daytona Beach. And then around the 90s, and specifically the late. The mid to late 90s, they put in the LPGA pro golf course down there. And I believe the LPGA was headquartered in Daytona Beach. Is that right? 32 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:36.000 I think so, yes. 33 00:04:36.000 --> 00:05:17.000 And then they put extensive development around the Daytona Speedway and. And built up an entire sort of entertainment culture other than the actual races themselves in and around the speedway. So to create. And they also expanded their events in October to Biketoberfest, and then there's Bike Week and such. So that idea of racing and motorcycles and such really grew substantially in the Daytona beach area. So it doesn't look like it did when I was growing up. Now in. In. In the sort of the. The beach side and the mainland side of Daytona Beach. 34 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:20.000 Right, right. 35 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:30.000 But it went through a really sad, depressive period before that revival. That is exactly the vibe that you get when you drive to the beach side in Atlantic City. Sorry, the shore. They call it the shore. 36 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:32.000 Sure. Right. 37 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:35.000 Yeah. So what? Didn't I send you a text when I got there? I was like, oh, my God. 38 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:36.000 It's like. 39 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:40.000 It's like somebody took late 1980s Daytona beach and transplanted on the coast. 40 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:43.000 But what a hopeful outlook they may have ahead of them. 41 00:05:43.000 --> 00:06:30.000 Well, the problem is, I think they've got a lot of casinos there and you can now gamble. It used to be a destination to travel, to gamble. Only gambling has opened up in many places throughout the country, so you don't need to go to Atlantic City. So there are still a lot of casinos there. It is a very strange culture to walk in. I got it to my hotel and I threw the parking garage, but I could not easily find my way out. It is a sprawling mega level casino resort with multiple casinos with mirrors and lights and sounds and giant screens and smoking indoors and all these different things. And it was just like, you know, and. And there were prostitutes walking around. There was a prostitute asleep in my hallway. Did I tell you about that? 42 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:31.000 No. 43 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:32.000 Yes. I don't know why I didn't tell you about that. 44 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:33.000 I don't either. 45 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:47.000 She was charging her phone and she was sleeping sort of crumpled up on the floor. And when I walked off the. I got up really early to get some coffee and when I walked off the elevator, she looked at me and she just went. And she went back. She had her phone plugged in. She was charging her phone. 46 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:50.000 Well, now how do you know she was a prostitute? Maybe she was just. 47 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:53.000 Well, she was a scantily dressed. 48 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:56.000 That's what I'm saying. How can you tell these days? 49 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:57.000 Okay. 50 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:02.000 The way gals dress. Well, anyway, some gals. I'm not talking to any of our listeners, I'm sure. 51 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:30.000 No, the conference itself was held at a great facility, great school, a lot of fun, met a lot of people there. It was wonderful. It was just that. That part was just kind of sad. So anyway, did that came home preparing for that conference. Tons of teaching, you know, sort of getting prepared to leave. Gone for a really important part of my week, which is where the bulk of my teaching takes place. Made that up as soon as I got back. And then you and I are getting ready to leave again. 52 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:34.000 Speaking of casinos and scantily clad women. 53 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:35.000 Yes. 54 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:40.000 You know that what I'm about to talk about is because it's broken my heart forever. 55 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:42.000 Oh, yes. 56 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:50.000 Dr. Husband and I are going to be performing in Montana the weekend of Halloween. 57 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:51.000 Yes. 58 00:07:51.000 --> 00:08:01.000 And guess who is performing? One and only show listener in our area that same weekend that we are out of town. 59 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:16.000 If you can't fill this in based upon what he's the message he's giving you, then you may not know him as well as some people do. Who is it? Who is the artist? Who's coming here to play? Who you would absolutely give your left arm to see live? 60 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:24.000 I'll give you one hint. Third best flamenco guitarist in the world. Charo. 61 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:30.000 Charo. Yeah. 62 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:32.000 I don't know if I can go on. 63 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:37.000 I know now that I've put that thought. I got the email. Yes. Yesterday. How the day before. 64 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:39.000 How are we not tracking this forever? 65 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:56.000 I don't even know how I got it. Like I don't Even know why. I mean, I get an email from this presenting organization quite frequently. I don't know why it wasn't on my radar. If I had known months ago, I never would have committed to going to Montana. I would have been like, oh, I can't. 66 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.000 I'm busy that weekend. 67 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:00.000 We're going to see Charo. And it's so close. 68 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:01.000 The concert is so close. 69 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:02.000 I know. 70 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:15.000 It's just like, what, 70 minutes away? 90 minutes away. Yeah, A really easy. I mean, honestly, this is like. Considering her advanced age, there aren't gonna be many opportunities to see her perform. 71 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:21.000 I'm sorry to tell you, but she performs a lot in Palm Springs, California, and it might come to that. We're just gonna have to plan a trip. 72 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:25.000 All right. We have a friend in Palm Springs. 73 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:34.000 Oh, that's right. Anyway, she is legally. She had a birth certificate changed, so she's not as old as she actually is. 74 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:37.000 Yes. She doesn't appear on paper to be as old as she actually is. 75 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:38.000 Correct. 76 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:38.000 Yes. 77 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:48.000 And I follow her on Instagram, and she's insane, but does all kinds of things to keep herself young. So, yes, I have hope. 78 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:49.000 Yes. 79 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:53.000 That she'll outlive me. I can see her. 80 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:59.000 I forwarded that to you in a text. And I said, I'm so sorry to tell you this, but look. And you were. 81 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:01.000 I screamed aloud at cursed. 82 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:06.000 Yes, you did. You were in the other part of the house, and I heard you scream. 83 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:12.000 Anyway, where were we? All right, well, hey, it's the new Blackhawk era. Have you heard? 84 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:14.000 Oh, you know, it's kind of interesting. 85 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:20.000 It's switched on. Really? They sure are throwing a lot at the wall in this issue. 86 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:31.000 Well, this is published before Fonzie jumped the shark. Yes, but when I was reading this, this is actually jumping the shark. Oh, this really is jumping the shark. 87 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:34.000 Yes. I just realized something inside the story. 88 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:37.000 This really is jumping the shark. 89 00:10:37.000 --> 00:11:11.000 This is Blackhawk number 232. You may recall from previous coverage of this title that the Blackhawks were deemed washed up by the US Government and members of the Justice League. And in an effort to redeem themselves, they have agreed to go work for the the secretive organization george. Which stands for Group for Extermination of Organizations of Revenge, Greed and Evil. 90 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:13.000 What a stupid acronym. 91 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:34.000 And they have adopted new superheroic adjacent identities with various gadgets and gizmos and special costumes and whatnot. Blackhawk himself, the leader, floats around in space. Kite watches everything happened. His new name is Big Eye. 92 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:38.000 Big Eye? I thought it was the Chief Black Hawk. 93 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:40.000 They might call him Chief sometimes. 94 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:41.000 I've got a list. 95 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.000 Okay, good. 96 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.000 Well, there are seven of them. 97 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:47.000 Yes. 98 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:53.000 And since I don't really care for them very much, I haven't committed them all to memory, so I had to make a list, didn't I? 99 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:55.000 Yeah. So we've got. 100 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:57.000 Okay, so you want me to black on the bird. 101 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:58.000 Yeah. 102 00:11:57.000 --> 00:12:10.000 Okay, so we got Olaf, whose character is the Leaper. Now. His character, his hero is called the Leaper, Stan, who flies around in a suit of gold. He's called the Golden Centurion. Yep. 103 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:13.000 Which. He stole that suit from an evil villain. 104 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:24.000 Okay, Chop chop. Who has metallic hands now. So he's called Dr. Hands. Andre the Frenchman. He's a whiz with gadgetry. 105 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.000 Right? Yeah. 106 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:40.000 So he's now called Monsieur Machine. Black Hawk, of course, is the Big Eye or the Chief. He floats around in the sky and basically sort of keeps a watch on everything, but doesn't do anything. Right. But yet he's still in charge. I don't understand that. Okay, Hendy, who is the weapons master? 107 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:41.000 Hendrickson. 108 00:12:41.000 --> 00:13:19.000 Hendrickson. Hendrickson. And finally, Chuck. And Chuck has the most embarrassing costume of all. He's called the Listener. He basically tracks and reports information. And he wears pajamas, actual pajamas with ears with. No, with. With graphics of ears printed on the pajamas. That is a little too crazy. And then there's a new character that we have been introduced to recently called Zinda. Yeah, Zinda is Blackhawk's love interest, who Blackhawk is going to slap unconscious with one hand in this issue, which I agree with. 109 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:23.000 Now, she's so new. She's Lady Blackhawk. She first appeared in the 50s, I believe. 110 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:32.000 Oh, okay. So she. We haven't seen her in a long time, though. Well, yes, in the reboot, and we just did. But, like, we haven't seen Zenda in previous issues. 111 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:37.000 Yes, we did, because she was turned evil. She was Queen Killer Shark for a while. 112 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:38.000 Oh, that's right. 113 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:48.000 In the first issue of the new swinging New Blackhawk era, she got also punched out or something and hit her head and got her original memory back, and now she's good again. 114 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:51.000 Well, she gets hit a lot. 115 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:52.000 Yeah. 116 00:13:51.000 --> 00:14:04.000 Or this woman. She must have incredible constitution because I was very, very upset when Black Hawk slapped her. 117 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:05.000 Yeah. 118 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:07.000 Which he did to save her life. But still, I mean, sure. 119 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:09.000 Well, that's right out of the Thin man, you know. 120 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:21.000 Yes. Yeah. I was thinking when I read that, that's like, oh, yes, this is what they used to do. And then, of course, we have a. An Evil character in here called Supreme Overlord. 121 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:22.000 Yeah, yeah. 122 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:29.000 And I don't know if he's a new guy to the story. Had he been here before. He calls himself Supreme Overlord. 123 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:30.000 Let me consult my notes. 124 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:38.000 Look at this pen I have. You see, look, it has a fidget spinner on it. Listen, listen, listen, listen, listener. Listen as I spin it. 125 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:39.000 Why do you have that? 126 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:59.000 I don't know where I got it. It says on the side, division of Community Engagement. I don't know where I got it, but it is so cool. And it writes really well. Like, it's got a gel. A black gel cartridge inside. It's got a really good weight to it, and it has this awesome fidget spinner. 127 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:01.000 Which community and who are they engaging? 128 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:36.000 I'm telling you, I don't know where I got it. I might have picked it up at the conference. I'm not quite sure. And when I clicked it, it still had the protective cap on the ink cartridge because it's that, you know, it's that gel liquid ink sort of thing. So it won't dry out. And, boy, I'm just having so much fun with this. I can just spin and spin the top. And it's pretty and has a great weight to it. It's very satisfying to write with. 129 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:37.000 So, according to my notes. 130 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:38.000 Yes. 131 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:55.000 In the previous issue, number 231, the emperor who was the head of the International Crime Corporation, International Crime Combine, he was defeated. And that's how Stan got his Gold Centurion suit. 132 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:56.000 Okay. 133 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:01.000 And then the. I remember that criminals met to choose a new leader. 134 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:02.000 Yes. 135 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:04.000 And that Supreme Overlord is the new leader. 136 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:09.000 And was that done in some sort of, like, Romanesque kind of theater? 137 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:10.000 Yes. 138 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:12.000 Yes. Okay. Yes, Okay. I do remember that. 139 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:13.000 Okay. 140 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:17.000 All right. So we open in media race, do we not? 141 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:20.000 Yes. Yes. 142 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:39.000 Black Hawk 8, 7, 6, 5. Inside a giant iceberg off the northern Norway coast, a fantastic countdown continues. While atop the iceberg, four desperate Blackhawks battle to stop the clock. Olaf the Leaper, Stan the Golden Centurion. 143 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:40.000 Chop, chop. 144 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:55.000 Alias Dr. Hands and Andre, alias M Machine, all fighting to save the one man in the world who makes the new Black Hawk era tick. But right now, something else is tick. 145 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:57.000 What could it be? 146 00:16:57.000 --> 00:17:02.000 It's a rocket that's taking off from the iceberg. Iceberg. 147 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:03.000 Yes. 148 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:04.000 Pallas. 149 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:20.000 Not even the new Blackhawks can stop the enemy who vows with these rings I. V. Kill. That was our wedding vow, coincidentally. 150 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:22.000 Our wedding. That was last day, wasn't it? 151 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:25.000 I was lovely. Awfully hot. 152 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:29.000 It was the hottest Day of that year. I'll say it was. 153 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:44.000 I do recall that when that part of them being deemed washed up was a determination they should not use these foreign accents anymore, I remember that. They seem to have abandoned that idea entirely. 154 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:45.000 Ban. 155 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:51.000 Yes, Yumpin Yeminy. The rocket hit Bond on the way. Blackhawk is doomed. 156 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:57.000 What? Did we ever figure out what Bond stood for? Like? 157 00:17:57.000 --> 00:18:05.000 Well, it has to be. Some is form of. Yes. Some. Well, not conjugation of to be. 158 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:14.000 To be. Okay, so. Except that he says black Hawk is doomed. Okay, let's just assume that it does mean that it's a conjugation of the verb to be. Okay. 159 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:15.000 Yes. 160 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:20.000 So that every time we see it, we just ask, is that really the proper use of that term? 161 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:23.000 Just a minute. I'm consulting Google Translate. 162 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:26.000 Well, what is. What is. Who is saying that? Henriksen? 163 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:27.000 No, that's Olaf. 164 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:32.000 Olaf. And is he Swedish? Swedish. Okay, 165 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:43.000 English to Swedish. We have a friend in Sweden. We should just ask. 166 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:52.000 Probably faster for me to message her than for you to look it up on whatever it is you're looking it up on. 167 00:18:52.000 --> 00:19:02.000 Nope. I typed the rocket is on the way and the translation is Rakuten er par wech. Okay, so there's nothing about bon in there. 168 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:17.000 Well, you could type in. What does the word quote bonn mean in Swedish? Put a quote over ban and before it and after it. I would do that, but I don't have my keyboard in here with me. 169 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:53.000 Don't you? Oh, the English word. No, Sorry. It thought I wanted to know how to say ban. The word bana can mean several different things depending on whether it is used as a noun or a verb. As a verb. To clear, pave, or open up a path. 170 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:55.000 As a noun. 171 00:19:55.000 --> 00:20:05.000 As a noun, a track, course or pathway, such as a running track, golf course, a bowling alley, or a tennis court, or a career or life path. 172 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:07.000 Well, it doesn't make any sense. 173 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:23.000 Bana is a separate Swedish verb meaning to scold, chide, or rebuke. Okay, we're not going to get anywhere with that. All right, well, anyway, this missile's taken off and the fellas can't stop it. 174 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:24.000 No. 175 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:36.000 Chop, chop. Well, no, let's use their actual names. Leaper, Golden Centurion, Dr. Hands, and Messiah Machine helpless to stop this giant phallic missile shooting out of an iceberg. 176 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:38.000 Right. So they try to. So they go into the iceberg. 177 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:40.000 Yep. 178 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:49.000 Golden Centurion, The Leaper and Dr. Hands and Mission Machine go into the iceberg to fight the team inside. See, listener, there's a Whole fortress inside the iceberg. 179 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:50.000 Yep. 180 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:52.000 Yes. Which is floating around in the North Atlantic. 181 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:54.000 Yes. Off north of Norway. 182 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:56.000 North of Norway. 183 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:03.000 Well, they make quick work even though these gentlemen have flamethrowers. 184 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:14.000 Yes. And what? The strange thing is that the Golden Centurion aims his golden beam at the enemies and apparently turns them to solid gold. 185 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:21.000 Is that what he does? I think it's some kind of spray that covers them in gold. 186 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:24.000 Okay. And then they just fall down because they've been covered in gold. 187 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:27.000 Yeah. 188 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:31.000 Is it like a. Some sort of disco thing? 189 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:40.000 Well, if you're covered with gold, that's how like Goldfinger and James Bond, you know, cover them in gold. And then they couldn't breathe. They collapsed. 190 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:41.000 Okay. 191 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:43.000 Couldn't sweat or breathe or do anything. 192 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:48.000 So they failed to get the rocket. 193 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:50.000 Yes. 194 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:56.000 Back to ground. So the rocket heads up toward the stratosphere. 195 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.000 Yes. 196 00:21:57.000 --> 00:22:01.000 Toward the floating station orbiting the earth. 197 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:02.000 The Hawk kite. 198 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:04.000 The Hawk Kite. 199 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:20.000 Where Black Hawk and Azynda are hanging out. Black Hawk says his detection devices show that the rocket is on the way. And the only hope is. Is this anti missile missile that Hendy set up. 200 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:22.000 Mm. 201 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:23.000 No. 202 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:25.000 We're doomed if we stay here. 203 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:28.000 Blackhawk. So then he grabs her and shakes her. 204 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:29.000 He grabs her and shakes her. 205 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:35.000 Maybe I'm doomed by staying. But you're not. You're leaving. Get out now. We've got about four minutes. Enough time to drop the time capsule. 206 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:43.000 No, no, I won't leave you. Smack. He smacks her across the face. Hard enough to knock her unconscious. 207 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:49.000 Hard enough to knock her unconscious. Not okay with this. 208 00:22:49.000 --> 00:23:04.000 Now, my first exposure to Lady Blackhawk was in the pages of Birds of Prey where she was fucking badass and she wouldn't put up with this nonsense. No, she would have needed him out. 209 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:12.000 Yeah, knead him in the groin or something. Just got knocked him out. Used her powerful kick action to knock him unconscious. 210 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:23.000 Sure. Anyway, he puts her in some kind of escape capsule and shoots her out into space. But unfortunately something's gone awry. 211 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:24.000 She starts orbiting. 212 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:25.000 Orbiting the Hawk Kite. 213 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:27.000 Hawk Kite. Yeah. 214 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:33.000 All right. There's nothing left to do except for Black Hawk to fire Hendy's anti missile 215 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:35.000 missile at the missile. 216 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:38.000 At the missile. But it doesn't work. 217 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:48.000 No. Because the missile separates into several segments and those segments start orbiting the station itself. What's also has Lady Black Hawk in there. 218 00:23:48.000 --> 00:24:10.000 Now Black Hawk finally figures out what's going on. The Hendy's anti missile missile is not a missile at all. It doesn't fire or hit anything. It just creates A force field around the Hawk Kite and makes things orbit around it. We should mention that the Hawk kite is shaped like an actual Black Hawk. 219 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:11.000 With two heads. 220 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:30.000 With two heads. With antennas coming out of the heads. Now, also, it's equipped with some kind of grappling arm. So he grabs Zinda's capsule and gets her back inside. But he's still got those two missiles floating around. 221 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:31.000 Yes, yes. 222 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:41.000 He assumes that only one of them is armed with a warhead. Now he's just got to determine which one. 223 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:44.000 And how does he do that? He uses a radiation counter. 224 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.000 Yes. 225 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.000 On a long arm. 226 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.000 In the grappling arm. 227 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:55.000 In the grappling arm. And he uses it to detect which of these missiles has the radiation inside it. Well, the radioactive material. 228 00:24:55.000 --> 00:25:43.000 Right. The smaller section of missile is clean, no radiation. But the bigger section is loaded with juice. So he sets the Hawk Kite to revolve at the same speed as the orbiting missiles. And tensely, he begins a delicate dismantling job on the orbiting section of the rocket containing the warhead, Pulls out the radioactive element and is going to bring it inside the Hawk kite, seal it in a lead container and then drop it into the sea. For his final move, he turns off Hendy's anti missile missile defense system. 229 00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:55.000 Which is a mistake because the smaller portion that was deemed not radioactive of the missile then is magnetically attracted to the Black Kite. 230 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:56.000 Hawk Kite. 231 00:25:56.000 --> 00:26:00.000 Black Hawk Kite. 232 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:04.000 A laser torch begins cutting open the hull of the Hawk Kite. 233 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:08.000 And what? Bursts through but the Supreme Overlord. 234 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:14.000 Yes. Oh, wait. He's got a full face mask. Yes. Black Hawk. 235 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:16.000 Shall I get the cup? No. Okay. 236 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:26.000 Your nemesis. Not even my own cohorts knew I was part of the rocket cargo. Since the rocket failed to destroy you, I am the insurance that you die. 237 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:44.000 Anyway, I never did like windy speeches, pal. So about. How's about a.45 caliber request to shut up? I. He shoots. My slugs ricocheting off that crazy outfit. You'd think after the first one ricocheted, he'd stop because he's in a spaceship 238 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:47.000 which is presumably pressurized. 239 00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:57.000 Pressurized? Yes. And shaped like a giant Black hawk. Yes, yes. Replete with feathers or decorative things that look like metal. 240 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.000 Metal? 241 00:26:57.000 --> 00:27:00.000 Well, you can't just put anything up in the sky. 242 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:02.000 No. 243 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:14.000 So, the Supreme Overlord. We should mention that he looks like a cross between 244 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:16.000 the Michelin robot. Yeah. 245 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:19.000 And the Batman who laughs. 246 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:20.000 The Batman? What? 247 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:22.000 The Batman who laughs. Listeners will know what I'm talking about. 248 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:34.000 He's got like a. What is that? Soldier? World War II. World War I soldier's cap on his head, but spikes sticking out of it. 249 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:42.000 Yeah, yeah. So this one man is important because he can shoot rings off of this 250 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:44.000 outfit from his arms. 251 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:55.000 From his arms, which then also. Blackhawk all of a sudden is talking like Sergeant Rock. My own slugs ricocheting back at me like mayflies in a swamp. 252 00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:58.000 Yeah, the metaphors. Like this. Like that. 253 00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:59.000 Yeah. 254 00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:01.000 Yeah. 255 00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:20.000 So he shoots a ring out which encircles Blackhawk's wrist, makes him drop his gun because it's squeezing and squeezing on his wrist. A second ring goes around his other wrist and then around his ankles and around his legs. 256 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:30.000 Listeners think of blood pressure cuffs, but made of metal, and they tighten. And the idea is that they knock you unconscious. I was wondering if he's gonna lose his hands and feet. 257 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:35.000 Well, he's about to choke to death because it's about his. Around his neck. And he passes out. 258 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:50.000 But then as the Supreme Overlord stands over him laughing, Ha ha ha. Thus does the new black era end in total shame and defeat. Well, the Supreme Overlord gets hit in the back of the head with a. What is that called? 259 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:51.000 Yeah, what do you call those? 260 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:52.000 Hook and. 261 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:54.000 Like a hook and tackle. 262 00:28:54.000 --> 00:29:02.000 Hook and tackle. You use them to lift heavy things. It's. It's a. Gosh, I might have known what this is called at some point. 263 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:06.000 I'm sure I did too, but I sure can't remember. It's like what you use when you 264 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:11.000 lift giant cargo off ships. Lever systems and stuff like that. 265 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:13.000 Yeah. Somebody's going to write in angrily, tell 266 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:17.000 us what it is. Oh, please, write it angrily. I love a good, angry, a sternly worded letter. 267 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:25.000 So with a mighty crawng. Mm. Supreme Overlord's knocked unconscious. It's Zenda. 268 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:36.000 And Zenda then takes giant pliers and cuts through the metal bands that have been choking Black Hawk. He is unconscious, which he deserves because he knocked her unconscious. 269 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:37.000 Yeah. 270 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:39.000 This is not a very healthy relationship they have here. 271 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:40.000 Right. 272 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:42.000 In fact, I didn't even know that they were lovers. 273 00:29:42.000 --> 00:30:01.000 I know, but he does call her lover. She calls him lover. I didn't know they were lovers either. As a matter of fact, that's the last thing I wrote here. When I wrote by her, I said, zinda Blackhawk slaps her out with a cold hand as. As he puts her in a skate pod. Exclamation point. His lover, exclamation point, question mark. I wrote in my little notes. 274 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:08.000 Yeah. I mean, up until three issues ago, he was sleeping in the same room with six other Men. 275 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:14.000 Well, so I. You know, I don't know what to say. 276 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:20.000 I don't either. Oh, she knows what to say, though. Please wake up. 277 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:21.000 Love her. 278 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:23.000 Don't leave me, please. 279 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:25.000 Then she starts crying. 280 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:28.000 He's gone. I was too late. 281 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.000 Darling. 282 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:30.000 I'll never forgive myself. Never. 283 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:38.000 Of course, you're not seeing. Her left eye is completely swollen from where he slapped her. Unconscious. Right. 284 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:54.000 Well, he wakes up. He's alive. Everybody, don't panic. She assumes he was just. This is maddening and indicative of their relationship. She assumes he was pretending. Yeah, to make her say embarrassing things. 285 00:30:54.000 --> 00:31:00.000 That's a very, very good, healthy, communicative relationship they have there, isn't it? 286 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:16.000 Well, in fairness, she was Queen Killer Shark. Probably a lot of hurt feelings. I don't. I think they should break up. She should go with Andre. Except he's probably a womanizer. 287 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:19.000 Well, they just decide to kiss Stan. 288 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:22.000 Stan's a good, solid, dependable fella. 289 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.000 Stan. 290 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.000 She should date Stan. 291 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:25.000 Oh, yeah. 292 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:37.000 All right. They dissolve into a tight kiss. Meanwhile, Supreme Overlord wakes up. 293 00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:50.000 Yeah, the very man that tried to kill him, that tried to kill Black Hawk. They start kissing, and they just ignore the fact that the man they took down is standing up, getting into an escape pod and leaves. 294 00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:51.000 Yeah. 295 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:55.000 Hello. How stupid is that? 296 00:31:55.000 --> 00:32:00.000 Well, I mean, a kiss is a kiss. Maybe it's moved on to something more 297 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:04.000 serious at this point. Sometimes when you kiss me, my world stops completely. 298 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:05.000 Does it? 299 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:08.000 Yeah. 300 00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:25.000 Neat. All right. The capsule plummets to the earth into the ocean. The Supreme Overlord is going to summon new transportation by a remote control device concealed in his costume. And suddenly, a submarine appears. 301 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:26.000 Very convenient. 302 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:38.000 He's got to return quickly to Supreme Headquarters to plan the total defeat of Black Hawk and his entire team. Yes, I seem to recall that their headquarters is under the ocean. 303 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:40.000 Their headquarters is inside the iceberg. 304 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:45.000 No, that wasn't their head. That wasn't the headquarters. Also, that was just the rocket missile base. 305 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:47.000 Oh, the floating fortress, I think. 306 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:48.000 I don't know. 307 00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:52.000 Well, they're going to in the end. The Black Hawks are going to die. 308 00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:55.000 Don't spoil it. We're not there yet. 309 00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:59.000 Well, I have a problem with that, so go ahead. 310 00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:41.000 All right. So Blackhawk and Zinder realize that he's gotten away while they were banging it. And meanwhile, back at the floating iceberg, Chuck has appeared in his ear pajamas to report that he's been trying to contact Blackhawk for hours. And if I can't raise him as the Listener, since I know the sound of crime, then there's big trouble. And you guys goofed. Yeah. Now these other guys assume he's dead. They assume the rocket destroyed the Hawk kite and the Blackhawk's dead. They don't care about Zinn. 311 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:52.000 In this one panel where he's behind the red donut. Yeah. Has ears on his legs too. But then on the lower panel, they are not on his legs. 312 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:56.000 Right. That's just. I don't know how to explain it. 313 00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:57.000 It's an error. 314 00:33:57.000 --> 00:34:02.000 If it was Marvel Comics, you could get a no prize. A no prize? 315 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:04.000 If you knew. 316 00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:05.000 No, no. 317 00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:06.000 Oh. 318 00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:32.000 If you identify a mistake and then come up with an explanation for it. Oh, you would win a no prize. Chuck's berating these other fellows for falling down on the job. And Olaf is not having any of it. PI Yimini. All you bon did was sit in your crazy capsule and used to take messages. At least we were fighting to save Blackhawk. 319 00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:34.000 We? You bet. 320 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:36.000 Truly. 321 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:40.000 So Olaf just picks him up and starts swinging him around. 322 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:51.000 Swinging him around like a rag doll. Rag. Well, now that ears are back and they actually look like. Not that. It's print. A print of ears. Look at this panel. 323 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:52.000 They look like. 324 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:53.000 They look like applique. 325 00:34:53.000 --> 00:35:01.000 Applique ears? Yeah. I would be so upset if that was my costume. 326 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:14.000 He picked it. He can wear anything he wants. I'm more upset that this is not widely available for me to purchase on the Internet. Then I have to design it and make it myself. 327 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:15.000 That your costume? 328 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:16.000 Yeah. 329 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:19.000 Do you want or me to do this for you? 330 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:23.000 Or available in action figure form. 331 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:38.000 I would 100 make you a costume like this with the ears. No one. Only one of our friends would ever know what this was. Yeah. Everybody else would look at you and say, what? What? What is that? 332 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:41.000 Well, they'd have to be pajamas. Not something I'd wear out in public. 333 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:45.000 Well, I'm not putting appliques on pajamas. That would make them so uncomfortable to wear. 334 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:51.000 Well, then just. I'm not asking you to put appliques of human ears. 335 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:56.000 This isn't Silence of the Lambs. 336 00:35:56.000 --> 00:36:03.000 All right. Just then, in the nick of time, Blackhawk and Zinda appears. 337 00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:05.000 God, this is getting slow. Go faster. 338 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:14.000 Sorry. Story go explains that the rocket turned into a wet firecracker when it was met by the gizmo cooked up by the weapon smasher. Nice work, Hendy. 339 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:15.000 Ah, it was nothing. 340 00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:32.000 Black Hawk now. And he tells them their new identities are great. Thank you for capturing this missile base. In fact, it's so cool. I vote we make it the new Blackhawk headquarters. 341 00:36:32.000 --> 00:37:30.000 It's always moving with the northern tide. So it's basically a fortress inside an iceberg. Yeah, it's always moving with the northern tides, so no one can track it down. We'll keep tabs on it by electronic homing gadgets on a secret frequency. Why, it's even a better base than old Black Hawk Island. This is my problem. It is a floating iceberg with a fortress built into. Will melt. That's what icebergs do. They float around in the northern sea and they melt. And then they repack when. When it gets cold and they do melt. That's how the Titanic sank. From icebergs that were floating around loose in the northern sea. We know from the Gulf Stream that it goes up the coast of the United States and up to Canada, circles around and goes down the coast of Europe, the west coast of Europe. It is a warm current. So it. So this. Like, this is such a stupid thing. 342 00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:39.000 Well, do we think it's an actual real iceberg, or is it an artificial construct made to look like an iceberg? 343 00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:44.000 I guess we can just assume that it's not a real iceberg. 344 00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:49.000 Anyway, anybody can find it now because there's a giant hawk kite parked on the top of it. 345 00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:53.000 Well, but, folks, the story's not over. 346 00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:54.000 No. 347 00:37:53.000 --> 00:38:00.000 That's why I said, khan, could we move this thing along? Because we got a whole nother story inside. The same story. It continues on from here. 348 00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:21.000 All right. We see secretive individuals delivering a canister of some kind to another individual. We then see later that night, presumably the recipient of the canister appearing at an embassy, knocking out the doorman, sneaking inside and putting the canister inside a satchel. 349 00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:24.000 Satchel carrier. Satchel with a lock on it. 350 00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:31.000 Some time afterward, as the new Blackhawk secret HQ drifts majestic. 351 00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:33.000 Majestically on the satiny seas. 352 00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:43.000 That's not how you spell majestic. Magestically. M, A, G, E, S, T, I, C A L, L, Y. It's a J. Majestic. 353 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:45.000 You're absolutely right. Majestic. 354 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:48.000 I am. I have a degree in English. Of course I'm right. 355 00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:49.000 It says majestically. 356 00:38:49.000 --> 00:39:08.000 Majestically, it drifts satiny seas. They receive a message from George coming through in code. All right. There's no time for Blackhawk to tell them what the message says. He just orders them to get into the plane. They're going to take off, and he'll 357 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:09.000 explain it on the way. 358 00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:10.000 They're a big rush. 359 00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:11.000 Right. 360 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:58.000 He gives the course to Andre. And now he tells them an ambassador of a powerful foreign nation boarded a ship heading for New York. He is unaware that inside his diplomatic pouch, sealed until he reaches Washington, is a canister of deadly nerve gas. That canister, crammed under high pressure with enough gas to wipe out a city, Was put there by international terrorists. Tried to cause a big shooting war. Uncle Sam can't demand that diplomatic pouch to be opened at customs. It might cause a war all by itself. The Ambassador even sleeps with it handcuffed to him. So all we have to do is get that canister without the Ambassador or his government ever knowing we even touched the pouch. Got it? 361 00:39:58.000 --> 00:40:09.000 So they say. Oh, sure. Simple. No, it's crazy. So the plane appears to come upon the cruise ship holding the Ambassador and other passengers. 362 00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:10.000 Yes. 363 00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:14.000 So Black Hawk orders. Who. Who's flying? 364 00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:15.000 Andre. 365 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:23.000 Andre. To crash the plane. But don't kill them. He said, don't worry. George will buy us a new plane. 366 00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:29.000 So the plane crashes. The Blackhawks come out. They're now wearing ordinary civilian unit business suits. 367 00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:31.000 Suits. 368 00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:38.000 They are going to pretend that they are businessmen who have just happened to crash in the ocean. 369 00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:39.000 Right. 370 00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:45.000 They are rescued by the cruise ship and welcomed aboard. 371 00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:49.000 Yes. 372 00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:53.000 Black Hawk introduces himself as Mr. Black. 373 00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:58.000 And there are businessmen on their way to close a big international deal. 374 00:40:58.000 --> 00:41:04.000 Well, I'm afraid, Mr. Black, you'll miss that deal. We won't reach New York for two more days. 375 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:09.000 So Black Hawk says to. I don't know who that is. 376 00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:10.000 Olaf. 377 00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:16.000 Olaf. There's the Ambassador, guys. And there's the pouch with the gas canister in it. Blazes. 378 00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:19.000 Blackhawk. Maybe that's Chuck. 379 00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:32.000 It'll be gas trying to get it. That thing's as close to him as a bride to a can opener. Nice little sexist remark about how brides can't cook. New new newlyweds. Can't cook. I'm sorry. A newlywed bride is. Can't cook. So she uses canned foods. 380 00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:33.000 Nice. 381 00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:35.000 So then there's a little girl who has a doll. 382 00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:36.000 And it's the Ambassador's daughter. 383 00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:44.000 The Ambassador's daughter's doll falls into the ocean. In which Andre jumps in after the doll. 384 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:45.000 Right? 385 00:41:45.000 --> 00:42:01.000 This comes thus the reference jumping the shark. Because immediately, Immediately, easily. Andre's feet sticking out of the water as he's diving in. A shark finish coming out of the water. And of course, the doll. And someone screams, shark. 386 00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:06.000 Yimini. Andre is used smorgasbord for that big buster. 387 00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:11.000 But next, Sohindi pulls out of his pocket a what appears to be a pipe. Right? 388 00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:12.000 Yeah. 389 00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:17.000 And he shoots the shark and apparently kills the shark. 390 00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:18.000 Yeah. 391 00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:25.000 I hope he remembers. It's A pipe. Because if he were to draw upon that pipe, I mean, I hope he remembers it's a gun. If he were to draw upon that pipe. 392 00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:26.000 Yeah. 393 00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:29.000 He would blast himself out of the back of the head. All right. 394 00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:44.000 The doll is rescued behind. He has drawn suspicion with his pipe gun. And he says, yeah, I. I'm in dur weapons business. You know, trick guns. 395 00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:52.000 So Blackhawk screams at the guys, you clam heads. Andre, I know you always make a play for the girls, but that was a screen. Stupid stunt. Diving after a doll. 396 00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:58.000 Does Andre always make play for prepubescent girls? That's troubling. 397 00:42:58.000 --> 00:43:01.000 Yeah, yeah, I wasn't going to go there, but yeah. 398 00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:03.000 Okay. 399 00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:09.000 And you, Hendy, somebody might suspect you're really the weapons master now, because you have a pipe that acts, that also doubles as a gun. 400 00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:29.000 And the weapons master is a well known crime fighting figure in the world. In the whole world. All right, now, Blackhawk's entirely correct, because nearby there's some mobsters. We know they're mobsters because they have long cigarette holders and trench coats and top. 401 00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:33.000