Blackhawk was a Tornado comic strip created by Gerry Finley-Day that was the only one to come over to 2000 AD after the two merged. Tornado was a shortlived weekly British Comic published by IPC Magazines between March 1978 and August 1979. ... Comics (or, less common, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. ... Gerry Finley-Day was a hugely prolific British comic book writer of the 1970s and 80s, responsible for Rogue Trooper, Harry 20 on the High Rock, Invasion (following on from the first episode by Pat Mills), M.A.C.H.1, Ant Wars, The VCs and Fiends of the Eastern... 2000 AD logo 2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction oriented comic. ...

Plot

At the time of the Roman Empire a Nubian slave rises up against his captors and leads a rebellion. However his bravery is recognised by a Roman General and he is commissioned as a Roman Centurion. Blackhawk took his name from a Hawk that he adopted and assembled a crack platoon from hardened prisoners and other slaves. As with other Finley-Day war stories the basic plot was borrowed from The Dirty Dozen with Blackhawk's squad being singled out for the hardest missions. The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 war film directed by Robert Aldrich from the novel by E.M. Nathanson. ...

In 2000 AD he is taken from his Roman captors by an alien species only to be entered into their own intergalactic gladiatorial events against other alien species. Blackhawk adopts a Wookie type alien as a sidekick (ironically the Hawk that gave him his name was left behind on earth). Blackhawk manages to escape but ends up stranded on a planet orbiting a black hole. A Wookiee is a member of a fictional race of hairy bipeds in the Star Wars universe. ...

Bibliography

• Blackhawk (with Gerry Finley-Day and Azpiri, in Tornado #4-22, 1979)
• Blackhawk (with Alan Grant/Kelvin Gosnell as "Alvin Gaunt" and Alan Grant (2-34); Massimo Belardinelli, Ramon Sola (5, 16, 17), Joe Staton (6) and Greg Guler (17), in 2000 AD #127-161, 1979)
• Blackhawk (Tornado Annual 1981)
• Death-Dive (2000AD Annual 1981)
• The Longest Walk (with Alan Grant and Joe Staton, 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1982)

Gerry Finley-Day was a hugely prolific British comic book writer of the 1970s and 80s, responsible for Rogue Trooper, Harry 20 on the High Rock, Invasion (following on from the first episode by Pat Mills), M.A.C.H.1, Ant Wars, The VCs and Fiends of the Eastern... Alan Grant This page is about the comic book writer. ... Kelvin Gosnell is a writer of British comics. ... Alan Grant This page is about the comic book writer. ... Massimo Belardinelli is an Italian comics artist best known for his work in the British science fiction comic 2000 AD. Series he worked on for the comic include Dan Dare, Flesh, Meltdown Man, Ace Trucking Co. ... Joe Staton (born January 19, 1948 in Tennessee), is an American illustrator and writer of comic books. ... Alan Grant This page is about the comic book writer. ... Joe Staton (born January 19, 1948 in Tennessee), is an American illustrator and writer of comic books. ...

External links

• 2000 AD page