| 1 | * AudienceAlienatingEra: The Blackhawk series increasingly seemed an anachronism in the comics world of the mid-1960s, and DC struggled to make Blackhawk "relevant" during the time of [[Series/Batman1966 Batmania]]. DC's solution? Give them new superhero identities! This idea later got given a DiscontinuityNod in ''JLA Year One'', where they're shown donning these costumes to stay relevant now that the Comicbook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica is on the scene, only to decide it's a terrible idea within minutes. Nevertheless, André became M'sieu[[note]]though "Monsieur" is the correct word[[/note]] Machine, Chop-Chop became Dr. Hands, Chuck became The Listener, Hendrickson became The Weapons Master, Olaf became The Leaper, and Stanislaus was renamed The Golden Centurion. |
| 2 | ** Blackhawk himself managed to avoid the embarrassment of changing. Mere words cannot express the suck of this "new direction."[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Blackhawk230_3438.jpg See it here, if you dare]]. (He was briefly known as The Big Eye, but didn't have an outlandish outfit.) |
| 3 | * EthnicScrappy: |
| 4 | ** Chop-Chop. Began life as a short, fat, violent comic-relief character who looked nothing like any other human, more resembling a ball with a giant, cartoon face attached. His portrayal got gradually better over the years, and by the Silver Age, he was recognizably human (albeit with some stereotypical elements remaining.) |
| 5 | ** Ever since ComicBook/PostCrisis, Wu Cheng essentially looks like a [[UsefulNotes/TheFarEast far-East]] Creator/ClarkGable with a standard uniform who is furious at being depicted as a stereotype in the comics about them. |
| 6 | * FirstInstallmentWins: The original lineup consisting of Blackhawk, André Blanc Dumont, Olaf Bjornson, Chuck Wilson, Hans Hendrickson, Stanislaus, Chop-Chop, and Zinda Blake are the one people think the most when the comicbook is mentioned. |
| 7 | * MyRealDaddy: Comicbook/{{Blackhawk}} was created by Creator/WillEisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Blackhawk is most often associated with artist Reed Crandall. |
| 8 | * SmurfetteBreakout: Both versions of Lady Blackhawk are more well known than their respective squad members. Zinda Blake, especially, as she became a prominent ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey member during the 2000s. |
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