History YMMV / Blackhawk

* WereStillRelevantDammit: 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.
** 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.)

* WeAreStillRelevantDammit: 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.

* WeAreStillRelevantDammit: 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/Batman}} 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.

* WeAreStillRelevantDammit: 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/Batman}} 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''.
** 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.)

* EthnicScrappy: Chop-Chop. Began life as a short, fat, violent comic-relief character. His portrayal got gradually better over the years, and by the Silver Age, he was recognizably human (albeit with some stereotypical elements remaining.) ComicBook/PostCrisis, Wu Cheng essentially looks like an Asian Creator/ClarkGable with a standard uniform who is furious at being depicted as a stereotype in the comics about them.

* WeAreStillRelevantDammit: 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/Batman}} Batmania]]. DC's solution? Give them new superhero identities!
** André: ''M'sieu[[note]]though "Monsieur" is the correct word[[/note]] Machine''
** Chop-Chop: ''Dr. Hands''
** Chuck: ''The Listener''
** Hendrickson: ''The Weapons Master''
** Olaf: ''The Leaper''
** Stanislaus: ''The Golden Centurion''

** This 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.

** Blackhawk himself managed to avoid the embarrassment of changing. Mere words cannot express the suck of this "new direction." [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Blackhawk230_3438.jpg See it here, if you dare]].

::This 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.

* MyRealDaddy: Comicbook/{{Blackhawk}} was created by WillEisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Blackhawk is most often associated with artist Reed Crandall.

::This got give 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.

* EthnicScrappy: Chop-Chop. Began life as a short, fat, violent comic-relief character. His portrayal got gradually better over the years, and by the Silver Age, he was recognizably human (albeit with some stereotypical elements remaining.) PostCrisis, Wu Cheng essentially looks like an Asian Creator/ClarkGable with a standard uniform who is furious at being depicted as a stereotype in the comics about them.

* MyRealDaddy: Comicbook/{{Blackhawk}} was created by WillEisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Blackhawk is most often associated with artist Reed Crandall.

** André: ''Monsieur Machine''

** André: ''M'sieu Machine''

* MyRealDaddy: {{Blackhawk}} was created by WillEisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Blackhawk is most often associated with artist Reed Crandall.

* EthnicScrappy: Chop-Chop. Began life as a short, fat, violent comic-relief character. His portrayal got gradually better over the years, and by the Silver Age, he was recognizably human (albeit with some stereotypical elements remaining.) PostCrisis, Wu Cheng essentially looks like an Asian Creator/ClarkGable with a standard uniform who is furious at being depicted as a stereotype as the comics about them.

* EthnicScrappy: Chop-Chop. Began life as a short, fat, violent comic-relief character. His portrayal got gradually better over the years, and by the Silver Age, he was recognizably human (albeit with some stereotypical elements remaining.) PostCrisis, Wu Cheng essentially looks like an Asian ClarkGable with a standard uniform who is furious at being depicted as a stereotype as the comics about them.

* DethroningMomentOfSuck: 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/Batman}} Batmania]]. DC's solution? Give them new superhero identities!

* EthnicScrappy: Chop-Chop. Began life as a short, fat, violent comic-relief character. His portrayal got gradually better over the years, and by the Silver Age, he was recognizably human (albeit with some stereotypical elements remaining.) PostCrisis, Wu Cheng essentially looks like an Asian ClarkGable with a standard uniform who is furious at being depicted as a stereotype as the comics about them.

* EthnicScrappy: Chop-Chop. Began life as a short, fat, violent comic-relief character. His portrayal got gradually better over the years, and by the Silver Age, he was recognizably human (albeit with some stereotypical elements remaining.)