BLACKHAWK 15 Chapter Serial 1952 The 15-episode Columbia serial Blackhawk was based on the comic book created by Reed Crandall and Charles Cuidera. The title character is played by Kirk Alyn, previ-ously the leading man in Columbia's Superman serial. Also returning from Superman is Carol Forman, here cast as slinky Soviet spy Laska. Together with his cohorts Olaf (Don Harvey), Andre (Larry Stewart) and Chop Chop (Weaver Levy), Blackhawk does his best to keep a revolu-tionary new death-ray from falling into the wrong hands. The film borrows a page from the 1937 Dick Tracy serial by having one of Blackhawk's freedom-fighters (Rick Vallin) replaced by his evil twin brother. Blackhawk was a creation of the Late Will Eisner for Quality Comics, which was later bought out by DC Comics. Accord-ing to the "Who's Who In The DC Universe" update, Blachawk's real name is Janos Prohaska, sometimes said to be Polish, other times said to be US-born. He's the leader of the seven-man Blackhawks team, a group of WW2 ace pilots who travel the world combating evil. CAST: Kirk Alyn ... Blackhawk Carol Forman ... Laska John Crawford ... Chuck Michael Fox ... Mr. Case/The Leader Don C. Harvey ... Olaf Rick Vallin ... Stan/Boris Larry Stewart ... Andre Weaver Levy ... Chop Chop Zon Murray ... Bork Nick Stuart ... Cress Marshall Reed ... Aller Pierce Lyden ... Dyke William Fawcett ... Dr. J. Rolph Rory Mallinson ... Hodge Frank Ellis ... Hendrickson