Comic Title: Blackhawk #216
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1966
On Sale Date: November 11, 1965 Copyright Date November 11, 1965
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1965

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: George Kashdan

Title: "Operation Backfire"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Blackhawk (of Earth-1)

Penciller: Dick Dillin
Inker: Charles Cuidera

Feature Character(s)

• Blackhawk (last appearance in Blackhawk #214; next appearance in Blackhawk #218)

Supporting Character(s)

• The Blackhawks (last appearance in Blackhawk #214; next appearance in Blackhawk #218)
• Hendrickson (last appearance in Blackhawk #214; next appearance in Blackhawk #218)
• Andre (last appearance in Blackhawk #214; next appearance in Blackhawk #218)
• Stanislaus (last appearance in Blackhawk #214; next appearance in Blackhawk #218)
• Olaf (last appearance in Blackhawk #214; next appearance in Blackhawk #218)
• Chuck (last appearance in Blackhawk #214; next appearance in Blackhawk #218)

Villain(s)

• Various Nazi soldiers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A group of captive scientists (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is from the Combat Diary and takes place during World War II.

Synopsis:
The Blackhawks infiltrate a Nazi prison camp where several scientists have been forced to develop inventions for the Germans. When the Blackhawks reach them, the scientists turn on their rescuers. One of the experiments being developed by the scientists was one to give the Nazis a mind-control device. The scientists have become victims of their own invention.

The scientists are ordered to kill the Blackhawks, acting as a firing squad. Fortunately the Blackhawks are able to jam the mind-control transmissions with their belt radios. Free of the Nazi influence the scientists allow the Blackhawks to overcome their captors. Both the Blackhawks and the scientists then return to Allied territory.