Comic Title: Blackhawk #212
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1965
On Sale Date: July 8, 1965 Copyright Date July 8, 1965
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1965

Newsstand Date July 8, 1965
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V20 #4

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

Title: "Master of the Mold Monster"
Pages: 17

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

Writer: Bob Haney
Penciller: Dick Dillin
Inker: Charles Cuidera

Feature Character(s)

• Blackhawk (last appearance in Blackhawk #211; next appearance in Blackhawk #213)

Supporting Character(s)

• The Blackhawks (last appearance in Blackhawk #211; next appearance in Blackhawk #213)
• Hendrickson (last appearance in Blackhawk #211; next appearance in Blackhawk #213)
• Stanislaus (last appearance in Blackhawk #211; next appearance in Blackhawk #213)
• Andre (last appearance in Blackhawk #211; next appearance in Blackhawk #213)
• Olaf (last appearance in Blackhawk #211; next appearance in Blackhawk #213)
• Chuck (last appearance in Blackhawk #211; next appearance in Blackhawk #213)
• Chop Chop (last appearance in Blackhawk #211; next appearance in Blackhawk #213)

Villain(s)

• Molder (no further appearances)
• "Trains" Tourneau, Willie Strang, B.T. Thornton, and their gangs (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Blackhawks stop a train robbery which matches the M.O. of "Trains" Tourneau. When the crook is apprehended though, he doesn't look like Tourneau. Blackhawk still believes the man is Tourneau and another earlier robbery to be the work of Willie Strang, though the thief looked different.

The Blackhawks then follow the perpetrators of another robbery, which matches the M.O. of B.T. Thornton. The Blackhawks are led to a secret laboratory, where they witness Thornton being given a new face and body by a criminal known as the Molder.

After Thornton is changed into a duplicate of Blackhawk, the team strikes. They force the crook back into the transformation machine, but when Thornton emerges he has become a monster. Blackhawk calls a temporary truce with the Molder in order to stop the beast. Molder tries to pull a double-cross, but the Blackhawks avoid being caught. Thornton is changed back to normal, but the Molder escapes.