Blackhawk: Blood & Iron, Hardcover

With a movie in development from director Steven Spielberg, DC collects this acclaimed 1988 series starring the World War II aviator known as Blackhawk for the first time.

BLACKHAWK is currently in development as a movie from director Steven Spielberg Howard Chaykin's 1988 miniseries is collected in book format for the first time. Polish pilot Janos Prohaska - better known as Blackhawk - is on American soil and in trouble. Accused of Communist leanings, he stumbles across a plot to overthrow the U.S. government and bomb New York City concocted by former Nazis out for revenge.

Collects BLACKHAWK #1-3, SECRET ORIGINS #45, ACTION COMICS WEEKLY #601-608, 615-622, 628-635; WHO'S WHO '87 UPDATE #1 (Lady Blackhawk profile), WHO'S WHO UPDATE '87 #1 (Blackhawk & Blackhawks profiles).

Howard Chaykin is responsible for some of the most innovative and influential comics of the last several decades, including "American Flagg," "Black Kiss," and updated versions of "Blackhawk" and "The Shadow." He adapted several science fiction novels into graphic novel format, including Alfred Bester's "The Stars My Destination," Roger Zelazny's "Empire," and Michael Moorcock's "The Swords of Heaven, The Flowers of Hell." Chaykin also worked on concepts for the movie "Robocop," and wrote for TV series including "The Flash," "Viper" and "Earth: Final Conflict."