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Character Template Character Template
Real Name
Current Alias

Aliases
Bart Hawk; Black Hawk

Identity

Alignment

Affiliation
Blackhawk Squadron; Blackhawk Airways; Blackhawk Express; formerly the Polish Resistance during World War Two.

Relatives
Jozek Prohaska (brother, deceased); Unnamed sister (deceased); Unnamed father (deceased); Unnamed mother (deceased); Wladyslaw Prohaska (uncle, presumably deceased); Kazimiera Prohaska (aunt, presumably deceased)

Universe

Base Of Operations
Blackhawk Island; Washington, D.C.; also the European theatre of operations during World War II.

Characteristics
Gender

Height
6' 1."

Weight
195 lbs (89 kg)

Eyes

Hair

Status
Citizenship

Marital Status

Occupation
Squadron leader; charter pilot

Education
Unknown

Origin
Origin
Janos Prohaska was born on October 10th, 1912 in Krakow, Poland. Other sources give his date of birth as October 31st.

Place of Birth
Krakow, Poland


First appearance

Contents

History

Janos Prohaska of Poland became a world-renowned pilot during the Spanish Civil War. After the Nazis invaded his home country, he, now known as Blackhawk, joined with several of his friends to combat them as the Blackhawk Squadron.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Janos Prohaska did not possess any superhuman capabilities.

Abilities

Excellent pilot, leader, and hand-to-hand combatant.

Strength level

In his prime, Janos possessed the strength level of a man his age, size and weight who engaged in intensive regular exercise.

Paraphernalia

Transportation

Originally, a Grumman F5F Skyrocket; later a Lockheed P-38, a Douglas D558-1, and eventually a Lockheed XDF-90.

Weapons

1940s era military issue sidearm. Janos likely upgraded his weaponry as he grew older.

Notes

  • Originally, the adventures of Janos Prohaska and the other Blackhawks was germaine to the continuity of Earth-X, which also included all of the characters formerly owned by Quality Comics. In Earth-X and Earth-One continuity, the Blackhawk leader used the anglicized name Bart Hawk. Following the collapse of the Multiverse in the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths, Janos and his colleagues migrated to the Post-Crisis environment and they are now canonically recognized in New Earth continuity.

Trivia

  • Actor Kirk Alyn portrayed the role of Blackhawk in the 1952 Blackhawk serial. In the serial, Alyn's character was known only as Blackhawk. Alyn is more famously known as the first actor to portray the role of Superman in the original Republic serials.
  • The name "Janos Prohaska" is not an entirely correct Polish name. There is no such Polish name as "Janos"; a more Polish name would be "Janusz". Also, the name "Prohaska" does not sound Polish; it looks more Czech or Slovenian.

See Also

Recommended Reading

Links and References

Footnotes

This article uses material from the "Janos Prohaska (New Earth)" article on the DC Comics wiki at Wikia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License.







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