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Blackhawk #261, page 13 - The War Wheel! (1983)

Location: DC -- The War Wheel!
Artist: Dan Spiegle (All)

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Frank R. Paul "On the Attack" illustration (1943)

Blackhawk #261 -- published cover
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Location: DC -- The War Wheel!
Title: Blackhawk #261, page 13 - The War Wheel! (1983)*
Artist:  Dan Spiegle (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Splash Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 3609
Likes on CAF: 0
Comments: 4
Added to Site: 4/25/2008

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THE WAR WHEEL is one of the greatest visual concepts in comics of all time. (Though some may argue it's Power Girl). Does your homeowners insurance policy cover damage unleashed by THE WAR WHEEL? You better hope so!

The weapon known as THE WAR WHEEL was invented by Professor Merson, who had willingly defected to the Nazis. Arriving on the scene in Europe circa 1940, the gigantic wheel, spiked and heavily armored so that no artillery shell could penetrate it, was opposed by the flying squadron known as the Blackhawks. After a long and hopeless fight, the Blackhawks learned that the War Wheel could only be defeated if one could find a way to eliminate the men steering it. Blackhawk attacked it with high voltage wires, the electric shock of which killed the men within the machine, and the Wheel crashed to the Earth. If Chuck Norris were there, he would have kicked the $&*@# out of the War Wheel in two seconds tops.

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Timothy Finney Member Since 2006
Posted On 5/10/2008

This could well be the best image of the War Wheel I've ever seen. Spiegle is a very underrated artist. (Side note: I have a fondness for the contraption, too. A while back, I watched the Justice League time travel episode on CartoonNetwork Japan with my daughter, and I was like, "Oooh, the Blackhawks! Oooh, the War Wheel!" My daughter looked at me with quizzical eyes and said, "Papa, you know this stuff?")
Suat Tong Ng Member Since 2009
Posted On 11/8/2009

I'm with Tim on this one - quite a gripping image!
a collection Member Since 2009
Posted On 10/28/2010

War Wheel !!!
George Hagenauer Member Since 2005
Posted On 2/10/2019

Actually the war wheel was inspired by something in Popular science in the early 1930's (I have a copy here somewhere)  I first saw it in the 1950's pre DC Quality comic Blackhawk