Blackbird

Real Name: Jake Baxter

First Appearance: Blue Beetle #9 (1941)

Original Publisher: Fox

Created by: Unknown

Golden Age Origin:

Jake Baxter builds an ultra-fast airplane and names it the Blackbird, but then the Nazis arrive. They try to steal his plane and its engineering secrets, killing Baxter's friend Dutch Berry and destroying the plane in the process. Jake vows to avenge his fallen friend. He re-builds the plane and goes after the Nazis.

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