Comic Title: Blackhawk #260
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: July 1983
On Sale Date: April 7, 1983 Newsstand Date April 7, 1983
Source: House Ad, Arak/Son of Thunder #23, Page 32

Newsstand Date April 7, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #210

Newsstand Date April 7, 1983
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #77

Shipping Date March 15, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #210

Newsstand Date April 7, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #22

Shipping Date March 15, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #22

Shipping Date March 15, 1983
Source: Comics Journal, #80

Copyright Date March 15, 1983
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1983
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date March 15, 1983
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #77

Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 32
Editor: Ernie Colon

Title: "The One That Got Away"
Pages: 7

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

Writer: Mark Evanier
Artist: Howard Victor Chaykin
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Blackhawk (last appearance in Blackhawk #263; next appearance in Blackhawk #260)

Supporting Character(s)

• The Blackhawks (last appearance in Blackhawk #263; next appearance in Blackhawk #260)
• Andre (last appearance in Blackhawk #263; next appearance in Blackhawk #264)
• Chuck (last appearance in Blackhawk #263; next appearance in Blackhawk #260)
• Hendrickson (last appearance in Blackhawk #263; next appearance in Blackhawk #260)
• Olaf (last appearance in Blackhawk #263; next appearance in Blackhawk #260)
• Chop Chop (last appearance in Blackhawk #263; next appearance in Blackhawk #260)

Villain(s)

• Various Nazi soldiers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Monique (Andre's girlfriend; also appears in flashback to 1937; no further appearances)
• Several members of the French resistance (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Andre (in 1937; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Blackhawk #198)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Stanislaus (in flashback)
• Charles De Gaulle (in flashback)

Comments:
This is a Detached Service Diary story featuring Andre. The other Blackhawks appear only briefly.

A flashback to 1937 depicts Andre before the formation of the Blackhawks. The main portion of this story must take place in August, 1940 since it mentions that Charles De Gaulle was sentenced to death in absentia for speaking out against the Vichy regime in a radio broadcast on June 18, 1940. The sentence was handed down on August 2nd, placing this story as occurring shortly thereafter.

Synopsis:
In 1937, Andre meets a woman named Monique at a pastry shop. When they first meet, she hate him, but eventually they fall in love. Then the war separates them. After Andre has joined the Blackhawks and France has fallen to the Nazis, Andre is shot down and forces to seek refuge with the French resistance. He is reunited with Monique and helps her group escape a Nazi trap. She is angry when he refuses to stay and lead the resistance. He chooses to return to the Blackhawks.

Later on Blackhawk Island, Andre stares at a picture of Monique as he believes her to be the one that got away.