Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom was a serial adventure produced by Columbia Pictures in 1952. The serial featured the titular hero Blackhawk and his Blackhawk Squadron, which consisted of Andre, Boris, Chop-Chop, Chuck, Hendricksen. Olaf and Stan. The team fought up against the mysterious Leader in a series of fifteen twelve-minute episodes. Playing the lead role of Blackhawk was Kirk Alyn who, years earlier, had acquired more fame and notoriety as the first actor to ever portray the role of Superman. The Blackhawk series was collected and distributed on VHS, but to date, has not yet been made available in DVD format.