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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published July 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Flying Tigers bombing Japanese airfield.

Cover Details - "untitled"

Genre war
Pencils L. B. Cole
Inks L. B. Cole
Letters typeset
Notes Flying Tigers bombing Japanese airfield.

1 page biography (nonfictional) "13th Mission (The Luck of Sgt. Jones)"

Characters Sgt. J. Jones
Synopsis True story of J. Jones luck after being thrown out of a B-17.
Genre war; fact
Pencils L. B. Cole (signed)
Inks L. B. Cole (signed)
Notes Found on the inside front cover.

9 page Golden Eagle story "Episode in the South Pacific"

Characters Golden Eagle (Dennis Quinn)
Synopsis The Golden Eagle was one of the most brilliant pilots in World War I--his picture hangs in many an air force briefing room.....
Genre adventure
Pencils Gil Kane [as Katz] (signed); Carmine Infantino [as Infantino] (signed)
Inks Gil Kane [as Katz] (signed); Carmine Infantino [as Infantino] (signed)
Notes Pencil credits added by Craig Delich 2010-7-18.

6 page story "A Day With Lafayette Escadrille"

Synopsis This is the story of the first allied pioneer airmen, to Norman Prince of Massachusetts goes the distinction of organizing the American Escadrille #124 later known as the Lafayette Escadrille.
Genre war; aviation
Pencils Tom Van Buren (signed)
Inks Tom Van Buren (signed)

6 page Flamingo story "Valda King of the Dead"

Characters Flamingo (Moore Williams)
Synopsis Out of the mystery of India came the terror that numbed men's minds as a man dead for two thousand years arose from his tomb to walk again and Falmingo, long used to battling the weird and monsterous, had his reason for tottering before the menance.
Genre superhero

2 page story "Warplanes of Our Fighting Allies"

Synopsis Comprised of centerfold pages of drawings of various warplanes from WWII.
Genre war; aviation

6 page story "Postmen of the Sky"

Synopsis The story of the United States Air Mail.
Genre war; aviation
Pencils Louis Ferstadt [as Ferstadt] (signed)
Inks Louis Ferstadt [as Ferstadt] (signed)

1 page text story "Fathers of Eagles"

Genre war
Letters typeset

6 page Black Venus story Out of the skies above battle torn Burma......"

Characters Black Venus (Mary Roche, Burma U.S.O. hostess); the Japanese (villains, some die)
Synopsis Black Venus discovers that the Japanese have built a catapault drome, which allows them to quickly engage American fliers by surprise!
Genre superhero; aviation
Pencils Charles Tomsey [as Tomsey] (signed)
Inks Charles Tomsey [as Tomsey] (signed)
Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 (2010)

6 page story "One-Man Air Force"

Synopsis Our story opens one day in 1941 when a young naval pilot on carrier duty reported to his commanding officer.
Genre war; aviation
Pencils Ebbins ? [as Snibbe] (signed)
Inks Ebbins ? [as Snibbe] (signed)
Notes Snibbe MAY be the name of an artist named Ebbins, who worked in the Ferstadt studio. This information added by Craig Delich 2010-7-18.

1 page text story "Thunderbolt Pilot"

Genre war; aviation
Letters typeset

5 page Tommy Tomahawk story

Characters Tommy Tomahawk; Red Wing
Synopsis Thrill to the triumphant Indian war cry "Cherokee-e-e" as the redskin warriors of the air, led by Tommy Tomahawk and his young pal Red Wing strike terror into the hearts of the Japs.
Genre war; aviation
Pencils George Appel [as Geo. H. Appel] (signed)
Inks George Appel [as Geo. H. Appel] (signed)

1 page advertisement

Synopsis Advertisement for X-Acto knives.
Notes Found on the inside back cover.

1 page advertisement

Synopsis Advertisement for the book, "Wonders of Living Things".
Genre fact
Notes Found on the back cover.