Air America comic books issue 1

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $125.00 View scans 3" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Edited by Raymond Krank, Vincent Sullivan and Creig Flessel. Stories and art by Creig Flessel, Chas. M. Quinlan, Al Plastino, Al Bare, Henry Kiefer and Wood Cowan. Tales of military adventure and aviation, from the era before the Air Force existed as a separate branch of the US Armed Forces. Each issue also featured magazine-style illustrated factual articles as well as comics. A portrayal of the D-Day invasion of Europe in 1944; The little-known role of gliders in the Normandy invasion; General Wingate's commando squad called The Chindits tackles Axis forces in Burma. Also featuring an ad for a glow-in-the dark necktie, "creates a sensation wherever you go." Invasion!; The Blue Ghost; Lensman's Luck; Fliers of the Future; Surprise Party!; Pacific Pick-Up; The Mists of Doom; Battleship; Airborne Assault; Air Lens; Right from the Start!; Dead Man's Ship; One Against the Luftwaffe!; Bridge-Busters; Fire-Ball; Service Station; Death Plays Tag; The Chindits; The Hinges of Hell; Susie; Pistol Packin' Mama. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Adventures of Bill Barnes Comics (1940) features 23 pages of comics (two Bill Barnes stores and a Rocket Rooney science fiction story. Plus text stories with spot illustrations, and plans for three different full-size model airplanes.Back cover features a full page color ad depicting "The Shadow and His Agents." Cover price $0.10.

Tour book to New York City produced by American Airlines and in collaboration with Bob Kane. Includes an 8 page comic illustrated by Bob Kane. 44 Pages, PC/PB&W, 4-in x 9 1/2-in.