Fightin' Air Force comic books issue 24

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Bill Molno, and Sal Trapani. Combat takes to the skies in the airborne incarnation of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Pilots risk their lives to take high-altitude surveillance photos of the Soviet Union, in a story with art (and cover) by comics legend and WWII veteran Sam Glanzman. This story makes brief mention of the U2 spy-plane incident that occurred earlier that year, in May 1960. After being shot down, Capt. Dandridge is taken to a Nazi POW camp, but his PTSD prevents him from aiding an escape attempt. During the Berlin airlift, an ex-Nazi pilot gets the chance to make amends to an American pilot he shot down. A Lesson in Survival; The Old Enemy; VORO Victory; The Red Master; High Spy Over Russia. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Despite the US affiliation in the title, this was an original war comic from Canadian publisher Superior, focused on the then-new US Air Force. A reporter discovers the truth about a secret American Kamikaze raid during World War II. Freelance pilot Powerhouse Perkins meets the beautiful Miss Chan, but whose side is she on? Two short for the Air Force, Danny gets his chance to pilot an experimental mini-helicopter. Smash That Target!; Powerhouse Perkins: Flying Fists; Escape in Korea; Half-Pint Hero; Vanishing Valley. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.