Air Ace #v2#11
(September 1945)

Street and Smith, 1944 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Street & Smith Publications Inc.
Editing
William De Grouchy (editor)

The Whip Launch (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Payne (signed as Payne)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
aviation

Indexer Notes

The corresponding story in the comic is titled Ride on Air

Red Benedict (Table of Contents: 1)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Haskell Cohen (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography; war
Characters
Major William 'Red' Benedict (fighter bomber pilot)

Indexer Notes

This is a 'magazine' article with sepia-tone photos

Radar Is at Least 60,000,000 Years Old (Table of Contents: 2)

Air Ace Science Feature / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
math & science; war

Indexer Notes

A 'magazine' article with sepia-tone photos

Lightning (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Alfred Klein (credited as Alfred M. Klein)
Letters
typeset

Genre
math & science

Indexer Notes

Page 3 is at the back of the comic.
A 'magazine' article with sepia-tone photos

Ready,- Set,- Ditch!! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war; aviation
Synopsis
About the rescue branch of the R.A.F.

Ride on Air (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Payne (signed as Payne)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
aviation
Synopsis
The first in a series of 'ground courses' on soaring & gliding

The American Air Ace Primary Glider (Table of Contents: 6)

activity / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Payne (signed as Payne)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
aviation
Synopsis
Part 1 of plans for building a glider

Meteorology the Science of the Weather! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Evans (credited)
Pencils
Ray Evans (credited, signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
math & science
Synopsis
All about weather science

Invisible Gold Rush (Table of Contents: 8)

Air Ace Science and Mystery Story / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Payne (signed as Payne)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
Two young fliers in the future show us possible future science

Indexer Notes

Set in 1965; #6 in a series

The Ascender Is News!! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
aviation
Synopsis
About a new plane: the Curtis Ascender XP-55

Which Way to Point Barrow? (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Alfred Klein (credited as Al Klein)
Letters
typeset

Genre
aviation; biography
Characters
Wiley Post (one of America's greatest fliers)
Synopsis
The career of flier Wiley Post

Streamlining Makes for Speed (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
math & science
Synopsis
about a display of streamlining effects

Indexer Notes

A 'magazine' article with sepia-tone photos

Biggest of Them All (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
aviation
Synopsis
About a proposed new giant plane: the 204-seat Consolidated Vultee Clipper

Indexer Notes

A 'magazine' article with sepia-tone photos

Two Famous Airplane Stamps - Italy, Spain (Table of Contents: 13)

Aviation in Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset; ?(in the illustrations)

Genre
non-fiction

Air Ace (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Whip Launch
  2. 1. Red Benedict
  3. 2. Radar Is at Least 60,000,000 Years Old
    Air Ace Science Feature
  4. 3. Lightning
  5. 4. Ready,- Set,- Ditch!!
  6. 5. Ride on Air
  7. 6. The American Air Ace Primary Glider
  8. 7. Meteorology the Science of the Weather!
  9. 8. Invisible Gold Rush
    Air Ace Science and Mystery Story
  10. 9. The Ascender Is News!!
  11. 10. Which Way to Point Barrow?
  12. 11. Streamlining Makes for Speed
  13. 12. Biggest of Them All
  14. 13. Two Famous Airplane Stamps - Italy, Spain
    Aviation in Stamps
  15. 14. Air Ace
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Jochen G.
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Len Wolinsky