(May-June 1946)

Vital Publications, 1946 Series
Volume:
1
Price:
0.15 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
Bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Vital Publications, Inc
Editing:
Julien J. Proskauer (president)
Format:
Standard Golden Age U.S.; saddle-stitched; newsprint; glossy cover; full color

Issue Notes

Brand is mentioned in the indicia as it says it is a Vital Book. There is no logo on the front or back cover.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jim Ray (signed)
Inks:
Jim Ray (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation; biography; military
Characters:
General Hap Arnold [Henry H. Arnold]

Indexer Notes

Wraparound cover.


Contents (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jim Ray
Inks:
Jim Ray
Letters:
typeset

Aces Up (Table of Contents)

text story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Ray
Pencils:
Jim Ray
Inks:
Jim Ray
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation; biography; military
Characters:
General Hap Arnold [Henry H. Arnold]; General Billy Mitchell; Glenn Curtiss
Keywords:
Japs; Nazis; Pearl Harbor; U.S. Army; U.S. Army Air Forces; West Point; World War I; World War II

A Message to the Young People of America (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry H. Arnold; Jim Ray
Pencils:
Jim Ray
Inks:
Jim Ray
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset; ?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation; military; non-fiction
Characters:
General Hap Arnold [Henry H. Arnold]

Indexer Notes

Includes a letter from General Hap Arnold to Jim Ray thanking him for the invitation to send a message to young people and a letter from General Hap Arnold to the young people of America.


Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Ray
Pencils:
Jim Ray
Inks:
Jim Ray
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation; biography; military
Characters:
Lt. General Carl Spaatz
Keywords:
U.S. Army Air Forces

Flying Farmers (Table of Contents)

text story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Ray
Pencils:
Jim Ray
Inks:
Jim Ray
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation
Characters:
Henry Bomhoff; Jim Rosson
Keywords:
farm; Oklahoma

Tomorrow's Airplanes Fly Here (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Ray
Pencils:
Jim Ray
Inks:
Jim Ray
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation
Keywords:
Boeing; Edmund T. Allen Memorial Aeronautical Laboratories

Know the Weather (Table of Contents)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Ray
Pencils:
Jim Ray
Inks:
Jim Ray
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
non-fiction

Coast to Coast In 8 Hours (Table of Contents)

text article / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Ray
Pencils:
Jim Ray
Inks:
Jim Ray
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation; non-fiction
Keywords:
Boeing; Stratocruiser

It Really Happened (Table of Contents)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Ray
Pencils:
Jim Ray
Inks:
Jim Ray
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation; military; non-fiction
Keywords:
Nazis

A Flying Trapeze for Airplanes (Table of Contents)

text story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Ray
Pencils:
Jim Ray
Inks:
Jim Ray
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation; military; non-fiction
Characters:
Captain James H. Brodie; Lt. Commander Taylor; Sgt. Raymond A. Gregory
Keywords:
Okinawa; U.S. Army Air Forces; University of Minnesota

Stratovision (Table of Contents)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Ray
Pencils:
Jim Ray
Inks:
Jim Ray
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation; non-fiction
Characters:
C.E. Noble
Keywords:
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company; Westinghouse

Ghost Plane (Table of Contents)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Ray
Pencils:
Jim Ray
Inks:
Jim Ray
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation; military; non-fiction
Keywords:
U.S. Army Air Forces

Twin Fuselage Fighter (Table of Contents)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Ray
Pencils:
Jim Ray
Inks:
Jim Ray
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation; military; non-fiction
Keywords:
P-51 Mustang

Sketchbook of American Aviation 1903 to 1946 (Table of Contents)

Jim Ray's Sketchbook / text article / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Ray
Pencils:
Jim Ray (signed)
Inks:
Jim Ray (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation; military; non-fiction
Characters:
Glenn Curtiss

Coming (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jim Ray
Inks:
Jim Ray
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
aviation

Indexer Notes

Promo for the next issue on inside back cover.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Contents
  3. 2. Aces Up
  4. 3. A Message to the Young People of America
  5. 4. Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz
  6. 5. Flying Farmers
  7. 6. Tomorrow's Airplanes Fly Here
  8. 7. Know the Weather
  9. 8. Coast to Coast In 8 Hours
  10. 9. It Really Happened
  11. 10. A Flying Trapeze for Airplanes
  12. 11. Stratovision
  13. 12. Ghost Plane
  14. 13. Twin Fuselage Fighter
  15. 14. Sketchbook of American Aviation 1903 to 1946
    Jim Ray's Sketchbook
  16. 15. Coming
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