Captain Aero Comics #v4#3 [17]

(October 1944)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

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Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

ad for glow in the dark necktie

Indexer Notes

indicia states October 1944 Vol.4 #3 Captain Aero Comics published by Continental Magazines on a bi-monthly basis

The Killers In Kunai (Table of Contents)

Captain Aero / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Pencils:

Charles M. Quinlan (signed byline)

Inks:

Charles M. Quinlan (signed byline)

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Captain Aero

Synopsis:

Midnight in a remote Chinese-American airbase....

Death from the Past (Table of Contents)

Miss Victory / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Pencils:

Nina Albright (signed)

Inks:

Nina Albright (signed)

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Miss Victory [Joan Wayne]; Dr. Hoshema (introduction, death)

Synopsis:

Joan is bored silly while visiting a museum, when suddenly a man rushes out, telling her that a Dr. Hoshema is going to kill him. As Miss Victory, she investigates, but is overcome, and when she recovers, she discovers the dying stranger, who gives her a scrap of paper, which turns out to be a mysterious chemical formula...a formula that the evil doctor wants!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Miss Victory Golden Anniversary Special (AC, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #64 ([March] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Much info added by Craig Delich (March 31, 2007).

["The hero of this story is not a fictional character!"] (Table of Contents)

The Red Cross / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Pencils:

Jack Alderman (signed)

Inks:

Jack Alderman (signed)

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Red Cross "Modern Master of Medical Arts" [Captain Peter Hall]; the Japanese (villains, some die)

Synopsis:

The Red Cross sets out on an impossible mission: capture the city of Yeng-tu from the Japanese in order to retrieve medical supplies that were villainously taken under a flag of truce by the enemy.

Reprints:

• in Golden Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #6 (2011) (in black and white)

Burma Roadsters (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Rudy Palais (signed)

Inks:

Rudy Palais (signed)

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Synopsis:

In March 1942 Japan took the famous Burma Road and China was cut off from the Allies.

Indexer Notes

Signed on the shoulder of green man.

Episode In the South Pacific (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Typeset

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Genre:

war

Yokohama Yokels (Table of Contents)

The Mighty Mite / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

John Giunta (signed)

Inks:

John Giunta (signed)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mity Mite (Kid sized crime fighter); Tina

Synopsis:

Mity Mite must foil a department store robbery.

Salute to the Yanks "The Dog of War" (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

George Appel (signed)

Inks:

George Appel (signed)

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?

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Caesar (Dog)

Synopsis:

To the thousands of unsung Canine heroes who are loyally doing their part to help win the war this is the story of Caesar.

First Jap Killer (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Pencils:

Manny Stallman (signed)

Inks:

Manny Stallman (signed)

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Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; war

Characters:

Captain Kenneth M. Taylor (first flier to down a Japanese plane during World War II)

The Pilot Who Looked Like Death (Table of Contents)

Captain Aero's Sky Scouts / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Ferstadt (signed)

Inks:

Lou Ferstadt (signed)

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Sky Scouts ( boys group); Captain Aero

Synopsis:

they battle a Japanese who wears a Death Mask

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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? (ad copy)

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Typeset

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Synopsis:

inside back cover ad for a Wonderscope (two telescopes in one)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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? (ad copy)

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Typeset

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Synopsis:

backcover ad for book Wonders of Science Simplified