Captain Jet
#1
(May 1952)
Farrell,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Four Star Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Farrell Publication
- Editing
- Ruth Roche
Issue Notes
Indexed from scanned copy at https://digitalcomicmuseum.com
Greased Lightning
Captain Jet / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It looked as though one enemy section had enough!
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Captain Jet
- Synopsis
- Captain Jet flies over enemy territory to see is a report about the enemy using poison gas is true.
The Sky Fell Down!
Captain Jet / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Jet will soon be a dead duck! Ho-ho!
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- General Barton; Linda Parker; Captain Jet
- Synopsis
- Captain Jet is flying General Barton and his aide to Korea when enemy troops bring them down to capture the General.
Betrayal Over Pangjun
Ace Reynolds / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A hastily scribbled message brings Ace Reynolds, top American war correspondent to a U.N. airfield in Korea - his friend, Alec Browne, pilot of the R.A.F., is highly agitated...
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Ace Reynolds; Alec Browne; Fred Browne
- Synopsis
- Fred Browne doesn't talk to his fellow pilots or his brother and in fights the enemy never seems to fire on his plane.
Major Robert S. Johnson
Flight Heroes / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Twenty-five German crosses painted on the fuselage of Captain Bob Johnson's P-47 Thunderbolt marked him as a pilot for Nazi airmen to steer clear of on the day he smashed Eddie Rickenbacker's record.
- Genre
- non-fiction; aviation; biography
- Characters
- Robert S. Johnson
Indexer Notes
A brief biography and retelling of the mission where he broke Eddie Rickenbacker's record of planes shot down.
Major Richard I. Bong
Flight Heroes / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At an advanced Allied air base in New Guinea a Lightning P-38 swooped to the runway and rolled to a smooth stop.
- Genre
- non-fiction; aviation; biography
- Characters
- Richard I. Bong
Indexer Notes
Major Bong's fighting against the Japanese in the skies over New Guinea.
Operation Jet
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here is an actual and thrilling account of what it would be like to fly with our courageous men on Operation Jet!
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Synopsis
- A bombing mission from start to finish.
Hidden Death
Captain Jet / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cowering in jungle wastes, charging across sky lanes to pounce on select victims, the enemy holds complete stratospheric advantage... someone has to wipe them out!
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Captain Jet; Gwen Donalds; Major Alexi
- Synopsis
- Captain Jet is signalled by an intelligence woman disguised as a native girl.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
["50 combat action plastic toys"]
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2.
Greased Lightning
Captain Jet -
3.
The Sky Fell Down!
Captain Jet -
4.
Betrayal Over Pangjun
Ace Reynolds -
5.
Major Robert S. Johnson
Flight Heroes -
6.
Major Richard I. Bong
Flight Heroes -
7.
Operation Jet
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8.
Hidden Death
Captain Jet -
9.
["Rocketman out of this world"]
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10.
["Most amazingly convenient pocket lighter for men for women"]
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11.
["Crazy bargain page!"]
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12.
["Powerful electric motor"]
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13.
["Tell tomorrow's weather today"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Jim Van Dore
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