Captain Jet
#4
(November 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; S.M. Iger (Art)
Rockets from Hell
Captain Jet / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Jet was a hell diving relic of the last war...
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Captain Jet; Steve Wilson
- Synopsis
- Brought back into active duty from retirement, and considered an "Old Timer" by the young pilots, Captain Jet is sent on a mission to thwart the North Korean use of drone rocket bombs. He shows the young guys a trick or two, and gains their respect.
Collision!
Captain Jet / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Any captain knows that generals are a problem...
- Genre
- aviation; romance; war
- Characters
- Captain Jet; Tony Philan (General Philan's daughter)
- Synopsis
- The General's daughter comes to Korea to pay her father a visit. She is a hot-shot pilot, with something to prove, and challenges Captain Jet to a flying competition. The two are attracted to each other, but are fierce competitors. The challenge nearly ends in tragedy, but doesn't stop the romance from blossoming.
Navy Lieut. Stanley Vejstasa
Flight Heroes / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If the king of aircraft carrier fighter pilots were to be crowned...
- Genre
- biography
- Synopsis
- An article detailing the accomplishments of aircraft fighter pilot Lieutenant Stanley "Swede" Vejstasa.
Marine Lieut. Robert M. Hanson
Flight Heroes / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One of the most daring and colorful aces...
- Genre
- biography; war
- Synopsis
- An article telling the exploits of U.S. Marine Corps fighting ace, Bob Hanson.
Daredevil's Miracle!
comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Through the centuries intrepid men were laughed at and scorned...
- Genre
- aviation; historical
- Characters
- Icarus; Roger Bacon; Leonardo Da Vinci; Joseph Montgolfier; Ettienne Montgolfier; George Cayley; Otto Lilienthal
- Synopsis
- The story of all the men who dreamed and advanced the idea of mankind's pursuit of flight.
- Reprints
-
in Strange Journey (Farrell, 1957 series) #3 (February 1958) [retitled] which is reprinted -
in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #21 (1962) - in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #62 (1965 ?)
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Tank Killers
Captain Jet / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Back home the papers say there is a lull in the fighting...
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Captain Jet
- Synopsis
- Captain Jet is flying air support to troops who are plagued by North Korean tanks. The Captain tracks them to their lair, an abandoned rail tunnel, and devises a way to drive them out and end the threat.
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Table of Contents
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1.
Rockets from Hell
Captain Jet -
2.
Collision!
Captain Jet -
3.
Navy Lieut. Stanley Vejstasa
Flight Heroes -
4.
Marine Lieut. Robert M. Hanson
Flight Heroes -
5.
Daredevil's Miracle!
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6.
Tank Killers
Captain Jet
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