(July 1944)
Aviation Press,
1944 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Aviation Press Inc.
- Editing
- ?
13th Mission (The Luck of Sgt. Jones)
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography; war
- Characters
- Sgt. J. Jones
- Synopsis
- True story of J. Jones luck after being thrown out of a B-17.
Indexer Notes
Found on the inside front cover.
Episode in the South Pacific
Golden Eagle / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gil Kane [as Katz] (signed); Carmine Infantino [as Infantino] (signed)
- Inks
- Gil Kane [as Katz] (signed); Carmine Infantino [as Infantino] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Golden Eagle (Dennis Quinn)
- Synopsis
- The Golden Eagle was one of the most brilliant pilots in World War I--his picture hangs in many an air force briefing room.....
Indexer Notes
Pencil credits added by Craig Delich 2010-7-18.
A Day With Lafayette Escadrille
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Synopsis
- This is the story of the first allied pioneer airmen, to Norman Prince of Massachusetts goes the distinction of organizing the American Escadrille #124 later known as the Lafayette Escadrille.
Valda King of the Dead!
Flamingo / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flamingo (Moore Williams); Valda [un-named Japanese POW] (villain, death?)
- Synopsis
- Colonel Moore is ordered to report to India to deal with a so-called prophet that has been gathering followers by the hundreds in order to force infidel white men from the country.
- Reprints
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in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #83 ([October] 2010) [reprint in black and white], #115 (2020)
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Indexer Notes
Art credits by Bill Black, added by Craig Delich 2011-4-19.
Warplanes of Our Fighting Allies
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Synopsis
- Comprised of centerfold pages of drawings of various warplanes from WWII.
Postmen of the Sky
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Louis Ferstadt [as Ferstadt] (signed)
- Inks
- Louis Ferstadt [as Ferstadt] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Synopsis
- The story of the United States Air Mail.
Out of the skies above battle torn Burma......"
Black Venus / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Charles Tomsey [as Tomsey] (signed)
- Inks
- Charles Tomsey [as Tomsey] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation; superhero
- Characters
- Black Venus (Mary Roche, Burma U.S.O. hostess); the Japanese (villains, some die)
- Synopsis
- Black Venus discovers that the Japanese have built a catapault drome, which allows them to quickly engage American fliers by surprise!
- Reprints
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 ([June] 2010)
- in Heroine Heaven (AC, 2022 series) #2 (2023)
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One-Man Air Force
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Synopsis
- Our story opens one day in 1941 when a young naval pilot on carrier duty reported to his commanding officer.
Indexer Notes
Snibbe MAY be the name of an artist named Ebbins, who worked in the Ferstadt studio. This information added by Craig Delich 2010-7-18.
[no title indexed]
Tommy Tomahawk / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Appel [as Geo. H. Appel] (signed)
- Inks
- George Appel [as Geo. H. Appel] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Tommy Tomahawk; Red Wing
- Synopsis
- Thrill to the triumphant Indian war cry "Cherokee-e-e" as the redskin warriors of the air, led by Tommy Tomahawk and his young pal Red Wing strike terror into the hearts of the Japs.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
13th Mission (The Luck of Sgt. Jones)
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2.
Episode in the South Pacific
Golden Eagle -
3.
A Day With Lafayette Escadrille
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4.
Valda King of the Dead!
Flamingo -
5.
Warplanes of Our Fighting Allies
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6.
Postmen of the Sky
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7.
Fathers of Eagles
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8.
Out of the skies above battle torn Burma......"
Black Venus -
9.
One-Man Air Force
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10.
Thunderbolt Pilot
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11.
[no title indexed]
Tommy Tomahawk -
12.
[no title indexed]
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13.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Richard Smith
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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