Captain Aero Comics #v4#3 [17]

(October 1944)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Letters

typeset

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: 2)

Captain Aero, "King of the Sky Trails" / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Quinlan Jr.

Pencils

Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed as Charles M. Quinlan)

Inks

Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed as Charles M. Quinlan)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

Captain Aero; Chop Suey (Aero's Chinese pal); Jenkins (Corporal of the Guard, Post No. 6); Sam; Imperial Japanese Air Force Commander (villain); The Japanese (villains, many die)

Synopsis

Captain Aero doesn't think that his night guards are crazy when they see and shoot at large, hairy beasts, especially when he comes face to face with them himself. Then they discover that Japanese soldiers are inside of the cleverly woven Kunai grass outfits.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #94 ([October] 2014) [in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Craig Delich.

Death from the Past (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Nina Albright (signed)

Inks

Nina Albright (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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

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

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Alderman (signed)

Inks

Jack Alderman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The hero of this story is not a fictional character!

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)

Burma Roadsters (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Rudy Palais (signed)

Inks

Rudy Palais (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Yokohama Yokels (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

John Giunta (signed)

Inks

John Giunta (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Appel (signed)

Inks

George Appel (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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: 9)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Manny Stallman (signed)

Inks

Manny Stallman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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: 10)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Ferstadt (signed)

Inks

Lou Ferstadt (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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: 11)

Wonderscope / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Wonders of Science Simplified / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Editing

?

Synopsis

Backcover ad for book "Wonders of Science Simplified".