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| This is a fun comic. The 4 Aces look like a Blackhawk swipe on the splash, but not really.The first story places them in WW! and the second sees them as Seniour Citizen pilots in WW2. This did happen.
The 'Francis Craig' story is accurate too. There women flyers, they did want to enlist to fight, but they didn't fight in combat. They did non-combat flying, moving people and new planes around, to free the male pilots for combat. Russian women pilots flew in combat. Today in some airforces women do fly in combat.
Shame there weren't more stories featuring these characters. |
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| Publication | April-May 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Credits | Pencils: L. B. Cole (signed) | Inks: L. B. Cole (signed) |
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| Synopsis | Four WW I aces agree to have reunions every few years. |
| Featuring | Lucky Aces |
| Credits | Pencils: Rudy Palais (signed) | Inks: Rudy Palais (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Roger MacDonald; Larry Harkness; Jerry Frisco; Gregory Abbott |
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| Synopsis | After Pearl Harbor, the Four Aces get back together to train a new generation of American military pilots. |
| Featuring | Lucky Aces |
| Credits | Pencils: Rudy Palais | Inks: Rudy Palais |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Roger MacDonald; Larry Harkness; Jerry Frisco; Gregory Abbott; Von Gruen |
| Notes | Next issue: The Bird-Men of Papai-le-ena! |
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| Comic Story | Routine Assignment (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Francis Craig abandons her business career to join the Civil Air Patrol. |
| Featuring | Frances Craig |
| Credits | Pencils: Maurice del Bourgo | Inks: Maurice del Bourgo |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Francis Craig; Don Winston |
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| Comic Story | Shutter Birds (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Training Army Air Forces pilots to be camera men is a tremendous challenge. |
| Credits | Pencils: George Appel | Inks: George Appel |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
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| Text Story | Rip Cord Diary (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) |
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| Comic Story | Insect Bombers (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spraying crops with poisonous chemicals to kill of grasshoppers and crickets. |
| Credits | Pencils: George Appel | Inks: George Appel |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
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| Comic Story | Squadrons of Freedom (6 pages) |
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| Comic Story | Aerial Handies (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation |
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| Comic Story | 5 Tons of Lightning (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation |
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| Featuring | Barnstormer Barnes and Jenny |
| Credits | Pencils: Tony DiPreta (signed) | Inks: Tony DiPreta (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Barnstormer Barnes; Jenny |
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| Comic Story | Four of a Kind! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A mysterious stranger asks the boys to fly him to Farmdale and pays them with Confederate money. |
| Featuring | The Eagle Scouts of Rosedale, U.S.A. |
| Credits | Pencils: Maurice Gutwirth | Inks: Maurice Gutwirth |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; Teen | Characters: Billy; Ernie; Pee-Wee |
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