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I love the one-page descriptions of the military airplanes. They provide sort of optimistic assessments. The Budd RB-1 for instance was a terrible airplane. Best known for its high maintenance and many crashes. The Navy kept them in service for all of one year - then sold them all for pennies on the dollar.
The SBD Dauntless was affectionately called Slow but Deadly by its pilots. The stated speed of 230mph was probably only reached during a dive. Its cruise speed was 185mph. Incidentally the Dauntless has a range of over 1000 miles - not 200. |
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Publication | August 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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Featuring | Captain Aero |
Credits | Pencils: L. B. Cole | Inks: L. B. Cole | Colors: L. B. Cole |
Content | Genre: War |
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Comic Story | Captain Aero --Traitor! (8 pages) |
Synopsis | Many times you have read of the daring exploits of Captain Aero. Here is a different story a story of base treachery and cowardice of the time when Captain Aero was hunted like a wild beast. |
Featuring | Captain Aero |
Credits | Pencils: Rudy Palais (signed) | Inks: Rudy Palais |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Captain Aero |
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Synopsis | Out of the mad despair of defeat, Nippon summons a last terrible effort to wreck the conquering legions of the Allies |
Featuring | Miss Victory |
Credits | Pencils: Nina Albright (signed) | Inks: Nina Albright |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Miss Victory [Joan Wayne]; Charlie; Fujo (villain; introduction) |
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Comic Story | Flying Boxcar (1 page) |
Synopsis | 1 page filler about the Budd RB-1 Conestoga airplane |
Credits | Pencils: Paul Parker | Inks: Paul Parker |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation; War |
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Comic Story | Movie Menance is Malarkey (6 pages) |
Featuring | Mighty Mite |
Credits | Pencils: A. Culverwell (signed) | Inks: A. Culverwell |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mighty Mite |
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Comic Story | Curtis Commando (1 page) |
Synopsis | 1 page filler about the Curtis Commando plane |
Credits | Pencils: Paul Parker | Inks: Paul Parker |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation; War |
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Comic Story | Flying Arsenal (1 page) |
Synopsis | one page filler about the B-25 Mitchell Bomber |
Credits | Pencils: Paul Parker | Inks: Paul Parker |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation; War |
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Text Story | Pacific Pandemonium (2 pages) |
Synopsis | 2 page text story with illo |
Content | Genre: War |
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Featuring | Red Cross |
Credits | Pencils: Maurice del Bourgo [as del] | Inks: Maurice del Bourgo [as del] |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Red Cross |
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Comic Story | Blimp Blitz (4 pages) |
Synopsis | Patrolling our coast Night and Day with split second regularity the war blimps of the US Navy Coastal Patrol ..... |
Credits | Pencils: Al Hollingsworth | Inks: Al Hollingsworth |
Content | Genre: War |
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Comic Story | Interceptor Command (6 pages) |
Synopsis | aircraft warning and control is a complex operation demanding the highest degree of team work... |
Credits | Pencils: Carmine Infantino (signed) | Inks: Carmine Infantino |
Content | Genre: War |
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Comic Story | Douglass SBD Dauntless (1 page) |
Synopsis | one page filler about the Douglass SBD Dauntless aircraft |
Credits | Pencils: Paul Parker | Inks: Paul Parker |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation; War |
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Comic Story | The Old Man of the Air (6 pages) |
Synopsis | You have read the tales of the old man of the sea... |
Featuring | Sky Scouts |
Credits | Pencils: Rudy Palais (signed) | Inks: Rudy Palais |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Sky Scouts |
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