Additional Information |
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Publication | March 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every month |
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Cover | The Ace of Flame |
Content | Genre: Aviation; War |
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Comic Story | Dawn Patrol (7 pages) |
Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Hartmann (villain) |
Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb. |
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Featuring | Parachute Patrol |
Credits | Script:? [as Pat Powers] |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Capt. Guido Rosso (villain, introduction); other Italian pilots (villains, introductions) |
Notes | Doubtful that this is actually HCK. |
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Featuring | Jane Martin |
Credits | Script:? [as Fred Hawks] |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Tom Raleigh (guest-star) |
Notes | Possible Jenney, but not clearly so. Ferstadt was at Iger in 1941, so he's a more likely candidate. |
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Featuring | The Phantom Falcons |
Credits | Script:? [as Kit Gleason] |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Baroness Von Hohenlinden (villain, introduction) |
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Featuring | Powder Burns |
Credits | Script:? [as Clyde North] |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Heinrich (villain, introduction) |
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Featuring | Wing Tips |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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Text Story | The Owl Squadron (2 pages) |
Credits | Script:? [as Watt Knight] | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Aviation; War |
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Comic Story | Radio Vs. Night Bombers (3 pages) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
Notes | Actually, this is the first recorded publication in popular media of radar and its capabilities to detect aircraft at night. More like a "guess what" story than a "what if?"
A "What if?" story |
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Featuring | F4 of the air intelligence |
Credits | Script:? [as Alexander York] |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Fred Browne (introduction, death); Alec Browne (his brother, introduction) |
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Credits | Script:? [as Rick Ayers] |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Claude Boyle (introduction) |
Notes | This IS Witmer Williams, but it is not "classic" Williams. I believe it's very early Saaf "rescued" by WW. |
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Comic Story | The Ace of Flame (7 pages) |
Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Capt. Lacey (introduction) |
Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb. The art on the last five pages is superficially Crandall-esque which hints at Cassone or Elkan - both Crandall followers. |
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Comic Story | The Yankee Thunderbolt (6 pages) |
Featuring | Captain Derek West |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Tim Cassidy |
Notes | No such novel exists and no record has been found of an author named or using the name Derek West. |
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Featuring | Greasemonkey Griffin |
Credits | Script:? [as Jay Ryder] |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Putzi (villain); Fritz (villain); others (villains) |
Notes | Nordling is drawing "after" George Tuska, so this appears superficially to be by Tuska. |
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