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Captain Jet
Date | Number: 1 | Lang: English (en)
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When I opened this 1952 comic I was surprised how 1940s it seemed. Then I noticed that the top of the art in the first story had been extended. I looked closer. The "commies" sure dress and act like WWII comic book Japanese. Then I came to panels 4 and 5 of page 4. The non-existent "P-96" jet is a WWII propeller-driven fighter: a redrawn P-38 Lightning! Check out panel 5. They forgot to redraw, so the P-38's twin booms and central pod are unmistakable. In the rest of the panels the fuselage has been extended and the booms chopped off to look like jet engines In the first panel of page 5 it's again obvious why the story is titled "Greased Lightning." Checking out the rest of the stories, I'm convinced all of them, even "Operation Jet!" are re-purposed WWII stories (note that the supposed jet bomber in page 23 panel 1 still has "spinning propeller" lines in front of the engines). A final clue is in the book's final panel. Our hero walks past a "U.S. Army Ai[r Forces]" building. The USAAF was disbanded in 1947, when the U.S. Air Force was created. Poor Captain Jet is caught in a time warp. It strikes me that turning a WWII airplane story into a jet story was a helluva lot of work. The re-lettering is exceptionally good. I guess Ajax-Farrell decided this was still cheaper than commissioning new material.
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Guess that explains why the gal in the last story was wearing a sarong in Korea, if it originally came from a WWII story set on a tropical island. Anyone want go through various WWII stories to see if they can see where the art originally came from?
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Figured since they didn't change "Lightning" in the first story that was its original title. I searched for that story title. No such luck. Of course the stories may have been unpublished inventory.
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The Iger art studio, which packaged the Ajax/Farrell books was notorious for "re-purposing" stories created for one company and/or character into another. For example, a WWII Spitifire Saunders tale with Nazis became a Cold War Phantom Lady story with East European Commies! http://heroinesinfiction.blogspot.com/2016/07/spitfire-saunders-whip-phantom-lady.html
  
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NameCaptain Jet 1 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bi-monthly | Editing: Ruth Roche
NotesIndexed from scanned copy at https://digitalcomicmuseum.com
 
Cover1 page
GenreAviation; War
 
Advertisement50 Combat Action Plastic Toys (1 page)
Letters?; typeset
First Line50 combat action plastic toys
 
Comic StoryGreased Lightning (6 pages)
SynopsisCaptain Jet flies over enemy territory to see is a report about the enemy using poison gas is true.
FeatureCaptain Jet
GenreAviation; War
CharactersCaptain Jet
First LineIt looked as though one enemy section had enough!
 
Comic StoryThe Sky Fell Down! (6 pages)
SynopsisCaptain Jet is flying General Barton and his aide to Korea when enemy troops bring them down to capture the General.
FeatureCaptain Jet
GenreAviation; War
CharactersGeneral Barton; Linda Parker; Captain Jet
First LineCaptain Jet will soon be a dead duck! Ho-ho!
 
Comic StoryBetrayal Over Pangjun (4 pages)
SynopsisFred Browne doesn't talk to his fellow pilots or his brother and in fights the enemy never seems to fire on his plane.
FeatureAce Reynolds
GenreAviation; War
CharactersAce Reynolds; Alec Browne; Fred Browne
First LineA hastily scribbled message brings Ace Reynolds, top American war correspondent to a U.N. airfield in Korea - his friend, Alec Browne, pilot of the R.A.F., is highly agitated...
 
Text ArticleMajor Robert S. Johnson (1 page)
FeatureFlight Heroes
Letterstypeset
GenreNon-fiction; Aviation; Biography
CharactersRobert S. Johnson
First LineTwenty-five German crosses painted on the fuselage of Captain Bob Johnson's P-47 Thunderbolt marked him as a pilot for Nazi airmen to steer clear of on the day he smashed Eddie Rickenbacker's record.
NotesA brief biography and retelling of the mission where he broke Eddie Rickenbacker's record of planes shot down.
 
Text ArticleMajor Richard I. Bong (1 page)
FeatureFlight Heroes
Letterstypeset
GenreNon-fiction; Aviation; Biography
CharactersRichard I. Bong
First LineAt an advanced Allied air base in New Guinea a Lightning P-38 swooped to the runway and rolled to a smooth stop.
NotesMajor Bong's fighting against the Japanese in the skies over New Guinea.
 
Comic StoryOperation Jet (6 pages)
SynopsisA bombing mission from start to finish.
GenreAviation; War
First LineHere is an actual and thrilling account of what it would be like to fly with our courageous men on Operation Jet!
 
Comic StoryHidden Death (6 pages)
SynopsisCaptain Jet is signalled by an intelligence woman disguised as a native girl.
FeatureCaptain Jet
GenreAviation
CharactersCaptain Jet; Gwen Donalds; Major Alexi
First LineCowering in jungle wastes, charging across sky lanes to pounce on select victims, the enemy holds complete stratospheric advantage... someone has to wipe them out!
 
AdvertisementTeleviewer (1 page)
Letterstypeset
CharactersRock Raymond [Rocketman]
First LineRocketman out of this world
NotesAd for the Rocketman Televiewer.
 
Advertisement3-in-1 Pocket Lighter (1 page)
Letterstypeset
First LineMost amazingly convenient pocket lighter for men for women
 
AdvertisementU.S. Diamond House Rings and Watches (1 page)
Letterstypeset
First LineCrazy bargain page!
 
AdvertisementMighty Midget Electric Motor / Powerful Electric Motor
Letters?; typeset
First LinePowerful electric motor
NotesTop half of back cover.
 
AdvertisementWeatherman Weather House
Letterstypeset
First LineTell tomorrow's weather today
NotesBottom half of back cover.
 
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