[crashryan]

I was an airplane buff as a kid and it always bugged me when the planes in airplane-based comics like this didn't look anything like real planes. As an adult I suppose getting a good "likeness" of an airplane can be as difficult as drawing a likeness of a person. All the same, most of the aircraft here are pretty lame.

Link to the book: U.S. Fighting Air Force 14

[josemas]

Who did you find to be the best "airplane" artists in comics over the years?  Alex Toth and George Evans always impressed me but then my knowledge of the subject was, I'm sure. much more limited than yours.

[crashryan]

Concerning good airplane artists, Toth and Evans are, of course, two of the best. Along with them I'd put Alden McWilliams and Russ Heath. There are many more. Joe Kubert could do good planes, but outside of "Enemy Ace" he usually stuck to ground combat. Ditto John Severin, whose machinery of any kind was always right on. Wallace Wood could do great planes but sometimes in his earlier work (like the EC war comics) he'd caricature them somewhat. A couple of later Fiction House artists did nice stuff, too, notably Maurice Whitman and Cesare "Jack Away" Avai. I notice that most of these guys drew in slick, detailed styles. One notable exception is Sam Glanzman. Despite a rough inking style he always took care to make his planes and ships look authentic.