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Air Fighters Comics #1

Nov 1941 · Hillman · 0.10 USD
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Air Fighters Comics #1 is an anthology featuring multiple air-action stories. The lead story, "The Black Commander," follows a pilot character engaged in aerial combat and dogfighting sequences. Another featured story involves Tex, a pilot who performs dangerous aerial maneuvers at high altitude while being pursued by enemy aircraft, eventually making a parachute landing and encountering ground-based military action. A third story depicts Tim's parachute battalion dropping on a German airport (the Ruhr) with full battle arms, engaging Nazi forces in combat as Army Air Corps and RAF forces hammer Nazi positions to prevent them from recapturing the airfield. The issue also includes a story involving a test pilot evaluating a new mystery ship at an airfield, with espionage elements involving foreign agents attempting sabotage at a shipyard facility.

Contains 10 stories
Untitled Aviation story
12 pp · Aviation, War
Black Commander [Barry Haynes, Ronald Joyce] (first and only appearance)MaybelleColonel NorthrupDr. NortAunt Marthaunnamed British military membersunnamed German military members
Death At 20,000
8 pp · Aviation, War
Tex Trainor (first and only appearance)McBrideGordon (villain)Helen McBrideDoc

When four test pilots die mysteriously while flying the new Plummet dive-bomber, McBride's aircraft company faces cancellation of its military contract—until a brash, unconventional pilot named Tex Trainor arrives ready to take on the deadly assignment. As Tex pushes the plane to 20,000 feet, he discovers the crashes are no accident: sabotage is at work, and someone aboard another plane is determined to stop him. With nerves of steel and quick thinking, Tex must survive the murderous skies and uncover who's behind the conspiracy before the Plummet program is lost forever.

Up In Smoke
7 pp · Aviation, War
Crash Davis (first and only apeparance)German Navy Commanderunnamed German military membersUnnamed American Commander

Crash Davis, ace of the Navy Air Corps, launches from a mid-Atlantic convoy on a reconnaissance flight—only to spot Nazi warships heading straight for the American fleet. When his radio fails and his plane is shot down, Crash is plucked from the ocean and brought aboard a German battleship, where a Nazi commander hatches a brutal plan to use him as a pawn. Forced into a Nazi fighter plane with the enemy air armada, Crash must find a way to turn the tables and warn his own ship before it's too late.

Untitled Humor story
3 pp · Humor, Aviation, Western-Frontier
Pecos Pete (first and only appearance)Hoss (Pete's horse)airplane pilotunnamed Mexican criminalsunnamed American military officerunnamed American military guards
America's Air Army
6 pp · Non-Fiction, Aviation
Lieutenant Bob WhiteSergeant Tim CaseyPrivate Joe Smithunnamed American military membersunnamed German military membersAdolf HitlerWinston ChurchillCordell HullHermann GöringWalther von Brauchitsch [as Von Brauchitch]

Lieutenant Bob White, Sergeant Tim Casey, and Private Joe Smith are three American servicemen caught up in a speculative vision of aerial warfare over Nazi-occupied Europe. When the United States enters the conflict, these soldiers find themselves at the forefront of a revolutionary new strategy: using massed air power, paratroopers, and coordinated ground forces to strike deep into German territory and capture vital industrial centers. This 1941 story showcases the emerging doctrine of America's air-focused military might and the soldiers who would carry it out.

Untitled Aviation story
6 pp · Aviation
Jack Dale (first and only appearance)Pogo Wilsonunnamed cadetsPreston
Stings For the Saboteurs
6 pp · Aviation, War
The Mosquito [Lieutenant Steve Stanton] (first and only appearance)General Nelson [Chief of G-2]Mr. MasonMr. Mason's secretaryAllenFrederich and his fellow saboteursunnamed members of the G-2 office

When Hudson bombers disappear en route to England, The Mosquito—the ex-flier Steve Stanton working for G-2—takes to the skies to uncover a sabotage ring operating from the California desert. With his specially armed P-40 and sharp detective work, he traces a radio transmitter hidden in the hills and must stop a coordinated Nazi attack before it can strike. The trail leads back to someone closer than expected, setting up a final confrontation that will expose a traitor in the ranks.

Untitled Non-Fiction story
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Aviation, War
Double Trouble
5.67 pp · Aviation, War
"Mach" Duff (first and only appearance)unnamed mechanicsPower Dive GrantOld DesignerOld Designer's daughterforeign agent kidnappers

When a mysterious new superplane arrives at Clark Field for testing, junior mechanic "Mach" Duff's old pal Power Dive Grant is tapped as the test pilot—but a sinister plot involving foreign agents, kidnapping, and a duplicate aircraft threatens to destroy both the plane and its designer's family. Racing against time and saboteurs, Mach must uncover the truth behind the "double trouble" and prevent disaster in the skies.

Gliding Death
8 pp · Aviation, War
Black Sheep Squadron [Captain Logan BlackGunner Wilsonother unnamed members] (first and only appearance)Major Bevinunnamed German soldiers

Captain Logan Black commands the toughest squadron in the RAF—a group of reckless veterans who respect only him—but when Nazi glider bombers strike, one pilot, Gunner Wilson, pursues them solo and vanishes. Facing desertion charges and a crucial new mission to intercept another bomber raid, Black must lead his men into battle while wrestling with doubt about his most wild, unpredictable flier. What unfolds is a high-stakes aerial battle that tests the Black Sheep Squadron like never before.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $207
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $8,646*
CGC 9.4 $8,646
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $6,721
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $3,239
CGC 8.5 · 2 in census $1,305
CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $1,170
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CGC 7.5 · 4 in census $1,069
CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $780*
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 · 3 in census $729
CGC 5.5 · 3 in census $573
CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $453*
CGC 4.5 · 2 in census $440
CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $325
CGC 3.5 · 2 in census $299*
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $288
CGC 2.5 none in existence
CGC 2.0 · 3 in census $208
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $143*
CGC 1.0 · 2 in census $143
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Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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