All-American Men of War #106

In "Death Song for a Battle Hawk!" from All-American Men of War #106, Lt. Johnny Cloud faces a desperate final mission when his plane goes down with a deadly cargo of magnetic torpedoes. Haunted by memories of a hawk that once saved him as a boy, he finds a spectral connection to Swift Hawk, his fallen co-pilot, who now guides his flight through storm clouds to confront a Nazi killer ship. As the battle reaches its climax, the sky itself seems to answer with a new, fragile hope.

In World War I, old friends Frank and Pete find themselves on opposite sides of the battlefield—one flying a fragile "wooden crate" biplane, the other commanding a clanking "tin can" tank—each determined to prove their machine is superior. As they race to earn a medal, their missions are plagued by mechanical failures and narrow escapes, their rivalry flaring even amid the chaos of combat. When their paths collide in a fiery crash, they’re forced to fight side by side—only to emerge in the hospital, still debating the merits of air versus ground warfare.