Contact Comics #10

When a fascist pilot calling herself the Ace of Blades seizes a military aircraft equipped with experimental atomic machine guns, she becomes an unstoppable threat to democracy itself—broadcasting her power to followers worldwide and downing Allied squadrons with ease. The Golden Eagle, a renowned hero, takes to the skies to hunt her down before her new weaponry tips the balance of power toward tyranny. What unfolds is an explosive aerial duel between two formidable aces, with the fate of nations hanging in the balance.

When ex-U.S.O. hostess Mary Roche—secretly the crime-fighter Black Venus—must deliver crucial evidence against the seditious America Fronters to Washington, she unexpectedly reunites with Mike Williams, a war-weary fighter ace who's sworn off the fight for justice. Reluctant to get involved, Mike finds himself drawn back into action when the Fronters' desperation forces his hand, and he discovers that the peace he was chasing might not be worth the price of stepping aside.

A newly promoted Navy pilot, Lieutenant Joseph R. Carlton, receives his first assignment aboard the U.S.S. Bennington, a brand-new aircraft carrier heading out for its shakedown cruise. When Carlton and his fellow airmen fly out to join the ship, they witness the carrier's first flight quarters as planes begin their approach to land—a thrilling introduction to carrier operations that will test everyone's skill and nerve.

A Navy pilot recounts his shakedown cruise aboard the USS Bennington, from his nerve-wracking first landing in a Helldiver to the daily rhythm of carrier operations—practice runs, maintenance checks, downtime with fellow officers, and the crucial lessons learned under wartime conditions. Through a mix of personal reflection and technical detail, the story captures what it took to master carrier aviation during World War II.

Attached to naval bases worldwide, crash boats stand ready around the clock to rescue downed aircraft, torpedoed crews, and disaster victims at sea—and this story follows their vital missions from salvaging a submerged Corsair plane against the clock to rushing lifesaving serum to a tropical island facing a typhoid outbreak. When enemy forces test their mettle, these 63-foot vessels prove they're more than rescue craft, armed and crewed to defend themselves and their critical work. A gripping tribute to the unsung mariners who answer the call in the deadliest waters.

When forest fires threaten remote mountain terrain, the U.S. Forest Service turns to an audacious new tactic: trained parachutists who jump directly into danger zones to battle the blazes before they spread. "Aerial Firemen" chronicles the real development of this revolutionary aerial firefighting corps, from early experimental jumps through full deployment across the nation's protected forests. Witness the ingenuity, courage, and specialized equipment that transformed wildfire response and proved that the sky itself could become the frontline of forest defense.