Contact Comics #5

In the shadowed skies of 1945, naval aviators take to the night in a dangerous dance of skill and nerve, their missions shrouded in secrecy. "Fighters in the Night" captures the tense, high-stakes world of aerial combat under cover of darkness, where every maneuver could mean the difference between victory and loss.

When a DC-3 airliner goes missing near Tucson, Arizona on Christmas Eve 1940, the Federal Communications Commission's Radio Intelligence Division sees an opportunity to prove its worth—by using radio direction-finding technology to locate lost aircraft. What begins as a single dramatic rescue evolves into a full-scale, life-saving operation that spans military and commercial aviation, from pinpointing downed planes to coordinating rescue missions for shipwrecked sailors across the globe. This is the remarkable true story of how R.I.D. became an indispensable tool in the skies during wartime.

In this 1945 wartime feature, discover the engineering marvel that changed aerial combat: the B-29 Superfortress, the most powerful bomber the world had ever seen. From its revolutionary double bomb bays and streamlined design to its first devastating raid on the Japanese homeland in June 1944, this story showcases the specifications and capabilities that made the B-29 the U.S. Army Air Forces' ultimate strategic weapon.

When Nazi scientist Von Tramm creates a terrifying device that transforms ordinary soldiers into towering giants, American fliers find themselves outmatched in the skies—until the mysterious Flying Phantom and his ward Kenny discover that size without courage is no advantage at all. With the Phantom captured and facing Von Tramm's electrodes, Kenny must race to the rescue and turn the very invention meant to create a master race into the Nazis' undoing.