Liberty Scouts Comics #3
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Lt. Frank Luke, Jr." in Liberty Scouts Comics #3 (1941) delivers a poignant wartime tribute, spotlighting the real-life heroism of the young aviator during a pivotal moment in history. The story arrives amid a shift in identity, as the team and title evolve to the Liberty Guards Comics—prompted by a change in uniforms and a desire to clarify the magazine’s independence from the Boy Scouts of America. Cover by Myron Strauss captures the era’s spirit with bold, period-accurate detail.
Lt. Frank Luke, Jr. was a twenty-year-old Arizona pilot who joined the 27th Squadron in September 1918 and quickly became one of the war's most formidable airmen, credited with an extraordinary seventeen balloon victories in just seventeen days. On September 18th alone, he downed two balloons, two Fokker fighters, and a reconnaissance aircraft in a breathtaking seven-minute span—a record that still stands. Forced down behind enemy lines, Luke refused to surrender and was killed on September 30th while continuing his relentless assault on enemy forces.
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