U.S. Air Force Comics #31

This 1964 Charlton issue spans two generations of aerial combat across a striking split cover by Dick Giordano. The upper half throws you into 1944 skies over New Guinea, where twin-engine aircraft marked "77" streak through billowing explosions amid the chaos of "Forgotten Fighters." Below, the 1963 story "The Old Pro" shifts to the jet age, with a sleek U.S. aircraft numbered 488 locked in a close clash against a red-starred enemy jet over Vietnam. Joe Gill's script and Sam Glanzman's art promise the kind of grounded, earnest military storytelling that made Charlton's war titles a reliable read throughout the era.