Wings Comics #37

When a Navy pilot and his bombardier spot three German U-boats surfaced in the Atlantic, they seize the chance for a daring attack—but the enemy's defensive firepower turns the bombing run into a desperate race against the clock. As Al Symond fights to keep his damaged BD-2 steady through withering flak, his crew must make every remaining bomb count before the submarines escape into the depths. "Sneak Blitz" puts you in the cockpit of a harrowing anti-submarine patrol where split-second decisions mean the difference between victory and the ocean floor.

When Nazi spy Schultz sabotages a test flight by replacing the oxygen tanks with carbon dioxide, American observer Suicide Smith and pilot Latham narrowly survive the deadly trap—but Schultz escapes with the stolen plane blueprints. Smith commandeers a pursuit plane to chase down Schultz and his blonde accomplice before they can deliver the plans to a waiting U-boat, leading to a desperate mid-air confrontation over the darkening coastline.

Greasemonkey Griffin finds himself stuck in a stolen RAF plane with a mysterious old man and his unproven invention, just as a bombing raid against German U-boat bases unfolds in thick fog below. What starts as an annoying interference with an overworked mechanic becomes an unexpected—and chaotic—opportunity to test the old man's strange new device right in the middle of active combat. The real question is whether Griffin and his unlikely passenger will survive long enough for anyone to realize what they've actually accomplished.

Marion Carl rose from an Oregon farm to become a Marine aviator, earning his reputation as the "Zero Man" through relentless combat over the Pacific's deadliest skies. This 1943 profile follows his baptism of fire at Midway and his bold tactics over Guadalcanal, where he learned to outmaneuver Japan's most formidable fighters—and paid the price when one caught him unprepared. With 17 enemy aircraft to his credit and two Navy Crosses recognizing his skill, Carl's story proves that quiet determination can forge a hero in the heat of war.