US Air Force Comics (1958) comic books
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Issue #21
Published 1962 by Charlton Comics Group.$2.50
Cover by Jack Keller and Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Jack Keller, Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. The "newest" branch of the US military (officially created in 1947) is featured in war comics from Charlton. After being shot down by the Soviets, Col. Ruane has to get home the hard way. Cautious WWII vet Lanier earns a reputation for cowardice because of his by-the-book flying in Korea. A German immigrant in the Air Force faces his brother in the Luftwaffe. Getting Home The Hard Way!; Yellowbird; Brother Aces; Pleiser Plan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #27
Published May 1963 by Charlton Comics Group.$5.40
Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. The "newest" branch of the US military (officially created in 1947) is featured in war comics from Charlton. Confronted by Soviet MiGs, a fighter crew isn't sure if the experimental device they have aboard is the work of a traitor or a genius. "Tug" has no desire to be a war hero, but finds himself the only pilot who can target an Axis aircraft carrier. Mechanic Franceski must defend an Allied airfield from enemy troops during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Who Wants To Be a Hero; Playing It Cool; The Man Who Missed The War; Always Alert; Man With a Hammer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #28
Published Jul 1963 by Charlton Comics Group.$5.40
Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. The "newest" branch of the US military (officially created in 1947) is featured in war comics from Charlton. A Nazi air ace is determined to make a name for himself as the Red Baron of WWII. Airmen at Iwo Jima set out to rescue a fighter pilot who had to ditch in the Pacific. A hotshot WWII fighter pilot gets a special assignment to spirit Resistance fighters out of occupied Europe. The Greatest One of All; Hero Rock; Second Front; Ferguson and His Rifle; Big Mouth; North of T-Bone Hill. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #32
Published Mar 1964 by Charlton Comics Group.$2.50
- Staples added (not manufacturing).
Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. The "newest" branch of the US military (officially created in 1947) is featured in war comics from Charlton. Jet pilots Wagner, Ferrara and Wejak form a tight unit during the Korean War, in a story with art by WWII veteran and comics legend Sam Glanzman. Pilots stationed in remote Newfoundland during WWII feel left out of the war. 20 years after the war, a fighter pilot reflects on the man he didn't kill. The Slickers; North Atlantic Patrol; Part-Time Hero; The S.P.A.D.; One More Kill. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #33
Published Jun 1964 by Charlton Comics Group.$2.50
Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Ernie Bache, Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. The "newest" branch of the US military (officially created in 1947) is featured in war comics from Charlton. US forces in 1942 North Africa, assaulted by the Luftwaffe, find salvation in the "Stuka Buster." A WWII ace called back into action in Korea learns that the Corsair is not the asset that it once was. Lt. Rodman becomes a deadly air ace in the skies over the Pacific during WWII. The Ace; The Stuka Buster; The Different Spy; Low, Slow and Poison Mean; The American Way! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #34
Published Sep 1964 by Charlton Comics Group.$2.50
- Heavy water damage with mold.
Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Bill Molno, Ernie Bache, Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. The "newest" branch of the US military (officially created in 1947) is featured in war comics from Charlton. When an astronaut crash-lands in the Arctic, Soviet authorities aim to capture him for a propaganda coup, in a story with art by WWII veteran and comics legend Sam Glanzman. Maj. Cullen is assigned to a B-17 bomber at the beginning of WWII. Navy fighter pilots help Marines on the ground in Chosin, Korea. Riding the Ridges; Arctic Prize; The Battle of the Kegs; The Killer Ship; The Pilots Fought With the Marines; Revenge in MiG Alley! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #36
Published Jan 1965 by Charlton Comics Group.$2.50
Cover inks by Dick Giordano. Stories by Joe Gill? Art by Charles Nicholas?, Vince Colletta, Bill Molno and unknown. There were four of them...four fighter pilots taught to fly by Captain Tiger Tom Parmalee! Checked out in the first jets in 1949, they were molded into the kind of men the U.S. Air Force needed so badly in the dark days of Korea. This is..."Parmalee's Pack"! He had been ordered to go in low...in the end he almost overdid it in..."Low Destroyer"! Also featuring: "Bombing Mission"; "The Griper"; and the 1-page stories "How High How Fast" and "Ground Support Mission"! Plus: 2-page text story "The Elements of an Aircraft"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.
