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Captain Jet (1952) comic books 1955 or before

  • Issue #1
    Captain Jet (1952) 1
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #3712148005
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    Aviation adventure over Korea, featuring a hero using the first generation of jet technology. Captain Jet is summoned by a native girl who is actually a secret agent in disguise. A story purports to describe the actual experience of a bombing run in Korea. A profile of real-life WWII aviator and war hero Dick Bong, who battled Axis forces over New Guinea. Greased Lightning; The Sky Fell Down!; Ace Reynolds: Betrayal Over Pangjun; Flight Heroes; Operation Jet; Hidden Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Captain Jet (1952) 3

    Aviation adventure over Korea, featuring a hero using the first generation of jet technology. Captain Jet must prevent communist forces from acquiring the secret of atomic fuel. The story of Orville and Wilbur Wright and the first successful motorized flight. Paratrooper Bill Manning sets out to find out who's been sabotaging parachutes before air drops. Flame of Death; Destination Doom!; The Wright Brothers: Twelve Seconds That Changed History!; Flight Heroes; Bomb Bait!; Hidden Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Captain Jet (1952) 4
  • Issue #5
    Captain Jet (1952) 5

    Aviation adventure over Korea, featuring a hero using the first generation of jet technology. Captain Jet must find out how enemy fighters are staging raids far past where their available fuel should end. Captain Jet is assigned to take out miniature enemy submarines known as "sharks." A rescue helicopter saves Captain Jet after he is shot down over the ocean, at a time when helicopters were still a new technology. Sky Slaughter; Shark Killer; Secret Weapon; Crash Dive; Flying Skeletons. Final issue under this title; confusingly, numbering continues with Fantastic Fears (1953) #1, which was also listed as issue #7; there was no issue #6. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.