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Synopsis
Young Davy Nelson follows in the footsteps of his mentor Father Francis Martier and builds his own fighter plane, unique in that it flaps its wings like a bird. He soon finds himself in a dogfight against famed Japanese ace figher pilot Hirote.
Notes
On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Volume 37, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 565589.
Hillman Periodicals, Inc., at Chicago, Ill. Executive and editorial offices: 1476 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Copyright 1942 Hillman Periodicals, Inc.
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Credits
- Script
- Charles Biro, Dick Wood, Harry Stein, Nathaniel Nitkin
- Pencils
- Charles Biro, Al Camy, Mort Leav, Fred Kida, John Cassone, Harry Sahle, Bob Fujitani
- Inks
- Charles Biro, Al Camy, Mort Leav, Fred Kida, John Cassone, Harry Sahle, Bob Fujitani
- Editor
- Ed Cronin
- Henry morgenthau, jr.
- Henry Morgenthau Jr.
- Signature found on the lower left panel on page two
- Al Jaffee
Characters
- Iron Ace
- Jan
- Sky Wolf
- David Nelson II
- Larry Wolfe
- Captain Ronald Britain
- Sylvia Manners
- Flying Dutchman
- Birdie
- The Black Angel
- Airboy
- Orville Wright
- Colin P. Kelly
- Wilbur Wright
- Hirote
- Brother Francis Martier
- Amelia Earhart
- Billy Mitchell
- Wiley Post
- Colonel von Tundra
- Cocky Roche
- Joseph Goebbels
- Hermann Göring
- The Judge
- Adolf Hitler
- The Turtle
- Heinrich Himmler
- Frisco
- Lady Lawton
- Baroness Blood
- Wun Wing Spin
- Jack Gatling
- Bald Eagle
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