XOWComics.com

Issue: Aces High #1

- Attribution History

Publication Date: March 1955

Issue #1
- ✔ #1
- #2
- #3
- #4
- #5
- Show Variants

Detail

Issues: #1 of 5 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: [no rating]

Publisher: Flag

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: L. L. Publishing Co. Inc.

On Sale Date: 01/18/1955

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.

Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.

Paper Stock: newsprint

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Reprinted In7

6 Content Items

reprinted 6 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:

Aces High #1 published April 1999 as Prop Wash [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images2

- View Linked Content Item
- View Cover Detail

Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

- View Linked Content Item
- View Cover Detail

Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Assets1

- View Extra Large
- View Cover Detail

Indicia

Content Items (7 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: aviation, historical, war

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Aces High #1 published April 1999
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook page posting, Comics Logos A #2: ACES HIGH, on 2 January 2021.

Prop Wash

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: This magazine, ACES HIGH, is the fourth of E.C.'s New Direction" publications.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Message from The Editors.

The Way It Was

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: aviation, war

Character(s): Gramps (pilot); unnamed grandson; Major Travers (pilot); Phil (pilot); Manfred von Richthofen (villain); the Germans [Baron Lt. Erik von Krassin; Josef; others unnamed] (villains, some die)

First Line: Today, it is difficult to believe that modern jet fighter planes, with their supersomic speeds and awesome firepower

Synopsis: An aged former World War I pilot discusses with his grandson how wars were fought back in his day, and even though the planes of today have changed, the results of war: death, destruction, and misery, have not.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Aces High #1 published April 1999
as The Way It Was [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Much of the story is told in flashback.

The Stork with Talons

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: historical, military, non-fiction, war

First Line: Early in 1915, an ex-infrantryman named Charles Nungesser reported for duty at a French Air Base on the Western Front.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Aces High #1 published April 1999
as The Stork With Talons [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Biography of French ace Charles Nungesser.

The Outsider

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Character(s): Lieutenant Tom Pomeroy; Major Hank Conners (squadron leader, death); Lieutenant Regan; Lieutenant Burton; unnamed Colonel (Squadron Commanding Officer); Cartwrightthe Germans (villains, some die)

First Line: You're lieutenant Tom Pomeroy.

Synopsis: Having just joined the 37th "Blue Blazes" Aero Squadron, Lt. Pomeroy is standing on the grassy field called "Bar Sur Seine", awaiting the return on squadron planes after their encounter with German aircraft. However, squadron members give Pomeroy the cold shoulder and later learns that older squadron members are highly suspicious of "newbies" in their unit. But one day, as he returns to base, he sees a fleet of Fokkers machine gunning the field, so he goes on the attack and successfully downs half the enemy fleet and causing the rest to turn and flee. From that moment on, he is accepted.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Aces High #1 published April 1999
as The Outsider [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

The Mascot

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Character(s): World War 1 pilots [Mark Madison; Lt. Joe Lane (death); Ed; Art; Mike]; Prop (squadron dog mascot); Germans (villains, many die)

First Line: It was a bleak winter day in 1918.

Synopsis: A new recruit to the squadron, Lane, is given the facts about the mascot for the group: a dog that sits on the runway when the unit takes off and remains there until all have returned. If a pilot is overdue, and the dog senses he will return, he maintains his place on the runway. In effect, the dog has become a barometer of life and death.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Aces High #1 published April 1999
as The Mascot [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Story set in 1918 during World War 1.

The New C.O.

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: war

First Line: At twenty-three, I was the old man of the 210th Pursuit Squadron because I was the only one out of the original outfit that had survived.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Aces High #1 published April 1999
as The New C.O. [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 7