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Issue: Aces High #3
Publication Date: July 1955
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Issues: #3 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: L. L. Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 1955
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, historical, war
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In Content Item: FlagAces High #3 published June 1999
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Rules

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Lieutenant Edward Dale [aka Killer Dale] (pilot, death); Prescott (pilot); Miller (pilot); the Germans (villains, some die)
First Line: War has no place in it for sentiment, they say.
Synopsis: Lt. Dale is a great pilot, but refuses to honor the code of decency that has been observed between American and German pilots during WWI. When he finally goes too far, the Germans put an end to his ways.
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In Content Item: FlagAces High #3 published June 1999
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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Prop Wash

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Richard Duncan, Terry L. Black, Hal N. Opperman, Danny Skartvedt, Gene Wolff, Glen Sparks, Stanley Lipstadt, Joseph H. Wolfe, Jr., Kent Moomau, Jim Cortney, George Bowden, Don Davidow, Robert Silviam, Thomas Fischer, George Glenn, Ken Cosselmon, Ralph Johnson, F. Glover, Bill Williams.
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The Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Captain Dan Williams; Jed Markel; Lieutenant Klaus Ritter; Von Helig; Stan; Morgan; Davis
First Line: Te 17th aero. squadron, United States Air Corps, had flown their sopwith F.2 bently-camels in the very evening before.
Synopsis: Someone is spying on the 17th Aero Squadron. The men become convinced it is Lt. Klaus Ritter, and American of German descent.
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as The Spy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: WWI story.
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Greasemonkey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Sergeant Stuart "Stu" Warner (mechanic); unnamed Captain (pilot); Dan "Smitty" Smith (Captain's brother, death); Kathy (Captain's wife, mention only); Dave (mechanic)
First Line: During World War I, a pilot was a gallant knight of the sky, and his mechanic was his squire...
Synopsis: Sgt. Warner is a lowly greasemonkey after washing out of flight training when a horrible accident kills his best friend. To make sure the base Captain's life is spared from going on a dangerous mission (and whose wife had just had a baby), Stu takes the plane up and completes the mission, trying to make up for the death of this officer's son who died in flight training.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Some of the story is told in flashback.

Warner is referred to once in the story as Warren.
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The Acid Test

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The Squad Commander was a squarely built, rugged man, with a strong chin and deep set, fierce eyes.
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In Content Item: FlagAces High #3 published June 1999
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Pages: 1
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The Case of Champagne

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Scotty; Harrigan; Lieutenant Nick Blaine; Jones; Captain Oliver
First Line: What was it about the 47th squadron that made me rush back to it from that bubbling oasis in a shell-battered world... gay paree?
Synopsis: Scotty has a case of champagne but refuses to open it until they have something to celebrate.
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In Content Item: FlagAces High #3 published June 1999
as The Case of Champagne [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: WWI story. Wessler credit per Robin Snyder's biblio in The Comics, vol 24, no 3, March 2013.

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