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Issue: Air Ace #8
Publication Date: February 1947
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Issues: #8 of 20 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagStreet and Smith
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Street & Smith Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/13/1946
Volume: 3
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cover mistakenly says Vol. 5 No. 8

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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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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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Lt. Bill Barnes
First Line: Danger - Aerial Target
Synopsis: Lt. Bill Barnes is a victim of friendly fire.
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Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Lt. Bill Barnes; Lt. Nogude; Yeoman Pinks; Admiral Pinks
First Line: To determine the XP-35's... or Flying Wing's... defense against fighter plane attack...
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Pages: 8
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Atom Bomb over Bikini

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Al Klein; Maj. Harold H. (Butch) Wood; Maj. Woodrow P. Swancutt
Synopsis: Air Aces staff correspondent Al Klein experiences the Atom Bomb tests in the Marshall Islands first hand.
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Pages: 16
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The Iron Horse and the Years to Come!

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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Joe Paxton (train engineer); Joe Paxton Jr.
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Pages: 4.33
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Statement of Ownership

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: The corporation of Street & Smith Publications is owned through stock holdings by Gerald H. Smith, Ormond V. Gould, Allen L. Grammer, and Franklin S. Forsberg.
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The Steerable Wing!

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Genres: aviation
Character(s): George Spratt, Jr.
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Pages: 4
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Let's Fly Your Skymobile!

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Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Junior Joe; Stuffy
Synopsis: Two kids try out a hybrid airplane/automobile.
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Pages: 4
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The Trouble with Treasure

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Aannie the Aardvark
Character(s): Aannie the Aardvark; Ggus the gopher
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Pages: 5
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Late Again!

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Bumpy
Character(s): Bumpy the rabbit
Synopsis: Bumpy sleeps in and has to hurry to get to work, where he is part of a furniture store's window display, sleeping in a bed.
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Shooting the V-2

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Lt. Col. Harold R. Turner; Hanson W. Baldwin; Gen. Joseph T. Stilwell; Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson; Vice-Admiral W.H.P. Blandy; Maj. Herbert W. Karsch
Synopsis: U.S. Army Ordnance testing of rockets.
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The Strangest Things Happen to Ships

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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): You Won't Believe It, But...
Character(s): Babe Ruth; Cornelius Warmerdam; Willie Hoppe
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Stamps in Aviation
First Line: Only stamps in the world...
Synopsis: A Chinese airmail stamp commemorating the first Atomic Bomb, plus facts about the Great Wall of China.
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Here's the Sportman's Safety Code for Daisy Air Rifle Owners

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Disclose Notes: On back cover.

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