Dates
- Cover date
- September-October 1955
- On sale
- 1955
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Green Kids · 7 pages
Major Caswell continues to lose green pilots and believes that his commander doesn't care at all about their deaths. He discovers differently when Colonel Ross is relieved of command and he takes over.
- The Good Luck Piece · 6 pages
Buddy doesn't believe in good luck charms, but has one anyway: a teddy bear named Happy. Unfortunately, the bear's stuffing is coming out, so he gives the bear to a female Red Cross volunteer to repair. When he suddenly is called back to the air, the bear is not fixed but his pal Pete sends his good luck charm up with Buddy without him knowing it. As a result, Pete dies and Buddy survives.
- The Novice and the Ace · 6 pages
A group of American aces is scared to take on a German pilot with 30+ kills, but a newcomer to their ranks brings back that German plane and its pilot to the field. Then all discover the pilot actually is very young and has painted the "kills" on the side of his plane to intimidate enemy pilots. Dumbfounded, the pilots of Squadron 9 have one more shock: their so-called green pilot is actually a real ace with more kills than the so-called Boche pilot!
- The Last Laugh · 1 pages
- Home Again · 7 pages
Sergeant Ryan wants nothing more than to fly. When he gets his chance, he makes the most of it.
Reprinted in
Aces High (1988), Aces High (1999), Aces High Annual (1999), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (2012)