U.S. Air Force

    (Charlton, 1958-1965)
Charlton

They don’t really make war comics like U.S. Air Force anymore. In this Charlton title, the pilots were universally brave, the enemy was stupid and cowardly, and everything always worked out in the end. This was truly a war comic of the old school.

This title ran between 1958 and 1965 (after which it changed its name to “Army Attack” and ran two more years). This was a time when the children of those who served in World War II could still ask their fathers how it had been in what may have been the last “great” war. But the war stories that seemed simple and heroic a few years back grew more ambiguous when new readers had to make sense of battlegrounds such as Korea and enemies such as communism. Perhaps it was the specter of Viet Nam and the change in public mood that doomed war comics like U.S. Air Force.
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    #1
    Oct 1958
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    Jan 1959
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    Mar 1959
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    May 1959
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    Aug 1959
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    Dec 1959
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    Feb 1960
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    Apr 1960
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    #10
    Jun 1960
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    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno, Sam Glanzman
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    #11
    Aug 1960
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    #12
    Oct 1960
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    W: Sam Glanzman, Joe Gill  ·  A: Sam Glanzman, Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno
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    #13
    Dec 1960
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    A: Sam Glanzman
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    Feb 1961
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    Apr 1961
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    Jun 1961
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    #17
    Aug 1961
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    A: Charles Nicholas
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    Oct 1961
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    Dec 1961
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    #20
    Mar 1962
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    A: Bill Molno
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    #21
    May 1962
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    A: Nicholas Alascia
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    #22
    Jul 1962
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    A: Charles Nicholas
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    #23
    Sep 1962
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    A: Bill Molno, Jack Abel
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    #24
    Nov 1962
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    A: Charles Nicholas
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    Jan 1963
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    Mar 1963
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    May 1963
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    Jul 1963
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    Sep 1963
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    #30
    Nov 1963
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    #31
    Jan 1964
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    A: Sam Glanzman
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    #32
    Mar 1964
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    Yalu River
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    #33
    Jun 1964
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    North Africa 1942
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    #34
    Sep 1964
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    #35
    Nov 1964
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    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno
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    #36
    Jan 1965
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    1 copy for $14.98
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    #37
    Mar 1965
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    Korea
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