Conundrum: Golden Age fighter pilot characters are essentially a very minor subset of super-heroes, and they are also very boring to me. I feel a compulsion to write something about them and also to slump sideways in my seat when contemplating their existence.<\/p>\n
Solution: since the only really interesting thing about them is their cool names, I will list those.<\/p>\n
the Flying Flame (Daring Mystery Comics 006, 1940)<\/p>\n
the Flying Fox (More Fun Comics 037, 1938) <\/p>\n
the Hell Diver (Hit Comics 014, 1941)<\/p>\n
the Scarlet Ace (Amazing-Man Comics 013, 1940)<\/p>\n
the Sky Devils (Daring Mystery Comics 002, 1940)<\/p>\n
the Spitfire (Crack Comics 015, 1941)<\/p>\n
the War Bird (Slam-Bang Comics 003, 1940)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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