Winging from World War II skies, it's Captain Danger, Nazi-dom’s ultimate nemesis! The exploits of this steely-eyed defender of justice, this whirlwind ace of aces, were things of legend as he struggled against the Axis of Evil. Captain Allan Danger, a character of epic proportions, first appeared in Air War, a new aviation magazine from Thrilling Publications in 1940. Intended as a companion magazine to Sky Fighters and The Lone Eagle, Air War contained a variety of aviation war stories, each showcasing an adventure of Captain Danger.
Captain Danger typified a hard-jawed, larger-than-life ace pilot who would battle the Nazi threat, encountering fantastic situations, robot-controlled planes, death fogs, and Nazi bombers that had harnessed the power of splitting the atom. In all, fifteen adventures of Captain Danger were published between 1940 and 1944, as the flyboys of the Allied nations battled against the war power of the Axis. The stories were part of America’s propaganda machine, blatant and unapologetic, high on hyperbole, low on subtlety. The Axis was portrayed as sniveling cowards who would shoot down helpless parachuters and run from an even fight —the Allies as staunch, dauntless, fighting for right. And greatest of them all... Captain Danger! Air War returns in vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s listeners.
Table of Contents:
A Complete Sky Action Novel
Captain Danger
by Lieutenant Scott Morgan
Today’s air soldier of fortune battles grimly against a malicious scientist who seeks to harness the elements in a mad drive for conquest and power!
Read by Milton Bagby
My First Combats — Special Aviation Feature
by Captain Georges Guynemer
Read by Paul Curtis
Drome Of The Devil — A Complete Novelet
by Harold F. Cruickshank
The swift flight of vengeance speeds on death wings to blast the satanic plans of a fiendish foe into eternity!
Read by Joe Formichella
Spawn Of A Nazi Staffel — Swift Action Short Story
by W. H. Randall
Clint transports a basket of eggs — from the frying pan to the fire!
Read by David Aycock
The Tri-Color Eagle — Swift Action Short Story
by Robert Sidney Bowen
Lieutenant Jones sends red, white and blue tracer at his foe!
Jimmie Doolittle Bails Out! — Special Aviation Feature
A True Story
Read by Paul Curtis
Death At Sunrise — Swift Action Short Story
by H. Ralph Goller
When a suspicious officer meets a Nazi spy, doom hovers!
Calling American Youth! — Guest Editorial
by Major George Fielding Eliot
A Personal Message — Special Aviation Feature
by Wiley Post
Read by Paul Curtis
Off The Runway — Special Aviation Feature
Aviation News and Notes
Prop Wash — A Department
by Joe Archibald
Read by Paul Curtis
Payment Deferred — Swift Action Short Story
by Orlando Rigoni
Captain Simms seeks the reason for a pilot’s strange behavior.
