CREATOR

Name: Street & Smith Publications (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1855 by Francis Scott Street (1831-1883) and Francis Shubael Smith (1819-1887). Stopped in 1959.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Street in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments:  The corporation chiefly published pulp fiction magazines and novels, but from 1940 to 1949 it took up publishing comic books as well. It never used a logo on these front covers.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1940*. Stopped in 1943 after 12 issues, but was revived from 1944 to 1947 titled Air Ace (20 issues).

The starring character, Bill Barnes, is an intrepid ace pilot during the Second World War. He also makes a living from testing experimental airplanes, where rivals and other shady types usually try to steal his accomplishments.

From issue #2 the series' title changed to Bill Barnes America's Air Ace.

* The title character was first seen in 6 issues of Shadow Comics from 1940.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER


Bill Barnes

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1940
#3 - 1941
#7 - 1942

#8 - 1942
#10 - 1943
#12 - 1943

 

 

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