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AJD

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  1. It's been a while, but a couple more Australian Fiction House reprints have joined the fold. These two have different titles, but both have covers from the US editions of Wings. This one has the cover from Wings #117, though the contents come from a number of FH titles, including Fight Comics. And this one has the cover from Wings #118 When the MiG-15 appeared over Korea it came a very unpleasant surprise to the Allied forces, being significantly better, more heavily armed and much faster than the straight-winged US and British jets in theatre. Having a pedigree of excellent Soviet engineering, a British supplied jet engine design and some of the insights into high-subsonic flight obtained by German engineers towards the end of WW2, it was an early sign that the US wouldn't have everything it's own way in the Cold War. USAF folklore has it that the introduction of the F-86 Sabre reset the balance, and for a long time it was possible to find claims of kill ratios of better than 10:1 in the US' favour. When Soviet records became available much later, it became clear that the both American and Soviet pilots had greatly over-claimed. The true figure is likely closer to 2:1 against all MiG-15s, but closer to parity when the MiGs were being flown by experienced Russian pilots rather than North Koreans. The two aircraft were quite closely matched. And in any case, the MiGs succeeded in preventing USAF daylight bombing attacks. (Further reading: The jet that shocked the west)
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    Jet Aces 2 (Australian)

    From the album: Australian golden (and a few silver) age comics

    Cover from the US edition Wings #118. https://www.comics.org/issue/10178/cover/4/
  3. Headlights that defy gravity to in the headlights
  4. When a daddy monster loves a mummy monster very much...
  5. To be fair, I noticed six of them. Welllll, three. Welllll, someone told me about one. But it was apparently quite good.
  6. Woman tied to flying machine to woman tied to flying machine
  7. Used bookstore stamp to two used bookstore stamps, a name, a date and initials...
  8. I would totally watch that. Though it has almost been done before
  9. 4.5 from me - multiple diagonal creases (one long one) on the FC and other assorted smaller defects.
  10. The guy putting the mortar round in backwards is about to feel real silly...
  11. Safe to not - in any sensible definition of the word - safe