Space Hero Saturdays CAPTAIN AERO "Moon That was Motionless"

Two weeks ago, we asked: "What do you do with a wartime aviator character after a war?"

 In the case of fighting aviator Captain Aero, you make him into a shirtless (and pantsless) extraterrestrial fighter!

Art by Rudy Palais, writer unknown.

I'm not sure if it was a coloring glitch or the character was supposed to be really comfortable running around in outer space wearing just helmet, shorts, and boots! 

At any rate, this never-reprinted tale from Holyoke's Captain Aero Comics #26 (1946) was Captain Aero's final issue, and his last appearance in comics (except for an occasional reprint).

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Space Hero Saturdays CAPTAIN AERO "Alien Invasion"

What do you do with a wartime character after a war?

In the case of fighting aviator Captain Aero, you make him into a space-going fighter!

Art by Rudy Palais, writer unknown.

Captain Aero was one of numerous independent costumed aviators who fought the Axis in comic books during World War II.

His few distinctive traits included a mustache that came and went depending on the artist and an aircraft that could use its' propeller like a buzz-saw.
(The laws of physics were rarely-followed in Golden Age comics!)

In his early days he was assisted by the Sky Scouts, a gang of tweens and teens who wanted to be aviators, and who were popular enough to briefly have their own backup strip.

By the time of this never-reprinted story's publication in Holyoke's Captain Aero Comics #25 in 1946, WW II was over, and sales on military-themed comics were dropping.

A number of them, like Blackhawk, shifted to battling criminals and/or Communist spies.

But not Captain Aero!
He was destined for bigger things...like interplanetary conflict!

The series' change of concept was taken even further in the next issue...as you'll see in two weeks!
But be here next week as space-going hero SpaceHawk begins his descent from spanning the galaxy of the far future to patrolling (then0 present-day Earth!

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Aviators of the Golden Age of Comics Cover Gallery

An amazing assortment of aviators who flew thru the four-color pages of the Golden Age of Comics including AirBoy...

...The Black Commander (who appeared with AirBoy in Air Fighters Comics!)

...Captain Aero...

...Captain Flight...

...and Captain Wings!

BTW, did we mention that ALL these covers (and seven more including Captain MidNight) are available on our Aviators of the Golden Age of Comics 2015-2016 12-Month Calendar? ;-)