Aces High was a short lived comic book series published by EC Comics

EC Comics

Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books specializing in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, notably the Tales from the Crypt series...

 in 1955 as the fourth title in its New Direction line. The bi-monthly comic was published by Bill Gaines. It lasted a total of five issues before being cancelled, along with EC's other New Direction comics.

Aces High was dedicated to tales of air combat and front line service of Allied airmen during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 and World War II

World War II

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. Many of the stories were in an anti-war vein.

Contributors to Aces High include George Evans, Wally Wood

Wally Wood

Wallace Allan Wood was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. He was one of Mads founding cartoonists in 1952. Although much of his early professional artwork is signed Wallace Wood, he became known as Wally Wood, a name he...

, Jack Davis

Jack Davis (cartoonist)

Jack Davis is an American cartoonist and illustrator, known for his advertising art, magazine covers, film posters, record album art and numerous comic book stories...

 and Bernie Krigstein.

Aces High was reprinted as part of publisher Russ Cochran

Russ Cochran (publisher)

Russ Cochran is a publisher of EC Comics reprints, Disney comics and books on Hopalong Cassidy, Chet Atkins, Les Paul and vacuum tubes. He has been a publisher for over 30 years, after quitting his job as a physics professor....

's Complete EC Library in 1988. Between April and August 1999, Cochran (in association with Gemstone Publishing

Gemstone Publishing

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) reprinted all five individual issues. This complete run was later rebound, with covers included, in a single softcover EC Annual.

Issue guide

#	Date	Cover Artist	Story	Story Artist
1	March/April 1955	George Evans	The Way It Was	George Evans
			The Outsider	Wally Wood
			The Mascot	Bernard Krigstein
			The New C.O.	Jack Davis
2	May/June 1955	George Evans	Chivalry!	George Evans
			Revenge	Bernard Krigstein
			Locker 9	Wally Wood
			Footnote	Jack Davis
3	July/August 1955	George Evans	The Rules	George Evans
			The Spy	Bernard Krigstein
			Greasemonkey	Wally Wood
			The Case of Champagne	Jack Davis
4	September/October 1955	George Evans	The Green Kids	George Evans
			The Good Luck Piece	Bernard Krigstein
			The Novice and the Ace	Wally Wood
			Home Again	Jack Davis
5	November/December 1955	George Evans	C'est la Guerre!	George Evans
			Iron Man!	Jack Davis
			Spads were Trump	Bernard Krigstein
			Ordeal	Wally Wood

External links

• Budplant.com with description about series