G-8
Real Name: Unknown
Identity/Class: Normal human
Occupation: Pilot, spy
Affiliations: Battle, Nippy Weston, Bull Martin
Enemies: The Purple Ace, Herr Grun, Raven, Man in Armor
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: The Western Front, France, c.A.D.1914-1918
First Appearance: G-8 and His Battle Aces "The Bat Staffel" (Popular Publications, October 1933)
Powers/Abilities: Skilled aviator
History: During the First World War, the Allied's greatest flying ace was a man known as G-8. As well as being a pilot, the American aviator also worked as a spy / special operative, handling a bizarre array of threats generated by the German side, up to and including werewolves, zombies, animated skeletons and ancient Vikings.
Comments: Created by Robert J Hogan. The series went on to last 110 issues over eleven years, well into the Second World War.
The Bat Staffel
Purple Aces
Ace of the White Death
The Midnight Eagle
The Vampire Staffel
The Skeleton Patrol
Squadron of Corpses
The Invisible Staffel
The Dynamite Squadron
The Dragon Patrol
The Hurricane Patrol
The Panther Squadron
The Spider Staffel
The Mad Dog Squadron
The Blizzard Staffel
The X-Ray Eye
Squadron of the Scorpion
The Death Monsters
The Cave Man Patrol
The Gorilla Staffel
The Sword Staffel
Wings of the Juggernaut
The Headless Staffel
Staffel of Beasts
Claws of the Sky Monster
Staffel of Invisible Men
Staffel of the Floating Heads
The Blood Bat Staffel
Skeletons of the Black Cross
The Patrol of the Dead
Scourge of the Sky Beast
The Wings of Satan
Patrol of the Cloud Crusher
Curse of the Sky Wolves
Vultures of the Purple Death
Wings of Invisible Doom
Skies of Yellow Death
Death Rides the Ceiling
Patrol of the Mad
Scourge of the Steel Mask
Patrol of the Murder Masters
Fangs of the Sky Leopard
Vultures of the White Death
Flight of the Dragon
Flight from the Grave
Patrol of the Purple Clan
Vengeance of the Vikings
Flight of the Green Assassin
The Hand of Steel
The Flight of the Hell Hawks
The Drome of the Damned
Satan Paints the Sky
Wings for the Dead
Patrol of the Phantom
The Black Aces of Doom
The Flames of Hell
Patrol of the Iron Hand
Fangs of the Serpent
Aces of the Damned
Patrol of the Sky Vulture
The Condor Rides with Death
Flying Coffins of the Damned
The Bloody Wings of the Vampire
Raiders of the Silent Death
The Sky Serpent Flies Again
The Black Wings of the Raven
Death Rides the Last Patrol
Three Fly with Satan
Flight of the Death Battalion
Wings of the Black Terror
Patrol of the Iron Scourge
Wings of the White Death
The Black Buzzard Flies to Hell
Red Fangs of the Sky Emperor
The Falcon Flies with the Damned
Sky-Guns for the Murder Master
White Wings for the Dead
Sky Coffins for Satan
Wings of the Dragon Lord
The Green Scourge of the Sky Raiders
Red Wings for the Death Patrol
The Damned Will Fly Again
Death Rides the Midnight Patrol
Bloody Wings for a Sky Hawk
Red Skies for the Squadron of Satan
Here Flies the Hawk of Hell
Squadron of the Damned
Death To the Hawks of War
Hordes of the Wingless Death
Raiders of the Red Death
Wings of the Doomed
Fangs of the Winged Cobra
Death is My Destiny
Squadron of the Flying Dead
Horde of the Black Eagle
The Death Divers
Raiders of the Death Patrol
The Mark of the Vulture
The Death Master's Last Patrol
Wings of the Gray Phantom
The Squadron of Death Flies High
The Patrol to the End of the World
Wings of the Hawks of Death
Scourge of the Sky Monster
Winged Beasts of Death
Bombs from the Murder Wolves
Wings of the Iron Claw
The Devil's Sky Trap
Wings of the Death Monster
Wings of the Death Tiger
G-8 was based on Harold "Bull" Nevin, a friend of the author who had done intelligence work in France during the Great War.
G-8 is due to meet Airboy in new adventures published by Moonstone Publishing.
CLARIFICATIONS: None.
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