All American Men of War #99 (DC)
Hank Chapman (w) Jack Abel (a)
DC comics published several war-related comics over the years and other than the occasional issue of Sgt Rock or the Unknown Soldier it's only recently I've started picking up other titles. As a child I'd seen ads for Johnny Cloud but limited pocket money stopped me from trying them out when there were so many other American comics in the local newsagents racks.
I miss those days but they wouldn't be viable now unfortunately.
I picked up this issue at random mainly because of the cover highlighting some king of Nazi rocket that never existed. The image neither showed the V1 (Flying bomb) nor could it be the V2 (Rocket) which would't be even seen until the explosion.
Still these are comics and I've seen some really weirs Nazi weapons illustrated in both US and British comics over the years. Still the story of Johnny Cloud and his dreams is central to this story. Johnny being a Navajo Indian is an ace flyer who appeared in 32 issues of this comic.
Forewarned of the veracity of his dreams by his childhood shamen Johnny has repeating nightmares until sent for a rest by his superiors. It just happens he meets a Spitfire pilot and manages to end up in the cockpit of a spitfire and saves the day just as he foresaw.
I did rather enjoy the backup story Attack from Yesterday which saw World War 2 soldiers use weapons from a museum containing World War 1 exhibits to counter attack the Germans. I'm sure none of the exhibits would have had petrol and live bullets in their display plane and tanks but tthis is the world of comics. Just suspend disbelief!
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