Jet-Ace Logan
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Jet-Ace Logan was a British comic strip, originally drawn by John Gillat, which appeared in The Comet (1956-1959) and Tiger (1959-1968),[1] issues of Thriller Picture Library,[2] plus the 1969 and 1972 Tiger Annuals. Writers who contributed scripts included David Motton,[3] Kenneth Bulmer and Frank S. Pepper,[4] and other artists who illustrated the character's adventures included Brian Lewis,[5] Ron Turner, Francisco Solano López, Kurt Caesar and Geoff Campion.[6]
The hero, Jim "Jet-Ace" Logan, is the ace interplanetary pilot of the RAF, in a time about 100 years in the future[1] (for example, the story in the 1963 Tiger Annual is set in 2063). In all but the earliest stories, he is accompanied by his regular copilot, Plum-Duff (sometimes Plumduff) Charteris.
Many of the scenarios written in the 1950s still seem insightful half a century later. For example, in one adventure, Jet-Ace is involved in fighting a group of aliens who endeavour to destroy humankind by contaminating the atmosphere of the planet.
In later stories, Jet-Ace and Plumduff belong to various law enforcement rather than military organisations, such as the Solar Police.
The Finnish cartoonist Petri Hiltunen created a spoof of Jet-Ace, Rocket Reynolds, under a pseudonym "Valentin Kalpa".
[edit] References
- ^ a b Denis Gifford, Encyclopedia of Comic Characters, Longman, 1987, p. 111
- ^ Thriller Picture Library: Jet-Ace Logan, The Belated Nerd, 7 October 2011
- ^ Norman Wright and David Ashford, Masters of Fun and Thrills: The British Comic Artists Vol 1, Norman Wright (pub.), 2008, pp. 14
- ^ Andrew Darlington, "Captain Condor: Space Hero in Search of an Artist", The Mentor 84, October 1994, pp. 5-8, 11
- ^ Steve Holland, Brian Lewis, Bear Alley, 3 June 2008
- ^ British sci-fi lexicon
[edit] Sources
- Tiger Annual, 1963.
- Tiger Annual, 1968.
- Tiger Annual, 1969.
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