Jet-Ace Logan was a British comic strip that appeared in '' The Comet'' (1956–1959) and ''

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'' (1959–1968),

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, ''Encyclopedia of Comic Characters'', Longman, 1987, p. 111 '' Thriller Picture Library'', and the 1969 and 1972 ''Tiger Annuals''.

Publication history

Mike Butterworth created ''Jet-Ace Logan''. He scripted the first adventure, which was drawn by

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, and published in ''The Comet''. All subsequent adventures (approximately 20 in all) appearing in ''The Comet'' were scripted by

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,Norman Wright and David Ashford, ''Masters of Fun and Thrills: The British Comic Artists Vol 1'', Norman Wright (pub.), 2008, pp. 14 and drawn by John Gillat. Motton also scripted ''Jet-Ace Logan'' stories for '' Thriller Picture Library'' — namely "Times Five", "Seven Went To Sirius," and "Ten Days To Doom." Other writers contributing scripts included

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, and Frank S. Pepper; other artists illustrated the character's adventures, including Brian Lewis,Steve Holland
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Fictional character biography

The hero, Jim "Jet-Ace" Logan, was an ace interplanetary pilot of the

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; stories were set about 100 years in the future (for example, the story in the 1963 ''Tiger Annual'' is set in 2063). In all but the earliest stories, his regular copilot, Plum-Duff (sometimes Plumduff) Charteris, accompanied Jet-Ace. Many of the insightful scenarios, written in the 1950s, seem applicable more than a half a century later. For example, in one adventure, Jet-Ace was involved in fighting a group of aliens who endeavored to destroy humankind by contaminating the planet's atmosphere. In later stories, Jet-Ace and Plumduff belonged to various

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agencies, such as the Solar Police rather than

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organizations.

In popular culture

The Finnish cartoonist

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created a spoof of Jet-Ace, named Rocket Reynolds, under a pseudonym, "Valentin Kalpa".

References

Sources

* ''Tiger Annual'', 1963. * ''Tiger Annual'', 1968. * ''Tiger Annual'', 1969. British comic strips Fleetway and IPC Comics Logan, Jet-Ace Aviation comics Logan, Jet-Ace 1956 comics debuts Logan, Jet-Ace 1968 comics endings Comics set in the 21st century Science fiction comics {{UK-comics-stub