Aces High was a comic book series published by EC Comics 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 | |
|---|---|
 George Evans cover, issue #1 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | EC Comics |
| Schedule | Bimonthly |
| Format | Anthology |
| Publication date | March/April 1955 - November/December 1955 |
| No. of issues | 5 |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | William Gaines Al Feldstein |
Aces High was dedicated to tales of air combat and front line service of Allied airmen during World War I and World War II. Many of the stories were in an anti-war vein.
Contributors to Aces High include George Evans, Wally Wood, Jack Davis and Bernie Krigstein.
Aces High was reprinted as part of publisher Russ Cochran's Complete EC Library in 1988. Between April and August 1999, Cochran (in association with Gemstone Publishing) reprinted all five individual issues. This complete run was later rebound, with covers included, in a single softcover EC Annual. Dark Horse reprinted Aces High as part of the EC Archives series in 2017.
Issues
edit| # | Date | Story | Story Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March/April 1955 | The Way It Was | George Evans |
| The Outsider | Wally Wood | ||
| The Mascot | Bernard Krigstein | ||
| The New C.O. | Jack Davis | ||
| 2 | May/June 1955 | Chivalry! | George Evans |
| Revenge | Bernard Krigstein | ||
| Locker 9 | Wally Wood | ||
| Footnote | Jack Davis | ||
| 3 | July/August 1955 | The Rules | George Evans |
| The Spy | Bernard Krigstein | ||
| Greasemonkey | Wally Wood | ||
| The Case of Champagne | Jack Davis | ||
| 4 | September/October 1955 | 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 | C'est la Guerre! | George Evans |
| Iron Man! | Jack Davis | ||
| Spads were Trump | Bernard Krigstein | ||
| Ordeal | Wally Wood |