On patrol, Johnny Cloud spots a lone P-51 being attacked by a Me-109. Cloud breaks from his Happy Braves flight and dives down to help, but before he gets there, the lone P-51 pivots and destroys the bandit.
Cloud climbs back towards his flight, when suddenly, his group is encircled by bandits from Von Krieg’s squadron. Cloud joins the fight, destroys two Me-109s while his flight scatters the rest. The ensuing combat is fierce and quick. The bandits retreat and Cloud’s flight returns to base.
On the tarmac, Cloud meets the impressive pilot of the lone Mustang. He recognizes him immediately. He is a Navajo named Two-Talons – they have bad blood between them.
A flashback fills in the details. Cloud and two boys play a game of chase, but the youngest boy slips on a cliff edge. Cloud tries to save him, but the pull of gravity is too much, and the boy falls. The boy is the brother of Two-Talons who thereafter reminds Cloud that he “owes him a life.”
Now a member of the Happy Braves, he reminds Cloud of the debt.
On the next mission Cloud assigns Two-Talons as his wingman so as to check his devotion to the mission. Will he fulfill his duty as a wingman, or will he shirk his duty and leave Cloud open to attack?
Johnny Cloud has put his own safety in the hands of Two-Talons ...
Image Credit:
AAMOW#90 (April 1962): Splash Page Art: J. Grandenetti; Writer: R. Kanigher.
Johnny Cloud TM DC Comics
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