Contact Comics is an American comic book

American comic book

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 series published during what is known as the Golden Age of Comic Books

Golden Age of Comic Books

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 by Aviation Press. All of the stories printed in Contact Comics dealt with modern aviation

Aviation

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Regular features included Golden Eagle, Blazing Venus, and Tommy Tomahawk. Contributors to the title included Rudy Palais, Alvin Hollingsworth

Alvin Hollingsworth

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, Nina Albright

Nina Albright

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, Carmine Infantino

Carmine Infantino

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, Harvey Kurtzman

Harvey Kurtzman

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, George Appel, Robert Sale (aka Bob Q. Siege), and Paul Parker. Covers were by L.B. Cole.

A total of twelve issues were published.