Comic Title: Star Spangled War Stories #149
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1970
On Sale Date: December 23, 1969 Copyright Date December 23, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1970

Newsstand Date December 23, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #76

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Kubert

Title: "Reach for the Heavens"
Pages: 15

Feature(s):
Enemy Ace (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Joe Kubert

Reprinted In:
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #21 (1982)
Enemy Ace Archives Vol. 2 HC (2006)
Showcase Presents:Enemy Ace Vol. 1 TPB (2008)

Feature Character(s)

• Enemy Ace (last appearance in Star Spangled War Stories #148; next appearance in Star Spangled War Stories #150)

Villain(s)

• Several Allied pilots (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Heinrich Muller (a German pilot; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Several German pilots (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Hans Von Hammer (during flight school; last appearance in Star Spangled War Stories #139; next appearance in Our Army at War #151)

Synopsis:
Hans Von Hammer receives a new batch of men to fill his squadron. One of the men is Heinrich Muller, a man who attended flight school with Von Hammer. A disagreement between the men sparked a duel between Muller and Von Hammer with the latter earning a scar. Muller was cold blooded. He shot down an unarmed French plane during his first flight.

Now Von Hammer and Muller fly together. When an English pilot runs out of ammunition he throws his arms in the air. Von Hammer does not shoot, but Muller does. Distracted, Von Hammer's plane is then shot down. Muller flies close, allowing the Enemy Ace to pull out of his doomed plane. However, when attempting to land, Muller is killed. Somehow, his plane lands safely, allowing Von Hammer to survive.