Bruce Gentry Comics #7

Bruce Gentry and his student pilot find themselves stranded in uncharted jungle territory after running out of fuel, only to be captured by a mysterious tribe that views them as gifts from the sky god—destined for sacrifice. Forced to escape their captors and navigate a deadly gauntlet of warriors, jungle predators, and treacherous terrain, the pair must use their wits to survive long enough to find their way back to civilization. With the tribe's sacrifice ceremony scheduled for dawn, time is running out for our heroes to devise an escape plan.

When Bruce Gentry agrees to fly a coffin and its caretaker to Panama, he picks up an unexpected third passenger—a charming banjo player eager for a free ride. But mid-flight, things turn turbulent when the banjo player reveals himself as something far more sinister, and Bruce discovers the coffin's true cargo isn't what anyone claimed it to be. Now trapped in the sky with criminals, a stolen diamond, and murder in the air, Gentry must figure out how to land this plane alive.

In Dayton, Ohio, two brothers named Wilbur and Orville Wright grow fascinated with flight after their father gives them a toy flying machine, setting them on a path of relentless experimentation with kites, gliders, and aeronautical science. Working methodically through hundreds of test flights and refining their designs in a wind tunnel, they build toward their ultimate goal: a motorized flying machine that can carry a man through the air. This is the story of American ingenuity and determination behind the twelve seconds that changed history.

When a Hollywood movie company arrives looking for local aviation talent, a young pilot named Ricardo catches the eye of a glamorous leading lady and lands what seems like his big break in "Flying Fancies." As he gets swept up in the excitement of filming dramatic aerial sequences, Ricardo's head grows bigger than his sense—until a genuine in-air crisis forces him to prove whether he's the hero the cameras promised to capture. It's a sharp lesson in the difference between movie magic and real-world consequences, served with a comic twist that even Bruce Gentry can't quite prevent.