Comic Title: Four-Star Battle Tales #2
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Apr/May 1973
On Sale Date: February 20, 1973 Newsstand Date February 20, 1973
Source: Comic Reader, #93

Copyright Date February 20, 1973
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1973

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.20
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jeffrey Rovin

Title: "The Last Target"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Johnny Cloud (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Irving H. Novick

Reprinted From:
All-American Men of War #104 (1964)

Feature Character(s)

• Johnny Cloud (last appearance in All-American Men of War #103; next appearance in All-American Men of War #105)

Supporting Character(s)

• Tex Brown (last appearance in All-American Men of War #103; next appearance in All-American Men of War #106)
• The Happy Braves (last appearance in All-American Men of War #103; next appearance in All-American Men of War #106)

Villain(s)

• Various German pilots (Col. Hans Von Ulrich named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Johnny Cloud's father (appears in flashback to Johnny's boyhood; last appearance in All-American Men of War #103; next appearance in All-American Men of War #115)
• The Smoke-Maker (appears in flashback; last appearance in All-American Men of War #102; next appearance in All-American Men of War #106)
• Johnny's grandfather (appears in flashback; no further appearances)
• The crew of a B-17 (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Johnny Cloud (as a boy; last appearance in All-American Men of War #103; next appearance in All-American Men of War #105)
• Johnny Cloud's father (during World War I; last appearance in All American Men of War #88; next appearance in All American Men of War #82)

Synopsis:
Johnny's squadron is called on to protect a group of B-17 bombers. They shoot down a group of enemy fighters. The enemy leader vows to get Johnny even if Johnny is the "last target". The pilot's words remind Johnny of a prophecy surrounding him. He will do battle with an enemy over water just as his father did.

On Johnny's next flight, his plane is forced down. He lands on a lake which has iced over. The enemy pilot dives at Johnny breaking the ice with his bullets. Johnny survives by shooting down the enemy plane.