Wings Comics #4

(December 1940)

["The three comrades of the skull squad, Jimmy..."] (Table of Contents)

Skull Squad / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Ace Atkins]

Pencils:

Arthur Peddy

Inks:

Arthur Peddy; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Hartmann (villain, introduction); Chuck Dawson (introduction)

["England is at grips with her final destiny..."] (Table of Contents)

Parachute Patrol / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Pat Powers]

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer

Inks:

Henry Kiefer; ? [shop]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Lord Roslyn (guest-star)

["On leave from the gruelling [sic] hardships of war..."] (Table of Contents)

Jane Martin / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Fred Hawks]

Pencils:

Al Gabriele?

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich?; ? [shop]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Tom Raleigh (guest-star)

Indexer Notes

HS sees signs of Nick Cardy, but I think that the thin, distorted bodies are unlike NC.

Raiders of the Steel-Ripped Skies ["The nazi invaders are foiled again by the..."] (Table of Contents)

The Phantom Falcons / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Kit Gleason]

Pencils:

Leonard Frank

Inks:

Leonard Frank

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

["Clipper Kirk is back on the front, attached..."] (Table of Contents)

Clipper Kirk / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Rick Ayers]

Pencils:

Witmer Williams

Inks:

Witmer Williams; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

["Here are three naval wasps which spell think..."] (Table of Contents)

Wing Tips / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gene Fawcette

Inks:

Gene Fawcette

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

true

Dodo Squadron (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Frank Crawford]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war

Tanks By Plane (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

? [shop]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

true

Characters:

another "What if?" story

Indexer Notes

HS sees some Witmer Williams involvement, but I sense an unfamiliar artist that we may have seen at Jacquet and/or Timely. HW suggests possibly Tukel or Lou Ferstadt. Another "What if?" story.

["F-4 is called to headquarters: Our tenth observation..."] (Table of Contents)

F4 of the air intelligence / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Alexander York]

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

A phony C. O. (villain, introduction, death)

["Powder Burns, erstwhile playboy, but now broke and..."] (Table of Contents)

Powder Burns / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Clyde North]

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Klaus Nordling?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Elmo Lint (Cosmo Dust's cousin, introduction); Amelia Lint (his daughter, introduction)

["Suicide Smith is rushed to the Dover coast..."] (Table of Contents)

Suicide Smith / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Larry Shaw]

Pencils:

Witmer Williams

Inks:

Witmer Williams; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Spitfire Ace (Table of Contents)

Captain Derek West / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Ken Norwood]

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Tim Cassidy [Spitfire Ace] (introduction, origin)

Indexer Notes

According to the cover blurb: "The first in a series based on the stories of Capt. Derek West - foremost war-air writer of today."

["Gee, thanks for all the hundreds of letters..."] (Table of Contents)

Greasemonkey Griffin / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Jay Ryder]

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Jim Hawk (introduction); Gen. Fritz (villain, introduction)