Wings Comics #5

(January 1941)

["The bristol blenheim with the skull squad insignia..."] (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:

Count De Chambreau (introduction)

["Three English boy scouts have become expert fliers..."] (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)

["A native chieftain has been wounded in Alexandria..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Fred Hawks]

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Tom Raleigh (guest-star); A sheik (introduction)

The Adventure of the Mad Baron (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

Characters:

Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Goering (villain); Baron Von Reichmann (villain, death)

The Torpedo Patrol ["Taking a daring chance, Clipper Kirk leads his..."] (Table of Contents)

Clipper Kirk / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Rick Ayers]

Pencils:

Witmer Williams

Inks:

Witmer Williams; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Capt. Donaldson (introduction)

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Yankee Manners (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Rick N. Backer]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wing Tips / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gene Fawcette

Inks:

Gene Fawcette

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

A Bomb With Wings (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Witmer Williams?

Inks:

Witmer Williams; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Indexer Notes

another "What if?" story

["F-4 is called into the office of admiral..."] (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:

Von Hoff (villain, introduction, death); his underling (villain, introduction, death)

["Powder Burns, air adventurer, finds himself in Cairo..."] (Table of Contents)

Powder Burns / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Clyde North]

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Klaus Nordling?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Amy Lint (guest-star)

["While off active combat duty, Suicide Smith trains..."] (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

Characters:

The Haywire Squadron (introductions)

No Wings For a Coward (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Klaus Nordling?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Tim Cassidy

Indexer Notes

Supposedly adapted from a Derek West story.

["Dunder und blitzen! Me, a general of der..."] (Table of Contents)

Greasemonkey Griffin / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Jay Ryder]

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Gen. Fritz (villain); Schmitz (his brother, villain, introduction)