Wings Comics #8

(April 1941)

The Wings of Doom ["The first giant four-motored flying fortresses have..."] (Table of Contents)

Skull Squad / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Ace Atkins]

Pencils:

Arthur Peddy

Inks:

Arthur Peddy; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

["Far from the furnaces of the great mill..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Casey McKay]

Pencils:

Bob Butts?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

V: Karl and other spies (I for all); I: Col. Howard

["A delirious British aviator drags himself to the..."] (Table of Contents)

Jane Martin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as F.E. Lincolm [sic]]

Pencils:

Al Gabriele

Inks:

? [shop]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

V: Heinrich and another Nazi (I for both); I: Three gunners

Indexer Notes

Female faces resemble Al Gabrielle, but others seem more like Alex Raymond swipes or Al Bryant. Definitely done by diverse hands. HW suggests some Vern Henkel.

["Taking advantage of Italian reverses in Greece, the..."] (Table of Contents)

The Phantom Falcons / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Kit Gleason]

Pencils:

Leonard Frank

Inks:

Leonard Frank

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Spy Hawk (Table of Contents)

Captain Derek West / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

F. Schwarz?

Inks:

F. Schwarz?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Tim Cassidy

Indexer Notes

Capt. Derek West is a fictional author. Art on final two pages also resembles an artist named Jay.

Scouts of the Sea (Table of Contents)

Wing Tips / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gene Fawcette

Inks:

Gene Fawcette

Content Information

Genre:

true

The Man Who Turned Tail (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Gordon Wayne]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war

Subterranean Airdrome (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Walker [page 1]; John Cassone?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

A "What if?" story

["All is quiet, or so it seems... At the..."] (Table of Contents)

Suicide Smith / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

GS: The Haywire Squadron; I: Cmdr. Cawthorne

Indexer Notes

Reminiscent in places of Gabrielle and Jenney and ?

["F-4, America's daring secret agent, steps from a..."] (Table of Contents)

F4 of the air intelligence / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Bill Fox]

Pencils:

Jay?

Inks:

Jay?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

I: J-9; V: A Japanese spy ring (I)

Indexer Notes

Resembles very much an artist who signs "Jay" in the late 1940s.

["Clipper Kirk is with an RAF squadron somewhere..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Cliff Debois]

Pencils:

Ed Smalle

Inks:

Ed Smalle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

V: Teddy Watson (I)

["C'mon, Grif. Wrap yourself in a parachute. I'm..."] (Table of Contents)

Greasemonkey Griffin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Jay Ryder]

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

I: Ace Hawks