(August 1941)

Fiction House, 1940 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
every month
On-sale Date
1941-05-26
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Wings Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.

Fury of the Fire-Birds (Table of Contents)

Suicide Smith / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inks
Gene Fawcette (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
aviation; war
Keywords
World War II
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Fury of the Fire-Birds (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers]
Pencils
Frank Schwarz ?
Inks
Dan Zolnerowich ?; ? [shop]
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the dispersal hut at a British fighter...
Genre
aviation; war
Characters
Baron Zborov (villain); Von Linder (villain, death); Hinda (guest-star)

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
? [as Casey McKay]
Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tommy, Curly, Blimpo and Shep patrol the docks...
Genre
war
Characters
Shep (a dog, introduction); Hans (villain, introduction); Fritz (villain, introduction); Gustave (villain, introduction); Karl (villain, introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
? [as F. E. Lincoln]
Pencils
Al Gabriele
Inks
Al Gabriele
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jane Martin lands in Rumania where there have...
Genre
war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

F4 of the Air Intelligence / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Bill Fox]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Landing in Panama, F-4 finds the field in...
Genre
war
Characters
Chavez (villain, introduction, death)

One-Way Ticket To Berlin (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
? [as Kit Gleason]
Pencils
Leonard Frank
Inks
Leonard Frank
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war

Brewster Buffalo (Table of Contents: 6)

Wing Tips / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Fawcette
Inks
Gene Fawcette
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction

Somewhere East of Suez (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Gordon Wayne]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
? [as Ace Atkins]
Pencils
Art Peddy
Inks
Art Peddy
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Three dauntless airmen of the RAF bomber command...
Genre
war

The Ace of Jinxes (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
? [as Capt. Derek West]
Pencils
Pagsilang Rey Isip ?
Inks
Pagsilang Rey Isip ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Same artist as in issue #11.

Baron Von Mueller (Table of Contents: 10)

Clipper Kirk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils
Frank Schwarz
Inks
Frank Schwarz ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Characters
Baron Von Mueller (introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
? [as Kip Beales]
Pencils
Al Walker
Inks
Al Walker
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Playing tick-tack-toe with two nazi generals, Greasemonkey amuses...
Genre
war
Characters
The Lone Leopard (villain, introduction)
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Fury of the Fire-Birds
    Suicide Smith
  2. 1. Fury of the Fire-Birds
    Suicide Smith
  3. 2. ["Tommy, Curly, Blimpo and Shep patrol the docks..."]
    Parachute Patrol
  4. 3. ["Jane Martin lands in Rumania where there have..."]
    Jane Martin
  5. 4. ["Landing in Panama, F-4 finds the field in..."]
    F4 of the Air Intelligence
  6. 5. One-Way Ticket To Berlin
    The Phantom Falcons
  7. 6. Brewster Buffalo
    Wing Tips
  8. 7. Somewhere East of Suez
  9. 8. ["Three dauntless airmen of the RAF bomber command..."]
    Skull Squad
  10. 9. The Ace of Jinxes
    Captain Derek West
  11. 10. Baron Von Mueller
    Clipper Kirk
  12. 11. ["Playing tick-tack-toe with two nazi generals, Greasemonkey amuses..."]
    Greasemonkey Griffin
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