Wings Comics #17

(January 1942)

["Captain Wings, secret agent and RAF veteran, is..."] (Table of Contents)

Captain Wings / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Major T. E. Bowen]

Pencils:

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Red O'Neil (introduction); The Camera Killer [Luke Krag] (villain, introduction, death)

["At Jane's military hospital:" "Nurse Martin! Glad you're..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as F.E. Lincoln]

Pencils:

Al Gabriele

Inks:

Al Gabriele

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Captain Smythe (introduction); Lord Winthrop (introduction); Dr. Phil Kent (introduction)

Indexer Notes

HW sees George Appel.

Gangway, Panzers! ["At last I'm getting a chance to help..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]

Pencils:

Joe Doolin

Inks:

Joe Doolin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Kauro (intro); MacKenzie (intro); Mike Dorgan; Schlam (villain, intro)

Indexer Notes

Title is taken from the cover.

[The Quislings' Death List] (Table of Contents)

The Phantom Falcons / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Kit Gleason]

Pencils:

Leonard Frank

Inks:

Leonard Frank?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Raoul (intro); French Quislings (intro); the Nazis

["Sent to the near east, the Skull Squad..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Ace Atkins]

Pencils:

Arthur F. Peddy

Inks:

Arthur F. Peddy

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Ahmed Pasha (intro); Saida Ahmed (his daughter)

Flash! Two of the latest American dive bombers (Table of Contents)

Wing Tips / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gene Fawcette

Inks:

Gene Fawcette

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

["While England's shipping bears the brunt of a..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Cliff Dubois]

Pencils:

Frank Schwarz?

Inks:

? [shop]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Dr. Howard (villain, intro)

Indexer Notes

Very grotesque - ever for Schwarz.

Shark of the Japan Sea (Table of Contents)

John Perry / text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Gordon Wayne]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

John Perry

Indexer Notes

1/3 of second page is devoted to an Ownership Statement.

["Curly, Tommy and Blimpo are being rewarded for..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Casey McKay]

Pencils:

George Carl Wilhelms

Inks:

George Carl Wilhelms?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Von Orst (villain, intro)

Skyway To Death (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Captain Derek West]

Pencils:

Pagsilang Rey Isip?

Inks:

Pagsilang Rey Isip?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Indexer Notes

A smashing air-war yarn adapted from Captain Derek West - a fictional war novelist.

["Greasemonkey is putting in one of his all-too-frequent..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Kip Beales]

Pencils:

Al Walker

Inks:

Al Walker

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Von Snort (villain, intro)