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(August 1942)

Fiction House, Wings Publishing Co. imprint, 1940 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
Editing:
Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Format:
10 cents; Standard Golden Age U.S.; saddle-stitched; newsprint; glossy cover; full color

Issue Notes

Story titles, page count and genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Entire issue updated by HS/HW/JV in Dec. 2006.

Messengers of Doom; "Scarsdale Jack" Newkirk; The Flying Tiger (Table of Contents)

Captain Wings / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inks:
Gene Fawcette (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war
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[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Rangers Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
various
Inks:
various
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Promotional ad for Rangers Comics #6.

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover. Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

["Many brave men fly in the ranks of..."] (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

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

["Smith visits San Francisco's Fremont hospital:"] (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

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

Flying Tiger (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Capt. Derek West]
Pencils:
George Appel
Inks:
George Appel
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

Genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). The cover title includes "The" while the title on the story splash page does not.

Messengers of Doom ["Having earned the title of Captain Wings during..."] (Table of Contents)

Captain Wings and the Hell-Diver Squadron / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Pencils:
Maxwell Elkan
Inks:
Maxwell Elkan; Rudy Palais?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

Genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Story title is taken from the blurb on the cover.

Build the Plane on the Cover (Table of Contents)

A solid scale model of the Navy Dive Bomber SBD-1 / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inks:
Gene Fawcette (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation

Indexer Notes

Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

Whirlwind, Britain's Secret Fighter (Table of Contents)

Wing Tips / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inks:
Gene Fawcette (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Indexer Notes

Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

["With the squadron off on maneuvers, Lee field..."] (Table of Contents)

Calhoun of the Air Cadets / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Pat Cavenagh]
Pencils:
Pagsilang Rey Isip
Inks:
Pagsilang Rey Isip?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war
Characters:
Calhoun (intro)

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Wings of America Club Page / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Synopsis:
Reproduces aircraft design drawings submitted by Charles Clark and William Leach.

Indexer Notes

Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Wings' Air Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Wings' Club letters page, comprised of letters sent in by readers.

Indexer Notes

Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

["Greasemonkey Griffin is daydreaming again. Someday he'll be..."] (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

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

Tailspin Trial (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Douglas Bell]
Pencils:
? (2 panels art)
Inks:
? (2 panels art)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

["British planes over occupied France brave murderous A-A fire..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as F.E. Lincoln]
Pencils:
Nick Viscardi (signed)
Inks:
Nick Viscardi (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre, writer credit and art pen-name added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

"Scarsdale Jack" Newkirk (Table of Contents)

Yank Aces of World War II / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Pagsilang Rey Isip?
Inks:
Pagsilang Rey Isip?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war
Characters:
Jack Newkirk
Synopsis:
Story title on the cover adds "The Death of a Hero."

Indexer Notes

Genre and part of the synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

["Clipper is on the bomb-scarred British base at Malta..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils:
Art Saaf (signed)
Inks:
Art Saaf (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre, writer credit and art pen name added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

The Big Six of the Comic Magazines (Table of Contents)

Fiction House / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
various
Inks:
various
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Promotional ad for Fiction House Comics.

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside back cover. Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

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Table of Contents

  1. 1. [untitled]
    Rangers Comics
  2. 2. ["Many brave men fly in the ranks of..."]
    Skull Squad
  3. 3. ["Smith visits San Francisco's Fremont hospital:"]
    Suicide Smith
  4. 4. Flying Tiger
    Captain Derek West
  5. 5. Messengers of Doom ["Having earned the title of Captain Wings during..."]
    Captain Wings and the Hell-Diver Squadron
  6. 6. Build the Plane on the Cover
    A solid scale model of the Navy Dive Bomber SBD-1
  7. 7. Whirlwind, Britain's Secret Fighter
    Wing Tips
  8. 8. ["With the squadron off on maneuvers, Lee field..."]
    Calhoun of the Air Cadets
  9. 9. [untitled]
    Wings of America Club Page
  10. 10. [untitled]
    Wings' Air Mail
  11. 11. ["Greasemonkey Griffin is daydreaming again. Someday he'll be..."]
    Greasemonkey Griffin
  12. 12. Tailspin Trial
  13. 13. ["British planes over occupied France brave murderous A-A fire..."]
    Jane Martin
  14. 14. "Scarsdale Jack" Newkirk
    Yank Aces of World War II
  15. 15. ["Clipper is on the bomb-scarred British base at Malta..."]
    Clipper Kirk
  16. 16. The Big Six of the Comic Magazines
    Fiction House
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
  • Mike Nielsen
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lou Mougin
  • Jim Walls
  • Gary L. Watson
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
  • Mike Nielsen
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