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(September 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:
Larabie Cunningham (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Format:
10 cents; Standard Golden Age U.S.; saddle-stitched; newsprint; glossy cover; full color

Issue Notes

Story titles, editor and genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Entire issue updated 12/2006 by HS/HW/JV.

Suicide Squeeze (Table of Contents)

Capt. Derek West / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
war
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Wings Salutes You! (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Letter from the editor celebrating two years of Wings Comics.

Indexer Notes

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

["Jimmy Jones, American, Sandy McGregor, Scotsman, and Kent..."] (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).

["Mix up espionage with a girl shaped like..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
Pencils:
Joe Doolin; Maxwell Elkan? [on female]
Inks:
Joe Doolin; Maxwell Elkan? [on female]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). HW points out the obvious presence of a second artist on the female figures.

Suicide Squeeze (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 last mumbled words from the blood-flecked lips..."] (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?; Rudy Palais
Inks:
Rudy Palais
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

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

Build the All Wing Fighter (Table of Contents)

[Model Airplane Design] / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
aviation

Indexer Notes

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

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Wings of America Club Page / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
club page
Synopsis:
Comprised of aircraft drawings submitted by readers Roy Guist, Joseph Whelan, and Eugene Lopez.

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:
Letters written by readers are presented.

Indexer Notes

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

["Air-tested by the death-defying heroes of the RAF..."] (Table of Contents)

Wing Tips / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Indexer Notes

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

["Young Jeff Calhoun has flown up to Lee..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Pat Cavenagh]
Pencils:
?
Inks:
Aldo Rubano?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). HS originally credited this to Isip, but it doesn't compare to signed Isip in next issue. HW suggests perhaps Joey Cavallo on pencils.

["Greasemonkey, dreaming of a glorious future as a super-ace..."] (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).

Cowboy of the Clouds (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Bert Phillips]
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

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

["Jane, a pilot, and a gunner take off..."] (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 pen-name added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

Lt .Edward H. O'Hare (Table of Contents)

Yank Aces of World War II / biography (nonfictional) / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Pagsilang Rey Isip (signed Silang)
Inks:
Pagsilang Rey Isip (signed Silang)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
bio; war

Indexer Notes

Genre and art pen-name added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

["A Port Said cafe...a secret service agent..."] (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 and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
most typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
House ad for Fiction House comics.

Indexer Notes

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

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Fight Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Synopsis:
Promotional ad for Fight Comics #20.

Indexer Notes

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

Editing
Change History

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Wings Salutes You!
  2. 2. ["Jimmy Jones, American, Sandy McGregor, Scotsman, and Kent..."]
    Skull Squad
  3. 3. ["Mix up espionage with a girl shaped like..."]
    Suicide Smith
  4. 4. Suicide Squeeze
    Captain Derek West
  5. 5. ["The last mumbled words from the blood-flecked lips..."]
    Captain Wings and the Hell-Diver Squadron
  6. 6. Build the All Wing Fighter
    [Model Airplane Design]
  7. 7. [untitled]
    Wings of America Club Page
  8. 8. [untitled]
    Wings' Air Mail
  9. 9. ["Air-tested by the death-defying heroes of the RAF..."]
    Wing Tips
  10. 10. ["Young Jeff Calhoun has flown up to Lee..."]
    Calhoun of the Air Cadets
  11. 11. ["Greasemonkey, dreaming of a glorious future as a super-ace..."]
    Greasemonkey Griffin
  12. 12. Cowboy of the Clouds
  13. 13. ["Jane, a pilot, and a gunner take off..."]
    Jane Martin
  14. 14. Lt .Edward H. O'Hare
    Yank Aces of World War II
  15. 15. ["A Port Said cafe...a secret service agent..."]
    Clipper Kirk
  16. 16. [untitled]
  17. 17. [untitled]
    Fight Comics
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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