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(April 1943)

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

Issue Notes

Entire issue updated/revised 12/2006 by HS/HW/JV.

[Sky-Mammoth Attacks Germany!] (Table of Contents)

Clipper Kirk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

All info and credits [except feature] added by Craig Delich.

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Two Thrilling Jungle Books (Table of Contents)

Sheena; Wambi / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
(various)
Inks:
(various)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
jungle
Synopsis:
Promotional ad for Sheena #3 and Wambi #3.

Indexer Notes

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

["Who is this man? On the ground, he's..."] (Table of Contents)

Captain Wings and the Hell-Diver Squadron / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Pencils:
Bob Lubbers (signed)
Inks:
Bob Lubbers (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

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

["America's ace on the second front disproves the..."] (Table of Contents)

Clipper Kirk / comic story / 9 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).

Shadows across a star...4 Russian War-Birds (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
Synopsis:
Aircraft drawing.

Indexer Notes

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

["Take 3 daring airmen and a bomb-load of..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Ace Atkins (signed)
Pencils:
Art Peddy?; ?
Inks:
Ruth Atkinson?; ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war; aviation

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Perhaps some genuine Peddy here in the pencils.

Lt. Col. Boyd D. Wagner (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Richard Case?
Inks:
Richard Case?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war
Synopsis:
War biography of Lt. Colonel Boyd D. Wagner.

Indexer Notes

Genre and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). HW still sees some Isip in this art style.

Vanguard of Freedom (Table of Contents)

Model Airplane Builder's Plans / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Synopsis:
Aircraft model drawing.

Indexer Notes

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

The Talking Gun (Table of Contents)

Capt. Derek West / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

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

["German strategists gloat over the toll of allied..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as F.E. Lincoln]
Pencils:
Lily Renee
Inks:
Lily Renee
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

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

n/a (Table of Contents)

Wings of America club page / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Synopsis:
Reproduces drawings of aircraft designs submitted by Fritz W. Gohlke, Floyd Johnson and Curtis McKinney.

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Comprised of letters sent in by readers.

Indexer Notes

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

["Nazi agents weave a pattern of destruction around..."] (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).

Dorniers Beware! (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Tom O'Neill]
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

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

["With tongue in cheek we introduce the gremlins..."] (Table of Contents)

Greasemonkey Griffin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Kip Beales]
Pencils:
Al Walker (signed)
Inks:
Al Walker (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)

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

Credits

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
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).

Editing
Change History

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Two Thrilling Jungle Books
    Sheena; Wambi
  2. 2. ["Who is this man? On the ground, he's..."]
    Captain Wings and the Hell-Diver Squadron
  3. 3. ["America's ace on the second front disproves the..."]
    Clipper Kirk
  4. 4. Shadows across a star...4 Russian War-Birds
    Wing Tips
  5. 5. ["Take 3 daring airmen and a bomb-load of..."]
    Skull Squad
  6. 6. Lt. Col. Boyd D. Wagner
    Yank Aces of World War II
  7. 7. Vanguard of Freedom
    Model Airplane Builder's Plans
  8. 8. The Talking Gun
    Capt. Derek West
  9. 9. ["German strategists gloat over the toll of allied..."]
    Jane Martin
  10. 10. n/a
    Wings of America club page
  11. 11. [no title indexed]
    Wings' Air Mail
  12. 12. ["Nazi agents weave a pattern of destruction around..."]
    Suicide Smith
  13. 13. Dorniers Beware!
  14. 14. ["With tongue in cheek we introduce the gremlins..."]
    Greasemonkey Griffin
  15. 15. [untitled]
    Fiction House
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Peter Croome
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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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