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(July 1943)

Fiction House, Wings Publishing Co. imprint, 1940 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
60
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
Editing:
Dana E. Dutch
Format:
10 cents; Standard Golden Age U.S.; saddle-stitched; newsprint; glossy cover; full color

Issue Notes

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

Hell's Lightning (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:
Art Saaf (signed)
Inks:
Art Saaf (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre, page count and editor added by Craig Delich.

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Earth the Year of Doom.. 2999. (Table of Contents)

Planet Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Graham Ingels
Inks:
Graham Ingels?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science ficiton
Synopsis:
Promotional ad for Planet Comics #25.

Indexer Notes

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

["Once there was a slant-eyed midget who grew..."] (Table of Contents)

Captain Wings / 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).

["A strange assignment confronts Suicide Smith, army intelligence..."] (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).

Hell's Lightning (Table of Contents)

Capt. Derek West / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Capt. Derek West]
Pencils:
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks:
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

Genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Story title also appears on the cover.

["Our hero has been haunting a couple of..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Kip Beales]
Pencils:
Mort Leav
Inks:
Mort Leav?; ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

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

Messerschmidt Madness (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Douglas Bell]
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

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

Vultee Vengeance (Table of Contents)

Wing Tips / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Rafael Astarita
Inks:
Rafael Astarita
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Indexer Notes

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

["Grim tales splash our press these tense days..."] (Table of Contents)

Skull Squad / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Ace Atkins]
Pencils:
Robert Webb
Inks:
? [shop]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). HW suggests David Heames as a possible co-penciller.

["Treachery, mystery, and the blood-chilling whine of Stuka..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as F.E. Lincoln]
Pencils:
Lily Renee (signed)
Inks:
Lily Renee (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)

Wings' Air Mail / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Comprised of letters sent in by the readers.

Indexer Notes

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

["Suppressed by Mussolini, the black hand society in Sicily..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Cliff DuBois (signed)
Pencils:
Graham Ingels
Inks:
Graham Ingels
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:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
House ad for Fiction House comics.

Indexer Notes

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

Editing
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Table of Contents

  1. 1. Earth the Year of Doom.. 2999.
    Planet Comics
  2. 2. ["Once there was a slant-eyed midget who grew..."]
    Captain Wings
  3. 3. ["A strange assignment confronts Suicide Smith, army intelligence..."]
    Suicide Smith
  4. 4. Hell's Lightning
    Capt. Derek West
  5. 5. ["Our hero has been haunting a couple of..."]
    Greasemonkey Griffin
  6. 6. Messerschmidt Madness
  7. 7. Vultee Vengeance
    Wing Tips
  8. 8. ["Grim tales splash our press these tense days..."]
    Skull Squad
  9. 9. ["Treachery, mystery, and the blood-chilling whine of Stuka..."]
    Jane Martin
  10. 10. [untitled]
    Wings' Air Mail
  11. 11. ["Suppressed by Mussolini, the black hand society in Sicily..."]
    Clipper Kirk
  12. 12. [untitled]
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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