(February 1944)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 60
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- ?
- Editing:
- Malcolm Reiss (Editor)
- Format:
- 10 cents; Standard Golden Age U.S.; saddle-stitched; newsprint; glossy cover; full color
Issue Notes
All info [except feature] added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Entire issue updated/revised 12/2006 by HS/HW/JV.
The Big Six of the Comic Magazines
Fiction House / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- various
- Inks:
- various
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- House ad for Fiction House comics.
Indexer Notes
Found on the inside front cover. Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
["It was just another day in Captain Wings'..."]
Captain Wings and the Hell-Diver Squadron / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
- Pencils:
- Ruben Moreira
- Inks:
- Ruben Moreira
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
Indexer Notes
Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
Madame Butch
Captain Derek West / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Capt. Derek West]
- Pencils:
- George H. Appel
- Inks:
- George H. Appel
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
Indexer Notes
Genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). HW sees art assist by Tony Cavallo?.
["Report operations maneuver no. 724 HZ Finland fingers..."]
Suicide Smith / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
- 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).
["Lemme see...alla dirty jobs is taken...no..."]
Greasemonkey Griffin / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Kip Beales]
- Pencils:
- Harvey Fuller?; Arnold Hicks? [females]
- Inks:
- Harvey Fuller?; (shop)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
Indexer Notes
Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
Curtiss 'Commando'
Wing Tips / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ruth Atkinson (signed)
- Inks:
- Ruth Atkinson (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Features stats on this aircraft.
Indexer Notes
Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
[no title indexed]
Wings' Air Mail / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Comprised of letters sent in by the readers.
Indexer Notes
Entire sequence added by Craig delich (Feb. 2006).
Panzer Meat For Mosquitoes ["Foggia Airfield, Italy:" "You slow freight boys are..."]
Skull Squad / comic story / 5.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Ace Atkins]
- Pencils:
- Robert Webb?; Arnold Hicks?
- Inks:
- Arnold Hicks?; shop
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
Indexer Notes
Genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). The story title is taken from the cover.
Major Ralph Celli
Yank Aces of World War II / biography (nonfictional) / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Fran Hopper
- Inks:
- Fran Hopper
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
- Synopsis:
- Last appearance of this feature.
Indexer Notes
Story title and genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
["Dusk on the outskirts of Florence, Italy...and a..."]
Jane Martin / comic story / 6 pages
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).
They Asked For It!
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Eric Somers]
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
Indexer Notes
Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
["300 miles off Norway's fjords:"]
Clipper Kirk / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Cliff Dubois]
- Pencils:
- Jack Keller?
- Inks:
- Jack Keller?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
Indexer Notes
Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Big Six of the Comic Magazines
Fiction House -
2.
["It was just another day in Captain Wings'..."]
Captain Wings and the Hell-Diver Squadron -
3.
Madame Butch
Captain Derek West -
4.
["Report operations maneuver no. 724 HZ Finland fingers..."]
Suicide Smith -
5.
["Lemme see...alla dirty jobs is taken...no..."]
Greasemonkey Griffin -
6.
Curtiss 'Commando'
Wing Tips -
7.
[no title indexed]
Wings' Air Mail -
8.
Panzer Meat For Mosquitoes ["Foggia Airfield, Italy:" "You slow freight boys are..."]
Skull Squad -
9.
Major Ralph Celli
Yank Aces of World War II -
10.
["Dusk on the outskirts of Florence, Italy...and a..."]
Jane Martin -
11.
They Asked For It!
-
12.
["300 miles off Norway's fjords:"]
Clipper Kirk
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- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
- Mike Nielsen
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- Gary L. Watson
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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