(February 1946)

Fiction House, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1945-12-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Wings Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
Jack Byrne (credited as J. F. Byrne) (managing editor); Thurman Scott (credited as T. T. Scott) (business manager)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.

none (Table of Contents)

The Ghost Patrol / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Reprints
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First Step to the Moon (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? [as L. L. Trent]
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Feature appears on inside of front and back covers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Wings / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Pencils
Lee Elias
Inks
Lee Elias
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tokyo lay just ahead across the harbor...and...
Genre
war; aviation

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Jane Martin / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
F. E. Lincoln
Pencils
Ann Brewster (signed)
Inks
Ann Brewster (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
'Just a small-time job 'o work,' they said...
Genre
spy; adventure; crime

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Wing Tips / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Peppe (signed)
Inks
Mike Peppe (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The perfect pilot! But not for flying...
Genre
non-fiction; aviation

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Suicide Smith / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers]
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed)
Inks
Jack Keller (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
'Fire the wreck!' ordered the jap commander--but...
Genre
war; aviation

Wings' Air Mail (Table of Contents: 6)

Wings' Air Mail / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
"Derek West' has a "letter" introducing his new feature, "Ghost Patrol."

Indexer Notes

1/3 page is taken up with the Ownership Statement.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Jack Byrne (credited) (managing editor)
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
? [as Kip Beales]
Pencils
Alex Blum; Matt Baker
Inks
Matt Baker ?; Iger Shop
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
'How to make friends in India'--Hmmm! Lemme see...
Genre
war; humor

Autogyro and Helicopter (Table of Contents: 9)

Wing Tips / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; aviation

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Clipper Kirk / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Cliff Dubois (house name)
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill; ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The last days of the war...and positively...
Genre
war; aviation

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Ghost Patrol / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Derek West
Pencils
Rodlow Willard
Inks
Rodlow Willard
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sky-war stories...the deeds of spectre-legions...
Genre
war; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Patrol
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Note that it is "The" Ghost Patrol and "Capt." Derek West on the cover.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. none
    The Ghost Patrol
  2. 1. First Step to the Moon
  3. 2. ["Tokyo lay just ahead across the harbor...and..."]
    Captain Wings
  4. 3. ["'Just a small-time job 'o work,' they said..."]
    Jane Martin
  5. 4. ["The perfect pilot! But not for flying..."]
    Wing Tips
  6. 5. ["'Fire the wreck!' ordered the jap commander--but..."]
    Suicide Smith
  7. 6. Wings' Air Mail
    Wings' Air Mail
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
  9. 8. ["'How to make friends in India'--Hmmm! Lemme see..."]
    Greasemonkey Griffin
  10. 9. Autogyro and Helicopter
    Wing Tips
  11. 10. ["The last days of the war...and positively..."]
    Clipper Kirk
  12. 11. ["Sky-war stories...the deeds of spectre-legions..."]
    Ghost Patrol
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