(April 1946)

Fiction House, Wings Publishing Co. imprint, 1940 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
Editing:
J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)
Format:
10 cents; Standard Golden Age U.S.; saddle-stitched; newsprint; glossy cover; full color

The Banshee Express (Table of Contents)

Suicide Smith / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks:
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
crime

Indexer Notes

For all intents and purposes, this is a shoot-em-up, cops and robbers crime cover, and one of the "cops" just happens to be in a plane.


["War with Russia: Stormoviks and Mustangs lashing at..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
war

["Any town but Tokyo is a better place..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as F.E. Lincoln]
Pencils:
Fran Hopper (signed)
Inks:
Fran Hopper (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
spy

Wings' Air Mail (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Letters:
typeset

["Some GI's curse the khaki, some fake sick..."] (Table of Contents)

Greasemonkey Griffin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Kip Beales]
Pencils:
Alex Blum [pages 1 & 2], Gus Schrotter ?
Inks:
? [shop]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor

The Banshee Express ["Madman of the skyways, the huns called him..."] (Table of Contents)

Suicide Smith / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
Pencils:
Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)
Inks:
Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.


The Team Behind the Pilot (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as L. L. Trent]
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Who is The Phantom Falcon? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils:
Joey Cavallo (signed)
Inks:
Joey Cavallo (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
spy
Characters:
I & O: Phantom Falcon (Clipper Kirk); Kirk's strip becomes The Phantom Falcon next issue

Revenge of the Spirit Bride (Table of Contents)

Ghost Patrol / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Capt. Derek West]
Pencils:
Rafael Astarita
Inks:
Rafael Astarita
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. ["War with Russia: Stormoviks and Mustangs lashing at..."]
    Captain Wings
  2. 2. ["Any town but Tokyo is a better place..."]
    Jane Martin
  3. 3. Wings' Air Mail
    Wings' Air Mail
  4. 4. ["Some GI's curse the khaki, some fake sick..."]
    Greasemonkey Griffin
  5. 5. The Banshee Express ["Madman of the skyways, the huns called him..."]
    Suicide Smith
  6. 6. The Team Behind the Pilot
  7. 7. Who is The Phantom Falcon?
    Clipper Kirk
  8. 8. Revenge of the Spirit Bride
    Ghost Patrol
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