Wings Comics
#82
(June 1947)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-04-25
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Wings Pub. Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date given in previous issue, confirmed by a copy in the Bill Devine collection with same date marked on back cover.
The Spider and the Fly-Guy
Captain Wings / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Bitsy; Gatti
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bondage cover
in Indexer Notes
Sensational cover loosely based on the Capt. Wings story. Bitsy is a blonde on the cover, dark haired in story.
The Spider and the Fly-Guy
Captain Wings / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No more do shrieking sirens summon Captain Wings'...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation; crime
- Characters
- Bitsy (Intro)(Griper's sister); Gatti (Villain, Intro, Death)
- Synopsis
- A man posing as a magazine writer follows Capt. Wings in a scheme to obtain half a million dollars in gold.
- Keywords
- China
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb. World War II is over by this story.
[no title indexed]
Jane Martin / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Water, water, everywhere...giving life to the world...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Collins (villain, introduction); Konrad (villain, introduction); Mr. and Mrs. Gwynn (introduction); Jane Martin; Mr. Hurry
[no title indexed]
Greasemonkey Griffin / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When a fellow is adventure's steady friend, he must...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Greasemonkey Griffin; Emil
- Synopsis
- Most of this adventure is a dream--and WHAT a dream!!
- Keywords
- Cairo; Hawai'i
Indexer Notes
G.G. is shown reading a newspaper with comic strips of Kaanga, Jane Martin, Capt. Wings and Terry Thunder.
Douglas Bader
Air Heroes of World War II / text story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In 1941, in the day of Britain's greatest peril, when a handful of...
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Douglas Robert Bader; Desoutter
- Keywords
- World War II
Indexer Notes
illustrated text story
[no title indexed]
The Phantom Falcon / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bodies of ten more victims found. Such were...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Carmen Young (Villain, Intro); Val Butler (Villain, Intro, Death)
Indexer Notes
A small advertisement appears along the bottom of the last page.
[no title indexed]
Wings' Air Mail / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Dave Dierking; Tom Brown; Hans Haupt; Catherine LaGuardia; Betty Ann Keeney. In addition, quotes are taken from the letters of 30 other readers.
[no title indexed]
Suicide Smith / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Terror rode the Latin skyways! A transport had...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Suicide Smith; General Varga (Villain, Intro, Death); Perez (Villain, Intro); Communist spy (Villain, Intro)
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Ghost Squadron / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Capt. Derek West]
- Pencils
- Maurice Whitman (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Whitman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Loot! Stolen and hidden by Nazi plunderers! Loot!...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Captain Derek West (Guest Star); Paul (Villain, Intro, Death); Bob (Intro, Death); Betty
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Spider and the Fly-Guy
Captain Wings -
1.
The Super 7 of the Comics...
-
2.
The Spider and the Fly-Guy
Captain Wings -
3.
["Water, water, everywhere...giving life to the world..."]
Jane Martin -
4.
["When a fellow is adventure's steady friend, he must..."]
Greasemonkey Griffin -
5.
Douglas Bader
Air Heroes of World War II -
6.
["Bodies of ten more victims found. Such were..."]
The Phantom Falcon -
7.
[no title indexed]
Wings' Air Mail -
8.
["Terror rode the Latin skyways! A transport had..."]
Suicide Smith -
9.
["Loot! Stolen and hidden by Nazi plunderers! Loot!..."]
Ghost Squadron -
10.
Premiere of Two New Comic Books
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Bill Devine
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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