(December 1947)

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

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Madman's Mission (Table of Contents)

Captain Wings / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Bob Lubbers (signed)
Inks:
Bob Lubbers (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Captain Wings

Indexer Notes

Cover pencil & ink credit from Nicholas Burns (February 10, 2006).


Madman's Mission ["Dr. Ludwig Szkyzk dreamed up and designed that..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Pencils:
Bob Lubbers
Inks:
Bob Lubbers?; ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Captain Wings; VILLAIN: Atlantis

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.


["There's never a dull moment if you work..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Bob Hickok]
Pencils:
George Evans (signed)
Inks:
George Evans (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
crime
Characters:
Jane Martin

["The honorable and ancient society of the flying skulls..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Capt. Derek West]
Pencils:
Maurice Whitman
Inks:
Maurice Whitman
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
mystery
Characters:
Ghost Squadron

["'Fifth King airliner lost with all aboard!' So read the..."] (Table of Contents)

The Phantom Falcon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils:
Charles Sultan
Inks:
Charles Sultan
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
The Phantom Falcon

"Swede" Larsen (Table of Contents)

Air Heroes of World War II / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Indexer Notes

illustrated text story


["The zoomobile! Zipmotor Corporation's contribution to the postwar..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Kip Beales]
Pencils:
Al Walker
Inks:
Al Walker
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Greasemonkey Griffin

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

["The assayer's report had been terse: close quick..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
Pencils:
John Celardo
Inks:
John Celardo
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Suicide Smith

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Madman's Mission ["Dr. Ludwig Szkyzk dreamed up and designed that..."]
    Captain Wings
  2. 2. ["There's never a dull moment if you work..."]
    Jane Martin
  3. 3. ["The honorable and ancient society of the flying skulls..."]
    Ghost Squadron
  4. 4. ["'Fifth King airliner lost with all aboard!' So read the..."]
    The Phantom Falcon
  5. 5. "Swede" Larsen
    Air Heroes of World War II
  6. 6. ["The zoomobile! Zipmotor Corporation's contribution to the postwar..."]
    Greasemonkey Griffin
  7. 7. [no title indexed]
    Wings' Air Mail
  8. 8. ["The assayer's report had been terse: close quick..."]
    Suicide Smith
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