(July 1949)

Fiction House, Wings Publishing Co. imprint, 1940 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
Editing:
J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor); William R. Shelton (Editor)
Format:
10 cents; Standard Golden Age U.S.; saddle-stitched; newsprint; glossy cover; full color

Issue Notes

This is the first issue of Wings comics not to contain Jane Martin.


Operation Satan (Table of Contents)

Captain Wings / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Bob Lubbers
Inks:
Bob Lubbers?; ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

Operation Satan ["When Captain Wings was assigned to stop those five..."] (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; Carmen; Griper; Commander Hunter; Colonel Zoltam [a dictator] (villain)
Synopsis:
Capt Wings is being set up as a traitor by Col. Zoltam.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.


["A strange girl of the jungle wilds led..."] (Table of Contents)

King of the Congo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Nils Van Duren]
Pencils:
Cesare Avai [as Jack Away]
Inks:
Cesare Avai [as Jack Away]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
jungle
Characters:
leopard girl; Mrs. Bertha Lawson; Jud Lawson; King; Jingo [a boy]
Synopsis:
In the Katangah Swamp, a Leopard Girl is trying to drive Mrs. Lawson and her husband off a jungle outpost.

Indexer Notes

last appearance


Lt. Col. Duane Beeson (Table of Contents)

Air Heroes of World War II / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Indexer Notes

Illustrated text story.


["Crack-up! In tangled Latin-American jungle, on a..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Suicide Smith; Jughead; Mr. Johnson; Michael Shea (Villain, Death); Carlos (Villain, Death)
Synopsis:
Smith and company attempt to rescue the survivors of a plane crash from the Jivaro Indians.

["Born in Devonshire, March 3, 1902. Educated at Eton and..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
mystery
Characters:
Ghost Squadron; Camille (a French girl); Jeff (a pilot); Lt. Richard Green (a ghost); Mama Marie (Villain, nazi); Nazis (Villains)
Synopsis:
A pilot is rescued by a French girl who lives in a haunted villa, where he learns the story of a WWI pilot framed as a traitor and then killed by Mama Marie.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Operation Satan ["When Captain Wings was assigned to stop those five..."]
    Captain Wings
  2. 2. ["A strange girl of the jungle wilds led..."]
    King of the Congo
  3. 3. Lt. Col. Duane Beeson
    Air Heroes of World War II
  4. 4. ["Crack-up! In tangled Latin-American jungle, on a..."]
    Suicide Smith
  5. 5. ["Born in Devonshire, March 3, 1902. Educated at Eton and..."]
    Ghost Squadron
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