(August 1949)
- 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
Taps for the Sky Snake
Captain Wings / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Bob Lubbers
- Inks:
- Bob Lubbers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
Indexer Notes
Note that the cover image is taken from a reversed stat of the first panel of the Captain Wings story, with two characters and a staircase added on the upper right to achieve the correct proportions.
Taps For the Sky Snake ["Throughout America's offices, files labelled 'ships lost in...'"]
Captain Wings / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
- Pencils:
- Bob Lubbers
- Inks:
- Bob Lubbers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Captain Wings
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #49 ([August] 2008)
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
["For many days the Germans' V-2 rockets had been..."]
Ghost Squadron / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Capt. Derek West]
- Pencils:
- Maurice Whitman (signed)
- Inks:
- Maurice Whitman (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- mystery
- Characters:
- Ghost Squadron
["'El Carcel del San Vaca'...high sloping walls..."]
Suicide Smith / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
- Pencils:
- Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)
- Inks:
- Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Suicide Smith
Col. Don Blakeslee
Air Heroes of World War II / text article / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
Indexer Notes
illustrated text story
["Jason Kirby, famous Hollywood star, who last year..."]
Jane Martin / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as F.E. Lincoln] (signed)
- Pencils:
- George Evans (signed)
- Inks:
- George Evans (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime
- Characters:
- Jane Martin; Jason Kirby; Dr. John Range (Kirby's physician); Olan Zenba (VILLAIN)
- Synopsis:
- An old friend of retired movie star Jason Kirby, Olan Zenba, is bent on revenge and wants to kill the star because Kirby has refused to use his novel as the basis for new film Kirby is producing.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in America's Greatest Comics (AC, 2002 series) #5 ([May 2003]) [in black and white]
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #85 ([April] 2011) [in black and white]
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Taps For the Sky Snake ["Throughout America's offices, files labelled 'ships lost in...'"]
Captain Wings -
2.
["For many days the Germans' V-2 rockets had been..."]
Ghost Squadron -
3.
["'El Carcel del San Vaca'...high sloping walls..."]
Suicide Smith -
4.
Col. Don Blakeslee
Air Heroes of World War II -
5.
["Jason Kirby, famous Hollywood star, who last year..."]
Jane Martin
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Craig Delich
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
- Lou Mougin
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- Jim Walls
- Gary L. Watson
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
- Mike Nielsen
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