Wings Comics
#17
(January 1942)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Every month
- On-sale Date
- 1941-11-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Wings Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
Gangway, Panzers!
Suicide Smith / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gene Fawcette (signed); Dan Zolnerowich
- Inks
- Gene Fawcette (signed); Dan Zolnerowich
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- military; war
- Characters
- 'Suicide' Smith
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Credits and some info by Craig Delich (Jan. 2006). Foreground figure is by Zolnerowich.
[no title indexed]
Captain Wings / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Wings, secret agent and RAF veteran, is...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Red O'Neil (introduction); The Camera Killer [Luke Krag] (villain, introduction, death)
[no title indexed]
Jane Martin / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At Jane's military hospital:" "Nurse Martin! Glad you're...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Captain Smythe (introduction); Lord Winthrop (introduction); Dr. Phil Kent (introduction)
Indexer Notes
HW sees George Appel.
Gangway, Panzers!
Suicide Smith / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At last I'm getting a chance to help...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Kauro (intro); MacKenzie (intro); Mike Dorgan; Schlam (villain, intro)
Indexer Notes
Title is taken from the cover.
[The Quislings' Death List]
The Phantom Falcons / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Raoul (intro); French Quislings (intro); the Nazis
[no title indexed]
Skull Squad / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sent to the near east, the Skull Squad...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Ahmed Pasha (intro); Saida Ahmed (his daughter)
Flash! Two of the latest American dive bombers
Wing Tips / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; aviation
[no title indexed]
Clipper Kirk / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- While England's shipping bears the brunt of a...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Dr. Howard (villain, intro)
Indexer Notes
Very grotesque - ever for Schwarz.
Shark of the Japan Sea
John Perry / text story / 1.67 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- John Perry
Indexer Notes
1/3 of second page is devoted to an Ownership Statement.
[no title indexed]
The Parachute Patrol / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Curly, Tommy and Blimpo are being rewarded for...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Von Orst (villain, intro)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Gangway, Panzers!
Suicide Smith -
1.
[no title indexed]
Wings' Air Mail -
2.
["Captain Wings, secret agent and RAF veteran, is..."]
Captain Wings -
3.
["At Jane's military hospital:" "Nurse Martin! Glad you're..."]
Jane Martin -
4.
Gangway, Panzers!
Suicide Smith -
5.
[The Quislings' Death List]
The Phantom Falcons -
6.
["Sent to the near east, the Skull Squad..."]
Skull Squad -
7.
Flash! Two of the latest American dive bombers
Wing Tips -
8.
["While England's shipping bears the brunt of a..."]
Clipper Kirk -
9.
Shark of the Japan Sea
John Perry -
10.
["Curly, Tommy and Blimpo are being rewarded for..."]
The Parachute Patrol -
11.
Skyway to Death
Captain Derek West -
12.
["Greasemonkey is putting in one of his all-too-frequent..."]
Greasemonkey Griffin
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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