Wings Comics #30

(February 1943)

3 New, Different Comics! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Sheena; Rangers; Wambi / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

? [as Major T. E. Bowen]

Pencils

Bob Lubbers

Inks

Bob Lubbers

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The deal was a treacherous triple-cross of the Solomon...

Genre

war

Characters

Capt. Wings; Link; Capt. Boggs; Major Burns; Dipper; Hunchie

Keywords

Wharf Rat (bar)

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Suicide Smith / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers]

Pencils

Joe Doolin

Inks

Joe Doolin

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The ceiling price on Jap lives hits rock bottom...

Genre

war

Characters

Suicide Smith; Hinda; General Bard; Gruber; Fuisha

Keywords

Alaska; San Francisco

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

Lieut. John James Powers (Table of Contents: 4)

Yank Aces of World War II / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Remember, the folks back home are counting on us.

Genre

aviation; biography; war

Characters

Lt. John James Powers

Synopsis

Lt. Powers flies a bomber in the third battle of the Coral Sea.

Indexer Notes

Genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Typeset text runs across the bottoms of the panels, there are no word balloons or sound effects.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Greasemonkey Griffin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Kip Beales]

Pencils

Al Walker (signed)

Inks

Al Walker (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A valuable packet of blueprints has just arrived...

Genre

war

Characters

Greasemonkey Griffin; Nazis; Col. Atkins

Synopsis

Griffin loses a set of blueprints for a plane, so he makes up a set of blueprints himself to replace the lost set; the Nazis steal the fake blueprints and manufacture a plane based on Griffin's design.

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre and writer added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

Crash Dive for the Jackpot (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Douglas Bell]

Pencils

? (1 panel art)

Inks

? (1 panel art)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The V mail had just arrived from Darwin, and the...

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

Jack Moulton; Steve Weber; Chip Kinny; Mac Leavitt

Synopsis

Jack receives a letter from his parents letting him know that the family barns burned down from a lightning strike; wishing to help his folks, Jack bets on himself to win a pool amongst the aviators.

Keywords

Curtiss P-40 (plane); Henderson Field; World War II

Indexer Notes

Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

Hitler's Latest Sky-Slugger (Table of Contents: 7)

Model Airplane Builder's Plans / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gene Fawcette ?

Inks

Gene Fawcette ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Until recently the Messerschmitt ME-109 did the lion's share of fighting over Europe.

Genre

non-fiction; aviation

Keywords

Focke-Wulf 190

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Template for building a wood model.

Monsters of the Stratosphere (Table of Contents: 8)

Skull Squad / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Ace Atkins]

Pencils

Art Peddy ?; ?

Inks

Art Peddy ?; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ten miles up in no-man's sky, in the thin...

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

Kent Douglas; Sandy MacGregor; Jimmy Jones; Schwarzvogel [Blackbird]; Franz

Keywords

Boeing B-29 Superfortress; Heinkel dreadnaught (plane); Luftwaffe; World War II

Indexer Notes

Genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). The story title was taken from the cover.

Graveyard Flight (Table of Contents: 9)

Capt. Derek West / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Capt. Derek West]

Pencils

George Appel [as Geo. H. Appel] (signed)

Inks

George Appel [as Geo. H. Appel] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The startling adventure of two Yankee airmen on a midnight bomb spree.

Genre

war

Characters

Lt. Chuck Mason; Red Barnes; Nazis

Synopsis

Mason and Barnes steal a plane to hunt for a German air base.

Keywords

Douglas DB-7 (plane); Focke Wulf (plane); World War II

Indexer Notes

Genre, writer added; art verified by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Story title also appears on the cover. All lettering with the exception of a caption on first page and a caption at the end are typeset. Text runs across the tops of the panels, there are no word balloons or sound effects.

Meet a Brace of TB's (Table of Contents: 10)

Wing Tips / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gene Fawcette [as Fawcette] (signed)

Inks

Gene Fawcette [as Fawcette] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" is a famed and super-tough...

Genre

non-fiction; aviation

Synopsis

Two aircraft drawings.

Keywords

Douglas TBD-1 (plane); Grumman TBF-1 (plane)

Indexer Notes

Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Wings of America Club Page / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Guy Holt, Jr.; Allan Slayton; Edward Samut

Inks

Guy Holt, Jr.; Allan Slayton; Edward Samut

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Alan Slayton of Kellogg, Idaho submits this sleek...

Genre

aviation

Synopsis

Comprised of aircraft drawings sent in by readers.

Keywords

club page

Indexer Notes

Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

[Posolutely a Joik] (Table of Contents: 12)

Wings' Air Mail / letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

Larabie Cunningham

Pencils

? (illustrations)

Inks

? (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Sirs: I am tough, see, an' anybody dat don't agree wit me...

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Letters of comment from James Tichenor; Eleanor Okaiski; Ensor Lynch; Floyd Jerdon, Jr.; Isadore Ettleman and Phil Bernstein; William J. Cassidy; Billy Stout; Pvt. J.D. Strong, USMC; Jim Sullivan; Fay Avera; Joe Belmont; Henry Payson. Story title taken from title of first letter of comment.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement signed by Larabie Cunningham, editor, on September 29, 1942.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Saul Rosen

Inks

Saul Rosen

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Intrigue is a game with one score. You...

Genre

war

Characters

Jane Martin; Haask; Nazis; Heller

Synopsis

Jane Martin poses as a German nurse to tend to a captured Nazi in order to glean information from him.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Clipper Kirk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Cliff Dubois]

Pencils

Art Saaf

Inks

Art Saaf

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the nazi-held island of Crete thunders a...

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

Clipper Kirk; Tonia; Nazis; Hans; Sahdi

Keywords

Crete; Junkers 88 (plane); Luftwaffe

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

The Big Six of the Comics Magazines (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Fiction House / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)