Wings Comics #31

(March 1943)

[Sheena] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

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

Captain Wings / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Major T. E. Bowen]

Pencils

Bob Lubbers (signed)

Inks

Bob Lubbers (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He is a man with two faces, two souls...

Genre

war

Characters

Capt. Boggs; Lady Cooper; Sir Guy Cooper; Link; Hugo; Capt. Wings; Shorty

Keywords

World War II

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

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

Script

? [as Ace Atkins]

Pencils

? [after Art Peddy]

Inks

Ruth Atkinson ?; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Another dawn on the English coast, and a...

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

Kent Douglas; Sandy MacGregor; Jimmy Jones; Rockham [Gray Ghost]; Von Lichtau

Keywords

Focke Wulf; Luftwaffe; World War II

Indexer Notes

Peddy seems to be completely gone from the art at this point, though his replacement[s] are doing their best to convince us otherwise.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Our hero is dejected and forlorn...as he...

Genre

humor; war

Characters

Greasemonkey Griffin; Col. Atkins

Synopsis

Griffin sneaks aboard a plane to be flown by Col. Atkins and inadvertently catches a spy.

Monsoon Mission (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Derek West / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Captain 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

Eluding a Jap task force of light cruisers...

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

Lt. Ferris; Ensign Bill Collier; Jean Kelly; George

Keywords

Timor Sea; World War II

Indexer Notes

All lettering with the exception of one caption on last page is typeset. Text runs across the tops of the panels, there are no word balloons or sound effects.

Build the "Wildcat" (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Gene Fawcette ?

Pencils

Gene Fawcette (signed)

Inks

Gene Fawcett (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; aviation

Keywords

Grumman F4F-3; Wildcat

Indexer Notes

Instructions and pattern to build a wooden model of the Grumman F4F-3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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 West Indies...hotbed of German infiltration and...

Genre

spy; war

Keywords

Martinique

Look out for the Flying Goon! (Table of Contents: 8)

Wing Tips / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gene Fawcette ?

Pencils

Gene Fawcette (signed)

Inks

Gene Fawcette (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

... an aeronautical nightmare?

Genre

non-fiction; aviation

Keywords

German BV-141

[Run For the Bomb Shelter, Jane!] (Table of Contents: 9)

letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

Dana E. Dutch (editor)

Pencils

? (illustrations)

Inks

? (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

Typeset

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the title of the first letter. Letters of comment from John Hatfield; J. Hart; Bob Sadler; Eddie Asmir; Don Shultz; Gale H. Brochnke, Tom S. Harris, Jim S. Lane; Jacklyn Louise Mayfield; Hawk Harrington; Jerry Morton; Joseph Yazell; Wesley Townsend; Jim McCorkindale; Bill Doran; Billy Kershner

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Lt. Lyman Middleditch (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

?

Pencils

George Evans ?

Inks

George Evans ?

Colors

?

Letters

?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Egyptian sky swarmed with Axis planes.

Genre

non-fiction; biography; war

Characters

Lieut. Lyman Middleditch; Major General Brereton

Indexer Notes

All lettering with the exception of one caption on first page is typeset. Text runs across the bottoms of the panels, there are no word balloons or sound effects.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

? [as F. E. Lincoln]

Pencils

Lily Renee

Inks

Lily Renee

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Vladivostok, distant scene of Russian and Axis intrigues...

Genre

spy; war

Characters

Jane Martin; Thurkoff; Franz

Keywords

Manchukuo

Zero Bait (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Douglas Bell]

Letters

Typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The American pursuit group of P-40F's climbed away from the Port Moresby field and took echelon formation above the thin clouds.

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

Joe Cutler; Capt. Ben Wallace

Sea-Hawks Away (Table of Contents: 14)

Clipper Kirk / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Cliff Dubois]

Pencils

Art Saaf

Inks

Art Saaf

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Shifted from the desert front to the United...

Genre

war

Characters

Clipper Kirk; Tonia Lorraine; Tereau; Gregg; Lt. Bruce MacDougal

Keywords

Bukar

Indexer Notes

The title is taken from the cover.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)