(September 1944)

Fiction House, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Wings Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
John F. Byrne (Managing Editor); Ruth Atkinson (Editor)

Issue Notes

Entire issue updated/revised 12/2006 by HS/HW/JV.

Rockets Away! (Table of Contents)

Clipper Kirk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war

Indexer Notes

All info [except feature] added by Craig Delich.

The Big Six of the Comic Magazines (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Fiction House / 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
Art Saaf
Inks
Art Saaf
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This patrol stuff's driving me daffy...same old...
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

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

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

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

Script
? [as Kip Beales]
Pencils
Alex Blum; ?
Inks
Harvey Fuller ?; (shop)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My goo'ness! How'm I s'posed to read these instructions...
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

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

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

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

Script
? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers]
Pencils
Lee Elias
Inks
Lee Elias
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mohammed's holy crown in the hands of Hitler's...
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

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

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

Skull Squad / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Ace Atkins]
Pencils
Robert Webb
Inks
David Heames ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
High above Norway's fjords, a Catalina noses down...
Genre
aviation; war

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Wings' Air Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Comprised of letters sent in by the readers.

Indexer Notes

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

Catalina PBY5-A (Table of Contents: 7)

Wing Tips / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ruth Atkinson ?
Inks
Ruth Atkinson ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; aviation
Synopsis
Features stats on this aircraft.

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
? [as F. E. Lincoln]
Pencils
Ruth Atkinson; Fran Hopper ?
Inks
Ruth Atkinson ?; ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Early one morning at an AAF base in Italy...
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

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

Thunder Behind Tokio (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Jans Jorgesen]
Letters
typeset

Genre
war

Indexer Notes

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

Rockets Away (Table of Contents: 10)

Clipper Kirk / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed)
Inks
Jack Keller (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a briefing hut in England: Sure glad to...
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Genre, writer credit and art verification added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
Story title taken from the cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Rockets Away!
    Clipper Kirk
  2. 1. The Big Six of the Comic Magazines
    Fiction House
  3. 2. ["This patrol stuff's driving me daffy...same old..."]
    Captain Wings
  4. 3. ["My goo'ness! How'm I s'posed to read these instructions..."]
    Greasemonkey Griffin
  5. 4. ["Mohammed's holy crown in the hands of Hitler's..."]
    Suicide Smith
  6. 5. ["High above Norway's fjords, a Catalina noses down..."]
    Skull Squad
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Wings' Air Mail
  8. 7. Catalina PBY5-A
    Wing Tips
  9. 8. ["Early one morning at an AAF base in Italy..."]
    Jane Martin
  10. 9. Thunder Behind Tokio
  11. 10. Rockets Away
    Clipper Kirk
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Patrick Shaughnessy
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore