Wings Comics
#71
(July 1946)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1946-05-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Wings Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)
Issue Notes
Entire issue updated/revised 12/2006 by HS/HW/JV.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
The Kamikaze Bird-Cage
Captain Wings / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
- Pencils
- Bob Lubbers (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Lubbers (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Colonel Kamikaze's clever scheme to spread distrust among...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- V: Col. Kamikaze
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
[no title indexed]
Jane Martin / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The secret must be kept at any cost...
- Genre
- adventure
[no title indexed]
Greasemonkey Griffith / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All hands man the stomach pumps!
- Genre
- humor
"Pappy" Boyington
Air Aces of World War II / text story / 5 pages
- Genre
- aviation; biography; war
Indexer Notes
Illustrated text story. HS suggests Hopper? and HW speculated Peppe? Not much to go on.
Daredevil of the Skyways
Suicide Smith / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers]
- Pencils
- John Celardo (signed)
- Inks
- John Celardo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Take a jungle adventurer, an old professor, and...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Reprints
-
in Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #114 (Summer 1951)
-
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from a cover blurb.
[no title indexed]
Phantom Falcon / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fascism's slimy tentacles lashed out from underground, seeking...
- Genre
- spy
[no title indexed]
Ghost Squadron / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the charge...
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
- in Ghost Comics (Fiction House, 1951 series) #5 (Winter 1952) [story is cut 4 pages short] which is reprinted
-
in Indexer Notes
formerly Ghost Patrol
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Kamikaze Bird-Cage
Captain Wings -
1.
The Kamikaze Bird-Cage
Captain Wings -
2.
["The secret must be kept at any cost..."]
Jane Martin -
3.
["All hands man the stomach pumps!"]
Greasemonkey Griffith -
4.
"Pappy" Boyington
Air Aces of World War II -
5.
Daredevil of the Skyways
Suicide Smith -
6.
Wings' Air Mail
Wings' Air Mail -
7.
["Fascism's slimy tentacles lashed out from underground, seeking..."]
Phantom Falcon -
8.
["Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the charge..."]
Ghost Squadron
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Tony R. Rose
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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