Wings Comics
#79
(March 1947)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-01-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Wings Pub. Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)
Issue Notes
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.
Buzzards of Plunder-Sky
Captain Wings / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers]
- Pencils
- Bob Lubbers (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Lubbers (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Wings had drawn the honor assignment! He would...
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Captain Wings; Princess Ava (introduction); Lt. Griper; VILLAIN: Pakkoku (introduction)
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
- Jane should have known her boss wasn't just...
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- Intro: Eric Evans. Villain: Downbeat (Intro); Jane Martin imposter (Intro); Dasher (Intro, Death); another hood (Intro, Death)
How to Fly in Formation Information
Greasemonkey Griffin / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Colonel Julep (introduction); Betsy Lou Julep; Lee Sigree (introduction, villain); Greasemonkey Griffin
Sgt. "Shorty" Gordon
Air Heroes of World War II / text article / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
illustrated text feature
[no title indexed]
The Phantom Falcon / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The mark on the radar screen meant more than...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Villain: Miss Phillips (Intro); Villain: Pierrot Remark (Intro, Death)
[no title indexed]
Wings' Air Mail / letters page / 0.6 page
- Letters
- Typeset
Indexer Notes
Rest of page is half blank and half advertisement. Letters page.
[no title indexed]
Suicide Smith / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A mercy flight...and out of a spirit of...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- GS: Dale Johnson, Mr. Johnson; I: Gen. Sanchez (I, D); V: A spy ring (I)
[no title indexed]
Ghost Patrol / Ghost Squadron / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- John Mitchell (credited as Derek West) (house name)
- Pencils
- Rafael Astarita
- Inks
- Rafael Astarita
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When a man dies, his flesh and bones crumble and decay.
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- Bea White (introduction, death); Ben White (introduction, death); General White; Chet Dunbar; Blackbeard (as a ghost); Capt. Tsuga (villain, introduction, death)
Indexer Notes
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Buzzards of Plunder-Sky
Captain Wings -
1.
Buzzards of Plunder-Sky
Captain Wings -
2.
["Jane should have known her boss wasn't just..."]
Jane Martin -
3.
How to Fly in Formation Information
Greasemonkey Griffin -
4.
Sgt. "Shorty" Gordon
Air Heroes of World War II -
5.
["The mark on the radar screen meant more than..."]
The Phantom Falcon -
6.
[no title indexed]
Wings' Air Mail -
7.
["A mercy flight...and out of a spirit of..."]
Suicide Smith -
8.
["When a man dies, his flesh and bones crumble and decay."]
Ghost Patrol / Ghost Squadron
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Tony R. Rose
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
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