(April 1949)

Fiction House, 1940 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Wings Pub. Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor); William R. Shelton (Editor)

Fireflies of Fury (Table of Contents)

Captain Wings / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Lubbers
Inks
Bob Lubbers
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #104
Edit cover
Cover gallery

Fireflies of Fury (Table of Contents: 1)

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
An unmarked sand dune in the Arabian desert...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Captain Wings
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

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

Script
? [as F. E. Lincoln]
Pencils
George Evans
Inks
George Evans
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Daily Blade. Sports Extra. Ex-champ to make ring...
Genre
crime
Characters
Jane Martin

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

King of the Congo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Nils Van Duren]
Pencils
Robert Webb; Ruben Moreira
Inks
David Heames ?; Iger Shop; Ruben Moreira
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Banghalla was a river in the northern reaches of...
Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

Seven Moreira panels frame a nautical Iger reprint. This is the first indication of Iger Shop involvement in Wings Comics.

Lt. Col. Thomas G. Lanphier, Jr. (Table of Contents: 4)

Air Heroes of World War II / text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Doolin ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

illustrated text story

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

The Phantom Falcon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils
Frank Fermonetti [as Fermo#]
Inks
Frank Fermonetti [as Fermo#]
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The fertile farms of Metropolis were threatened by...
Genre
adventure
Characters
The Phantom Falcon

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

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

Script
? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers]
Pencils
John Celardo
Inks
John Celardo
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pan Air seemed cursed...mystery crashes, unexplainable fires...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Suicide Smith

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

Ghost Squadron / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Capt. Derek West]
Pencils
Maurice Whitman
Inks
Maurice Whitman ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Those four deadly horsemen of death and destruction...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Ghost Squadron
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Fireflies of Fury
    Captain Wings
  2. 1. Fireflies of Fury
    Captain Wings
  3. 2. ["Daily Blade. Sports Extra. Ex-champ to make ring..."]
    Jane Martin
  4. 3. ["Banghalla was a river in the northern reaches of..."]
    King of the Congo
  5. 4. Lt. Col. Thomas G. Lanphier, Jr.
    Air Heroes of World War II
  6. 5. ["The fertile farms of Metropolis were threatened by..."]
    The Phantom Falcon
  7. 6. ["Pan Air seemed cursed...mystery crashes, unexplainable fires..."]
    Suicide Smith
  8. 7. ["Those four deadly horsemen of death and destruction..."]
    Ghost Squadron
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mitchell Maglio
  • Patrick Shaughnessy
  • Jim Stangas
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.