Wings Comics
#106
(June 1949)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Wings Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor); William R. Shelton (Editor)
Six Aces and a Firing Squad
Captain Wings / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The world watched, shuddered, and wondered! Would the...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Captain Wings; Griper; Carmen Mornay; Colonel Zoltam
- Synopsis
- Colonal Zoltam of a small island nation has requested America's help to put down a rebellion, which has American flyers' support. Captain Wings is sent, and discovers that one of the flyers is his old comrade, Griper. He discovers that Zoltram's story is a cover for the crimes of a budding dictatorship, and must intervene to prevent tyranny.
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
- All week long Jane had been reading the...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Jane Martin
[no title indexed]
King of the Congo / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bertha Lawson ruled her vast jungle trading concession...
- Genre
- jungle
- Reprints
-
in Sheena, Queen of the Jungle (Fiction House, 1942 series) #17 (Fall 1952) [modified and shortened] which is reprinted
-
in [no title indexed]
The Phantom Falcon / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The battle was on--Metropolis versus the kingdom...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- The Phantom Falcon
Lt. Col. Robert E. Galer
Air Heroes of World War II / text article / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
illustrated text story
[no title indexed]
Suicide Smith / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers]
- Pencils
- Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)
- Inks
- Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nazi prisoners to gain freedom in exchange for...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Suicide Smith
[no title indexed]
Ghost Squadron / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Derek West]
- Pencils
- Maurice Whitman (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Whitman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Man will reap his reward or punishment as he...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ghost Squadron
Indexer Notes
Whitman's signature appears as the initials "MW" in the lower right corner of the splash panel in the black of the water.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Six Aces and a Firing Squad
Captain Wings -
1.
Six Aces and a Firing Squad
Captain Wings -
2.
["All week long Jane had been reading the..."]
Jane Martin -
3.
["Bertha Lawson ruled her vast jungle trading concession..."]
King of the Congo -
4.
["The battle was on--Metropolis versus the kingdom..."]
The Phantom Falcon -
5.
Lt. Col. Robert E. Galer
Air Heroes of World War II -
6.
["Nazi prisoners to gain freedom in exchange for..."]
Suicide Smith -
7.
["Man will reap his reward or punishment as he..."]
Ghost Squadron
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Daniel Martinez
- Tony Oliva
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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