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Issue: Wings Comics #3

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Publication Date: November 1940

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Issues: #3 of 124 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Fiction House

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Wings Publishing Co., Inc.

On Sale Date: 09/12/1940

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 13 (11 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Malcolm Reiss; Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)

Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.

Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Content Items (13 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette

Inker(s): Gene Fawcette

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Suicide Smith

Character(s): Suicide Smith

First Line: ....with controls locked on a straight course, head-on for the ponderous bomber, Smith opened the throttle wide and leapt from his hurtling plane...

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Ace Atkins]

Penciller(s): Arthur Peddy

Inker(s): Arthur Peddy

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Skull Squad

Character(s): Von Berg (villain, introduction, death); Sgt. Jack Bruce (introduction); Terry Ryan (introduction)

First Line: Chosen because of their record of courage and...

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Pages: 8

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Pat Powers]

Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer

Inker(s): Henry Kiefer

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Parachute Patrol

Character(s): Lord Rosly (introduction)

First Line: The three young patriots are hard at work...

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Pages: 7

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Fred Hawks]

Penciller(s): George Tuska

Inker(s): George Tuska

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Jane Martin

First Line: The armistice between France and Germany has been...

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Pages: 6

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Kit Gleason]

Penciller(s): Leonard Frank

Inker(s): Leonard Frank

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Phantom Falcons

Character(s): Prof. Stratford (introduction); Miss Stratford (introduction)

First Line: Air raid alarms sound all over Great Britain...

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Pages: 7

[untitled]

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette

Inker(s): Gene Fawcette

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: drama, war

Feature(s): Wing Tips

First Line: Mussolini's air force is becoming increasingly important in...

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Pages: 1

Double or Nothing

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Rick N. Backer]

Penciller(s): Witmer Williams

Inker(s): Witmer Williams

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 2

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Rick Ayers]

Penciller(s): Charles Sultan

Inker(s): Charles Sultan; ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Clipper Kirk

Character(s): Col. Evon (introduction)

First Line: Gibraltar--rocky fortress guarding the entrance to the...

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Pages: 6

What of the Helicopter?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Witmer Williams ?; Charles Sultan ?

Inker(s): ? [shop]

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Character(s): Another "What if?" story; helicopter was not perfected for war use at this time

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Pages: 4

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Alexander York]

Penciller(s): Alex Blum

Inker(s): Alex Blum; ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): F4 of the air intelligence

Character(s): Smathers (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: The ll0th pursuit squadron, the terror of Heinkels...

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Clyde North]

Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling

Inker(s): Klaus Nordling

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Powder Burns

Character(s): Powder Burns; Sven; Four Nazi spies (Introduction, villain)

First Line: With Europe flaming in war, American refugees find...

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Pages: 7

Alone in the Sky

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling

Inker(s): Klaus Nordling

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: drama

Feature(s): How Uncle Sam Trains His Warbirds

First Line: Among the many American youths at a civilian...

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Pages: 3

Notes: Story title is taken from last issue's blurb.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Larry Shaw]

Penciller(s): Art Peddy ?; Witmer Williams ?

Inker(s): ? [shop]

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Suicide Smith

First Line: Suicide Smith lives up to his name by...

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Pages: 7