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Issue: Wings Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1941
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Issues: #5 of 124 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Wings Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/25/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Malcolm Reiss; Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)
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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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The Torpedo Patrol

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette
Inker(s): Gene Fawcette
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Clipper Kirk
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Pages: 1
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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): Count De Chambreau (introduction)
First Line: The bristol blenheim with the skull squad insignia...
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Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Pat Powers]
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer; ? [shop]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Parachute Patrol
Character(s): Tommy; Curly; Blimpo; Lord Roslyn; Captain Arnold
First Line: Three English boy scouts have become expert fliers...
Synopsis: Grounded because of their age, Tommy, Curly and Blimpo stay on the ground and capture 2 Nazi spies landed from a German sub. The boys and some British soldiers take over the submarine.
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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
Character(s): Tom Raleigh (guest-star); A sheik (introduction)
First Line: A native chieftain has been wounded in Alexandria...
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Pages: 5
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The Adventure of the Mad Baron

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): The Phantom Falcons
Character(s): Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Goering (villain); Baron Von Reichmann (villain, death)
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The Torpedo Patrol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Rick Ayers]
Penciller(s): Witmer Williams
Inker(s): Witmer Williams; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Clipper Kirk
Character(s): Capt. Donaldson (introduction)
First Line: Taking a daring chance, Clipper Kirk leads his...
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Pages: 5
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Yankee Manners

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Rick N. Backer]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 2
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette
Inker(s): Gene Fawcette
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Wing Tips
First Line: The British are pursuing the war with the...
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Pages: 2
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A Bomb With Wings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Witmer Williams ?
Inker(s): Witmer Williams; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: another "What if?" story
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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): Von Hoff (villain, introduction, death); his underling (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: F-4 is called into the office of admiral...
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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): Amy Lint (guest-star)
First Line: Powder Burns, air adventurer, finds himself in Cairo...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Larry Shaw]
Penciller(s): Witmer Williams
Inker(s): Witmer Williams; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Suicide Smith
Character(s): The Haywire Squadron (introductions)
First Line: While off active combat duty, Suicide Smith trains...
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Pages: 7
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No Wings for a Coward

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Captain Derek West
Character(s): Tim Cassidy
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jay Ryder]
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): George Tuska; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Greasemonkey Griffin
Character(s): Gen. Fritz (villain); Schmitz (his brother, villain, introduction)
First Line: Dunder und blitzen! Me, a general of der...
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Pages: 5

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