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Issue: Wings Comics #6 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1941
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Issues: #6 of 124 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Wings Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/05/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Malcolm Reiss; Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
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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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Bombs for Berlin

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette
Inker(s): Gene Fawcette
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Skull Squad
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wings' Air Mail
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover.
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Bombs for Berlin

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): Capt. Sybil Mason (introduction)
First Line: The pilot, gunner, and bombardier of a Bristol...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
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[untitled]

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): Basher (villain, introduction); the Countess (villain, introduction); Blacky (villain, introduction); an unnamed spy (villain, introduction)
First Line: Tommy, Curly and Blimpo, English boy scouts, are...
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Fred Hawks]
Penciller(s): Bob Jenney ?; ?
Inker(s): ? [shop]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Jane Martin
Character(s): Eric Swenson (introduction); Tom Raleigh (guest-star)
First Line: The burning sand and sun of the desert...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Weak art, reminiscent of Jenney with a hint of Nick Cardy or someone imitating him.
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[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): The Phantom Falcons
Character(s): Wally Durham (introduction)
First Line: Again the phantom falcons, Tom Slade, Jerry, Dale...
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Pages: 5
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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): An Oriental spy (villain, introduction)
First Line: The war in Europe has spread its ugly...
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Pages: 5
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The Song of the Harrow

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Rick N. Backer]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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[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
Feature(s): Wing Tips
First Line: Fans, here are some more shots for your...
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Pages: 2
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Planes By Radio

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette; ? [shop]
Inker(s): ? [shop]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Fawcett on first panel only. Hints of Witmer Williams and Art Peddy later on, but probably just shop work.
A "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 Siedorf (villain, introduction, death); Lt. William Hanson (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: F-4 is flying a Messerschmitt over the channel...
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Pages: 4
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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
First Line: Once again Powder Burns and his comrades in...
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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): Baron Von Hirschmann (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Suicide is on short leave at Ramsgate when...
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Pages: 7
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The Flying Scarecrow

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
Disclose Notes: Just for the record, there is no evidence that an author named Derek West, Captain or otherwise, ever existed. These stories are NOT adaptations from other media.
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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): Putzi (villain, introduction); Herman (villain, introduction); Heinie (villain, introduction); Hans (villain, introduction)
First Line: The air-whacky mac whose head and heart are...
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Pages: 5

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