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Issue: Wings Comics #18

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Publication Date: February 1942

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Issues: #18 of 124 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Fiction House

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Wings Publishing Co., Inc.

On Sale Date: 12/01/1941

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Malcolm Reiss (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)

Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.

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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 (11 total)

Horsemen of the Sky

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette (signed)

Inker(s): Gene Fawcette (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Captain Derek West

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Major T. E. Bowen]

Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich

Inker(s): Al Gabriele?; John Cassonel?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Captain Wings

Character(s): The Butcher [Booth] (villain, introduction); Max (villain, introduction); Tommy (villain, introduction); Gus (villain, introduction); Steve (villain, introduction); Cmdr. Saunders (introduction); Mr. Parker (introduction); Sue (introduction)

First Line: His long slimy fingers dripping with blood, the...

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Pages: 12

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Kip Beales]

Penciller(s): Al Walker

Inker(s): Al Walker

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Greasemonkey Griffin

Character(s): Norette (introduction); Don Ballard (introduction); Ballard (his brother, introduction)

First Line: That goofy cloud-buster of war skies, pest of...

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Pages: 6

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers]

Penciller(s): Joe Doolin

Inker(s): Joe Doolin

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Suicide Smith

Character(s): Kauro, Mackenzie (guest-star, death); Gibbs (introduction); Bishop (introduction); Xandra Aroos (introduction); her grandparents (introductions, deaths); Count Borstel (villain, introduction)

First Line: Marooned on Crete, Suicide joins a valiant group...

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Pages: 8

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Ace Atkins]

Penciller(s): Art Peddy

Inker(s): Art Peddy; ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Skull Squad

Character(s): Sabia (introduction); Ignasz Serbatrovicz (introduction)

First Line: Over jagged mountain peaks of Montenegro, where typical...

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Pages: 7

Escort Fighter

Story 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 Bristol Beaufighter is the latest British sky...

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Pages: 2

The Falcons of Malta

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Gordon Wayne]

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): John Perry

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Pages: 2

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Casey McKay]

Penciller(s): George Carl Wilhelms

Inker(s): George Carl Wilhelms?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Parachute Patrol

Character(s): Carl (villain, introduction); other spies (villains, introductions)

First Line: Their superior has given the boys a new...

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Pages: 6

Notes: HS notes some possible H.C. Kiefer input.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as F. E. Lincoln]

Penciller(s): Al Gabriele?

Inker(s): George Appel?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Jane Martin

Character(s): Pres. Benes (introduction); Benrl (introduction); the Torch (an underground resistance group, introductions)

First Line: A messenger hurries to the field where Jane...

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Pages: 6

Horsemen of the Sky

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Capt. Derek West]

Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette; Pagsilang Rey Isip?

Inker(s): Gene Fawcette; Pagsilang Rey Isip?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Captain Derek West

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Pages: 6

Notes: The cover image by Fawcette is repeated here as the splash page.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Cliff Dubois]

Penciller(s): Frank Schwartz?

Inker(s): Frank Schwartz?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Clipper Kirk

Character(s): Fa Chu Chin (introduction); Madame Chin (introduction); Fong (villain, introduction)

First Line: Soaring over snow-capped Tibetan mountains to rescue a...

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Pages: 8

Notes: HW notes similarities to Tom Gill or other early Dell artist.