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Issue: Wings Comics #30 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1943
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Issues: #30 of 124 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Wings Pub. Co.
On Sale Date: 12/07/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Larabie Cunningham (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Disclose Notes: Story titles, genre, editor and page count added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Entire issue updated/revised 12/2006 by HW/HW/JV. Updated 2/2016 by BD.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, 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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Monsters of the Stratosphere

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inker(s): Gene Fawcette (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Skull Squad
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Pages: 1
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3 New, Different Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich; Henry Kiefer
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich; Henry Kiefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sheena; Rangers; Wambi
Character(s): Sheena; Wambi
Synopsis: Promotional ad for Sheena #2 (Winter 1942), Rangers Comics #9 (February 1943) and Wambi #2 (Winter 1942).
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Penciller(s): Bob Lubbers
Inker(s): Bob Lubbers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Captain Wings
Character(s): Capt. Wings; Link; Capt. Boggs; Major Burns; Dipper; Hunchie
First Line: The deal was a treacherous triple-cross of the Solomon...
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Pages: 10
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[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): Suicide Smith; Hinda; General Bard; Gruber; Fuisha
First Line: The ceiling price on Jap lives hits rock bottom...
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Pages: 8
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Lieut. John James Powers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Yank Aces of World War II
Character(s): Lt. John James Powers
First Line: Remember, the folks back home are counting on us.
Synopsis: Lt. Powers flies a bomber in the third battle of the Coral Sea.
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Kip Beales]
Penciller(s): Al Walker (signed)
Inker(s): Al Walker (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Greasemonkey Griffin
Character(s): Greasemonkey Griffin; Nazis; Col. Atkins
First Line: A valuable packet of blueprints has just arrived...
Synopsis: Griffin loses a set of blueprints for a plane, so he makes up a set of blueprints himself to replace the lost set; the Nazis steal the fake blueprints and manufacture a plane based on Griffin's design.
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Pages: 8
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Crash Dive for the Jackpot

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Douglas Bell]
Penciller(s): ? (1 panel art)
Inker(s): ? (1 panel art)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Jack Moulton; Steve Weber; Chip Kinny; Mac Leavitt
First Line: The V mail had just arrived from Darwin, and the...
Synopsis: Jack receives a letter from his parents letting him know that the family barns burned down from a lightning strike; wishing to help his folks, Jack bets on himself to win a pool amongst the aviators.
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Pages: 3
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Hitler's Latest Sky-Slugger

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette ?
Inker(s): Gene Fawcette ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Model Airplane Builder's Plans
First Line: Until recently the Messerschmitt ME-109 did the lion's share of fighting over Europe.
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Pages: 2
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Monsters of the Stratosphere

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): Kent Douglas; Sandy MacGregor; Jimmy Jones; Schwarzvogel [Blackbird]; Franz
First Line: Ten miles up in no-man's sky, in the thin...
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Pages: 7
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Graveyard Flight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Capt. Derek West]
Penciller(s): George Appel [as Geo. H. Appel] (signed)
Inker(s): George Appel [as Geo. H. Appel] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Capt. Derek West
Character(s): Lt. Chuck Mason; Red Barnes; Nazis
First Line: The startling adventure of two Yankee airmen on a midnight bomb spree.
Synopsis: Mason and Barnes steal a plane to hunt for a German air base.
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Pages: 6
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Meet a Brace of TB's

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette [as Fawcette] (signed)
Inker(s): Gene Fawcette [as Fawcette] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, informational
Feature(s): Wing Tips
First Line: The Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" is a famed and super-tough...
Synopsis: Two aircraft drawings.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Guy Holt, Jr.; Allan Slayton; Edward Samut
Inker(s): Guy Holt, Jr.; Allan Slayton; Edward Samut
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Wings of America Club Page
First Line: Alan Slayton of Kellogg, Idaho submits this sleek...
Synopsis: Comprised of aircraft drawings sent in by readers.
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Pages: 1
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Posolutely a Joik

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larabie Cunningham
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wings' Air Mail
First Line: Dear Sirs: I am tough, see, an' anybody dat don't agree wit me...
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Pages: 1.67
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Statement signed by Larabie Cunningham, editor, on September 29, 1942.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Saul Rosen
Inker(s): Saul Rosen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Jane Martin
Character(s): Jane Martin; Haask; Nazis; Heller
First Line: Intrigue is a game with one score. You...
Synopsis: Jane Martin poses as a German nurse to tend to a captured Nazi in order to glean information from him.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Cliff Dubois]
Penciller(s): Art Saaf
Inker(s): Art Saaf
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Clipper Kirk
Character(s): Clipper Kirk; Tonia; Nazis; Hans; Sahdi
First Line: From the nazi-held island of Crete thunders a...
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Pages: 8
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The Big Six of the Comics Magazines

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich; Gene Fawcette ?
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich; Gene Fawcette ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fiction House
Character(s): Kaänga; Ann Mason; Sheena; Flint Baker
First Line: Why guess? Get the best
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Charles Atlas (photo)
First Line: How to make your body bring you fame... instead of shame!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Dynamic Tension method of bodybuilding.

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