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Issue: Wings Comics #69

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Publication Date: May 1946

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Detail

Issues: #69 of 124 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Fiction House

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Wings Publishing Co., Inc.

On Sale Date: 03/19/1946

Volume: none

Pages: 52

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)

Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.

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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

Format Notes:

Reprinted In1

1 Content Item
- Sky-Duel of the Near-Dead [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (10 total)

Corsair of the Monsoon Skies

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Lee Elias (signed)

Inker(s): Lee Elias (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Suicide Smith

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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

Penciller(s): Lee Elias

Inker(s): Lee Elias ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Captain Wings

Character(s): Lal Singh (villain, introduction, death); King Phaya; Princess Aubiliala (introduction); Jakuh (introduction)

First Line: Tiger, tiger, skulking the Burma bush...but the...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Notes: HS notes different inks than previous episodes that were signed by Elias.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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

Penciller(s): Fran Hopper

Inker(s): Fran Hopper; Marcia Snyder

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Jane Martin

Character(s): Darango (introduction, villain); Jose Progreso (introduction); Jose Progreso's son (introduction); Jane Martin

First Line: The stakes were high when two Mexican airlines...

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Wings' Air Mail

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Wings' Air Mail

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Kip Beales]

Penciller(s): Alex Blum ?; Gus Schrotter ?

Inker(s): ? [shop]

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Greasemonkey Griffin

Character(s): Dr. Phineas A. G. Applebottom (introduction, villain); Maisie (introduction); Greasemonkey Griffin

First Line: Oboy! If the army wuz like this, I'd...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Corsair of the Monsoon Skies

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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

Penciller(s): Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)

Inker(s): Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Suicide Smith

Character(s): Don Fuente (villain, introduction, death); Dale Johnson; Mr. Johnson

First Line: La Prensa. air minister Fuente out as bribe...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

The Emperor of Tomorrow

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Jans Jorgesen]

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Who Is the Phantom Falcon? [part 2]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as William Brooks]

Penciller(s): Joey Cavallo (signed)

Inker(s): Joey Cavallo (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): The Phantom Falcon

Character(s): The Phantom Falcon [Clipper Kirk] (cont'd from story in #68, introduction, origin); K7 (villain, introduction); Anton (villain, introduction, death); other enemy agents (villain, introduction)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Mike Peppe (signed)

Inker(s): Mike Peppe (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: informational

Feature(s): Wing Tips

First Line: So you think you know aviation, eh? This...

Synopsis: Aviation quiz.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Sky-Duel of the Near-Dead

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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

Penciller(s): Maurice Whitman

Inker(s): Maurice Whitman

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Ghost Patrol

Character(s): Ghost Patrol; Lt. Tom Briggs (introduction, temporarily death); Capt. Von Heill (villain, introduction, death); Death

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Wings Comics #113 published January 1951
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]abridged from nine pages to six

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 9

Notes: HS points out in a lengthly digression how he once mistook this for Rafael Astarita, but now sees it more objectively.