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Issue: Wings Comics #72

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Publication Date: August 1946

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Issues: #72 of 124 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Fiction House

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Wings Pub. Co. Inc.

On Sale Date: 06/25/1946

Volume: none

Pages: 52

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 10 (7 stories, 1 cover)

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

Notes: Entire issue updated/revised 12/2006 by HS/HW/JV. On-sale date given in Wings Comics #71.

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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 In2

2 Content Items
- Butch O'Hare [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]1
- Phantoms From the Sea [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (10 total)

Colonel Kamikaze

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Lee Elias

Inker(s): Lee Elias

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Captain Wings

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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

Penciller(s): Bob Lubbers (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Lubbers (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Captain Wings

Character(s): Villains: Col. Kamikaze (death); Suga (death)

First Line: Colonel Kamikaze, the Jap eagle, was caged. Never...

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Bob Hickok]

Penciller(s): Fran Hopper (signed)

Inker(s): Fran Hopper (signed); Marcia Snyder ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Jane Martin

Character(s): Bill Aimes (introduction); Greasy (introduction, death, villain); the Boss (introduction, death, villain); Jane Martin

First Line: Life is sure dull for Jane. Nothing ever...

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

[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: humorous

Feature(s): Greasemonkey Griffin

Character(s): Constance (a pig, introduction); Greasemonkey Griffin

First Line: 48 hours without sleep or a hot dog...

Synopsis: Griffin finds a pig and returns her to her owner at the state fair.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Butch O'Hare

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): George Evans

Inker(s): George Evans

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: non-fiction, war

Feature(s): Air Heroes of World War II

Character(s): Edward H. O'Hare [Butch]; Franklin Roosevelt; Admiral Radford

First Line: The president's study was crowded and a ruddy-faced young...

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Rangers Comics #62 published December 1951
as Ace of Wildcats. Butch O'Hare [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: Text story with 17 illustrations.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Cliff Dubois]

Penciller(s): Joey Cavallo [as Cavallo] (signed)

Inker(s): Joey Cavallo [as Cavallo] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Phantom Falcon

Character(s): Villains: Sagov; Boris; Vanya; another spy (all intro; death)

First Line: Suddenly the beacon of a Canadian airfield lights...

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ? (illustration)

Inker(s): ? (illustration)

Colorist(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 Capt. A. E. Carruthers]

Penciller(s): John Celardo

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Suicide Smith

Character(s): Joe Ryan (introduction); Dale (introduction); Mr. Miquel (introduction, death, villain); Suicide Smith

First Line: Would you fight a swordsman with a pen knife...

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Phantoms From the Sea

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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

Penciller(s): Rafael Astarita

Inker(s): Rafael Astarita

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Ghost Squadron

Character(s): Intro: Capt. John Rogers (death; R as ghost); Jane Rogers; Lt. L. Strong; Villain: The Japanese

First Line: US Navy. Captain Derek West. Dear Sir: This letter...

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Ghost Comics #1 published January 1951
as Phantoms from the Sea [Story on Interior Page(s)]2 pages removed

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: Story title from reprint.

A Man's Pastime

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Promotional ad for Fiction House "Pulp" magazines, showing covers of North-West Romances (Summer 1946); Frontier Stories (Fall 1946); Lariat Story Magazine (July 1946).