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Issue: Wings Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #1 of 124 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
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Indicia Publisher: Wings Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/14/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner [as Wm. 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, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Suicide Smith
Character(s): Suicide Smith
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Pages: 1
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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): The Skull Squad [Jock MacGregor; Jimmy Jones; Kent Douglas] (introduction, origin); the Nazis
First Line: Three adventurous young men, a Scotsman, an Englishman...
Synopsis: The Skull Squad and their squadron are given orders to bomb a newly built Nazi gas and oil refinery in Norway.
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Pat Powers]
Penciller(s): Charles Quinlan ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Parachute Patrol
Character(s): The Parachute Patrol [Tommy; Blimpo; Curly] (introduction, origin); Doc Brown (introduction); Mrs. Measly; the Nazis
First Line: A bright summer day in central France. In...
Synopsis: The Parachute Patrol flies to Montage to rescue Doc Brown.
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Fred Hawks]
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy ?; ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Jane Martin
Character(s): Jane Martin (introduction); Tom Raleigh (introduction); the Nazis (villains); Dupres
First Line: The battlefield of modern warfare extends far beyond...
Synopsis: Jane helps to evacuate the town of Millett before it is bombed. As Jane is leaving the town after the evacuation, a nearby factory is bombed and Jane helps to rescue the survivors.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Rick Ayres]
Penciller(s): Witmer Williams
Inker(s): Witmer Williams; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Clipper Kirk
Character(s): Clipper Kirk (introduction); the Nazis
First Line: May 28, 1940: The Germans have broken through!
Synopsis: Clipper Kirk helps to fend off a naval and aerial attack on a convoy of ships transporting Canadian troops to assist the British against the German army.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Alexander York]
Penciller(s): Charles Sultan
Inker(s): Charles Sultan; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): F-4 of the air intelligence
Character(s): F-4 [Rex Keene; name revealed in issue #13] (introduction); Sir Maccom (introduction); Paul Karlson (introduction, death); Gottfried (introduction, death); Lt. Pierce
First Line: A new type of British pursuit plane is...
Synopsis: Rex discovers that Karlson is sabotaging a project to develop a new plane.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Larry Shaw]
Penciller(s): Witmer Williams ?
Inker(s): ? [shop]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Suicide Smith
Character(s): Suicide Smith (introduction); the Nazis
First Line: Suicide Smith, blitzkrieg buster, again saves England from...
Synopsis: Suicide Smith flies a one-man mission to discover a hidden Nazi air base.
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Greg Fielding] (credited)
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): How Uncle Sam Trains His Warbirds
Character(s): Jack Wright (introduction)
First Line: The dodo--a bird that can walk but...
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Pages: 3
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Kit Gleason]
Penciller(s): R. A. Burley ?
Inker(s): R. A. Burley ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): The Phantom Falcons
Character(s): The Phantom Falcons [Tom Slade; Jerry McGuire; Dale; Parker; Akely] (introduction, origin); Mr. Joe Davis; Elsie Davis (his daughter); the Nazis
First Line: A private plane appears in the midst of a dog fight over France
Synopsis: Tom Slade becomes a member of the Phantom Falcons.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inker(s): Gene Fawcette (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Wing Tips
First Line: These are representatives of the light bombing planes...
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Pages: 2
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Lt. Geoffrey Dean; Duke Byers; Capt. Alan Miles; Major Cole
First Line: Lieutenant Geoffrey Dean winced as a pilot from the Seventeenth Squadron stuck his head in the mess hall...
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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): Greasemonkey Griffin (introduction); the Nazis
First Line: A sky-screwy yank is stranded in London when...
Synopsis: Greasemonkey Griffin, dreaming of being a pilot, steals a plane.
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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
Character(s): "Powder" Burns (introduction); Cosmo Dust; Sven Knutsen; Eunice (introduction); Porter Von Stellub (introduction, death); the Nazis
First Line: Deep in the war-scarred hills of central Europe...
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Pages: 7

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