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Issue: Wings Comics #6 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1941
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Issues: #6 of 124 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Wings Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/05/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, 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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Bombs for Berlin

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
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Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wings' Air Mail
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover.
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Bombs for Berlin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Capt. Sybil Mason (introduction)
First Line: The pilot, gunner, and bombardier of a Bristol...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Pat Powers]
Inker(s): ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Basher (villain, introduction); the Countess (villain, introduction); Blacky (villain, introduction); an unnamed spy (villain, introduction)
First Line: Tommy, Curly and Blimpo, English boy scouts, are...
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Fred Hawks]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Eric Swenson (introduction); Tom Raleigh (guest-star)
First Line: The burning sand and sun of the desert...
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Weak art, reminiscent of Jenney with a hint of Nick Cardy or someone imitating him.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Kit Gleason]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Wally Durham (introduction)
First Line: Again the phantom falcons, Tom Slade, Jerry, Dale...
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Rick Ayers]
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): An Oriental spy (villain, introduction)
First Line: The war in Europe has spread its ugly...
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Pages: 5
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The Song of the Harrow

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Rick N. Backer]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, drama, non-fiction
First Line: Fans, here are some more shots for your...
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Pages: 2
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Planes By Radio

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (shop)
Inker(s): ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Fawcett on first panel only. Hints of Witmer Williams and Art Peddy later on, but probably just shop work.
A "What if?" story
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Alexander York]
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): F4 of the air intelligence
Character(s): Von Siedorf (villain, introduction, death); Lt. William Hanson (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: F-4 is flying a Messerschmitt over the channel...
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Clyde North]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Powder Burns
First Line: Once again Powder Burns and his comrades in...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Baron Von Hirschmann (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Suicide is on short leave at Ramsgate when...
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Pages: 7
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The Flying Scarecrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Captain Derek West
Character(s): Tim Cassidy
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jay Ryder]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Putzi (villain, introduction); Herman (villain, introduction); Heinie (villain, introduction); Hans (villain, introduction)
First Line: The air-whacky mac whose head and heart are...
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Pages: 5

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