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Issue: Wings Comics #7 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1941
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Issues: #7 of 124 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Wings Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/02/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose 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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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:  
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The Ace of Flame

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dawn Patrol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Hartmann (villain)
First Line: Nazi luftwaffe officers rage at each new victory...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Parachute Patrol
Character(s): Capt. Guido Rosso (villain, introduction); other Italian pilots (villains, introductions)
First Line: Three British boy scouts are already experienced fliers...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Doubtful that this is actually HCK.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Fred Hawks]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Jane Martin
Character(s): Tom Raleigh (guest-star)
First Line: The Greek island of Corfu is under heavy...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Possible Jenney, but not clearly so. Ferstadt was at Iger in 1941, so he's a more likely candidate.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Kit Gleason]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): The Phantom Falcons
Character(s): Baroness Von Hohenlinden (villain, introduction)
First Line: The adventure of the stirring air battle over the...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Clyde North]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Powder Burns
Character(s): Heinrich (villain, introduction)
First Line: In his air wanderings, Powder Burns (with his...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Wing Tips
First Line: This is a wasp with a deadly sting...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Owl Squadron

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Watt Knight]
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Radio Vs. Night Bombers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Actually, this is the first recorded publication in popular media of radar and its capabilities to detect aircraft at night. More like a "guess what" story than a "what if?"
A "What if?" story
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[untitled]

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): Fred Browne (introduction, death); Alec Browne (his brother, introduction)
First Line: A hastily scribbled message brings F-4 to a...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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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): Claude Boyle (introduction)
First Line: England expects every man to do his duty...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This IS Witmer Williams, but it is not "classic" Williams. I believe it's very early Saaf "rescued" by WW.
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The Ace of Flame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Capt. Lacey (introduction)
First Line: What's the difference between one RAF squadron and...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb. The art on the last five pages is superficially Crandall-esque which hints at Cassone or Elkan - both Crandall followers.
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The Yankee Thunderbolt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Captain Derek West
Character(s): Tim Cassidy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: No such novel exists and no record has been found of an author named or using the name Derek West.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jay Ryder]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Greasemonkey Griffin
Character(s): Putzi (villain); Fritz (villain); others (villains)
First Line: Himmel, dere's dot shrimper vot got us into...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Nordling is drawing "after" George Tuska, so this appears superficially to be by Tuska.

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