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Issue: Four Color #790
Publication Date: April 1957
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Issues: #790 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: The Wings of Eagles
Variant: 10¢ Cover Price
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell A Movie ClassicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Helen Meyer
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "THE WINGS OF EAGLES, No. 790."
Code number is W. of E. O.S. #790-574.
Copyright 1957 by Loew's Incorporated. Adapted from the 1957 M-G-M movie "The Wings of Eagles."
"Movie Classic" on cover.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Wings of Eagles

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Frank Wead [Spig Wead] (photos of John Wayne)
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Pages: 1
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The Wings of Eagles

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Frank Wead [Spig Wead] (photos of John Wayne); Carson [Jughead] (photo of Dan Dailey)
Synopsis: Preview of the story.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Four photos from the movie plus partial cast list.
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The Wings of Eagles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth ?; Harry O'Donnell ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, biography
Character(s): Frank "Spig" Wead; John Dale Price; John Dodge
Synopsis: The life story of Frank "Spig" Wead, a pioneer in Naval aviation, who, after an accident grounded him, became a screenwriter in Hollywood. During World War II, Wead rejoined the Navy and designed a supply link to provide reserve aircraft to large carriers during battles.
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Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: The character John Dodge is a fictionalized version of movie director John Ford. Alex Toth inks credit from unknown original indexer. Harry O'Donnell ink credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Adapted from the 1957 M-G-M movie "The Wings of Eagles."
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The First Aircraft Take-off from the Deck of a Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth ?
Inker(s): Alex Toth ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Naval Aviation Firsts
Synopsis: Description of the first aircraft to take-off from the deck of a ship--in 1910.
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Disclose Notes: inside back cover; black and white. Art uses craftint shading, which is not common in Dell comics. Panels with typeset text underneath.
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The First Aircraft Landing on the Deck of a Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth ?
Inker(s): Alex Toth ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Naval Aviation Firsts
Synopsis: Description of the first landing of an aircraft on a ship.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Art uses craftint shading, which is not common in Dell comics. Panels with typeset text underneath

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