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Issue: Wings Comics #22 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1942
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Issues: #22 of 124 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Wings Pub. Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/01/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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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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Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagWings Comics #47 published July 1944 as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)] Seven of eight pages reprinted, eliminates the splash panel from page one and about 1/2 of page three
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T.N.T. for Tokyo

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Captain Wings [Captain Smith]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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T.N.T. for Tokyo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Major T. E. Bowen] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Captain Wings [Captain Smith]; Sue; Mickey; Commander Rogers; Stella Ruben; Jewel (villain); Nazi officer (villain); Japanese Minister of War (villain); The Japanese (villains, some die)
First Line: Captain Wings, secret agent and US army air ace, smashes into the heart of Tokyo in one of the most dangerous missions of his thrill-packed career.
Synopsis: Captain Smith is ordered to go with Commander Rogers in his plane-carrying submarine and then be dropped 100 miles off the Japanese coast. He meets Stella Ruben, and together they head to Tokyo to kidnap the Japanese Minister of War.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Major T. E. Bowen is a byline used at Fiction House.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as F. E. Lincoln]
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy; ?
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Jane Martin
First Line: Jane Martin is stationed with an air squadron....
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: There may be another, lesser artist [like George Appel] at work in places here. HW also sees similarties to Tony Cataldo.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Casey McKay]
Penciller(s): George Carl Wilhelms
Inker(s): George Carl Wilhelms
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Parachute Patrol
First Line: Tom has arrived in the USA from...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Devil's Double

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Captain Derek West]
Penciller(s): George Appel
Inker(s): George Appel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Captain Derek West
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: All lettering with the exception of one caption on first page is typeset. Text runs across the tops of the panels, there are no word balloons or sound effects.
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The Bat of Madagascar

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Gordon Wayne]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wings of America Club Page
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: reproduces airplane design drawings submitted by Edward Priest, Mark Perrier, and Francis Clark.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wing's Air Mail
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Letters from Bill Eldredge; Geo. Giffin, Jr.; Dolly Chastain; Peter W. Gammiero
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ace Atkins]
Penciller(s): Art Peddy
Inker(s): Art Peddy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): The Skull Squad
First Line: The Skull Squad of the RAF, composed of...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette
Inker(s): Gene Fawcette
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Wing Tips
First Line: Help protect America! Make a wings air defense...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An illustrated public service feature, requesting Americans to make an air defense notebook using these four illustrations. Page is divided into 4 equal sized panels, each one spotlighting an enemy aircraft silhouette, this time: the Mitsubishi 96 from Japan, the Junkers Ju 90 from Germany, the Focke-Wulf "Kurier" from Germany and the Mitsubishi "Obtori" from Japan.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Cliff Dubois]
Penciller(s): Art Saaf
Inker(s): Art Saaf
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Clipper Kirk
Character(s): Kurt (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains); Jacques (introduction); Clipper Kirk
First Line: A celebration, Jawohl! Der great Kirk iss in...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Kip Beales]
Penciller(s): Al Walker
Inker(s): Al Walker
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Greasemonkey Griffin
First Line: Stupid blimp you! Vhy iss he oudt of line?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Vultures of the Mikado

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers]
Penciller(s): Joe Doolin
Inker(s): Joe Doolin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Suicide Smith
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Hitler appearance

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