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Issue: Wings Comics #27 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1942
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Issues: #27 of 124 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: Fiction House MagazinesView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Wings Pub. Co.
On Sale Date: 09/01/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Larabie Cunningham (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Disclose Notes: Entire issue updated/revised 12/2006 by HW/HW/JV.

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. 4.
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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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Sky-Sharks of the Skagerrak

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inker(s): Gene Fawcette (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Skull Squad
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Pages: 1
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Don't Miss Glory Forbes Vigilante in Rangers Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich; Pagsilang Rey Isip
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich; Pagsilang Rey Isip
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Glory Forbes; Rangers Comics
Synopsis: Promotional ad for Glory Forbes and Rangers of Freedom Comics #7.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Capt. T. E. Bowen]
Penciller(s): Maxwell Elkan
Inker(s): Maxwell Elkan; Bob Lubbers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Captain Wings and the Hell-Diver Squadron
First Line: The screams of dying comrades and the charred...
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Note that "Major T. E. Bowen" is now a "Captain."
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[untitled]

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
First Line: With stealth and cunning a Nazi task force...
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Pages: 8
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Mile-High Gauntlet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Capt. Derek West]
Penciller(s): George Appel [as Geo. H. Appel] (signed)
Inker(s): George Appel [as Geo. H. Appel] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Captain Derek West
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story title also appears on the cover.
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Sky-Sharks of the Skagerrak

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ace Atkins]
Penciller(s): Arthur F. Peddy
Inker(s): Ruth Atkinson ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): Skull Squad
First Line: Like sharks of the deep, the undersea craft...
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pagsilang Rey Isip
Inker(s): Pagsilang Rey Isip ?; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): Jimmy Carter Keeps 'em Flying
Character(s): Jimmy Carter (intro; only appearance)
First Line: Here's how to stamp out the Axis, fellas!
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): William Zacks; John Kumpel Jr.; James Purcell; Luther Steffensen
Inker(s): William Zacks; John Kumpel Jr.; James Purcell; Luther Steffensen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, informational
Feature(s): Wings of America Club Page
Synopsis: Reproduces aircraft designs submitted by William Zacks, John Kumpel Jr., James Purcell and Luther Steffensen.
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Pages: 1
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Scrap Greasemonkey or That Jane

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larabie Cunningham
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wings' Air Mail
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Pages: 1
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Stingers

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gene Fawcette ?
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inker(s): Gene Fawcette (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Wing Tips
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Pat Cavenagh]
Penciller(s): Pagsilang Rey Isip (signed)
Inker(s): Pagsilang Rey Isip (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Calhoun of the Air Cadets
First Line: After gruelling tests at Kelly Field's 'pool', the...
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Kip Beales]
Penciller(s): Al Walker (signed)
Inker(s): Al Walker (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Greasemonkey Griffin
First Line: Okay, Griffin, we're over nazi France. Untie those...
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Pages: 6
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Lead Squall Over Lae

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Douglas Bell]
Penciller(s): ? (2 panels art)
Inker(s): ? (2 panels art)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as F. E. Lincoln]
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy; John Celardo
Inker(s): Nick Cardy ?; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Jane Martin
First Line: In a heavy truck, which serves as a...
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Cliff Dubois]
Penciller(s): Art Saaf
Inker(s): Art Saaf ?; Bob Lubbers ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Clipper Kirk
First Line: To a new American air base, hidden in...
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Pages: 8
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The Big Six of the Comics Magazines

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fiction House
Synopsis: Promotional ad for Fiction House comics.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside back cover.

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