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Issue: Wings Comics #31 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1943
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Issues: #31 of 124 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Wings Pub. Co.
On Sale Date: 01/22/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dana E. Dutch (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Disclose Notes: A copy listed on ebay (2/2016) shows a January 22, 1943 arrival date. Copyrighted 1942.
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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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Sea-Hawks Away

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): Clipper Kirk
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sheena

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Sheena
Character(s): Sheena
First Line: Sheena flashes into spine-chilling action against...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Promo ad shows the cover of Sheena #3 (Spring 1943) with art credited to Dan Zolnerowich; an additional figure of Sheena appears in the ad, presumably drawn by Zolnerowich.
Note: this indexer's copy has a torn cover with the complete story title missing.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Penciller(s): Bob Lubbers (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Lubbers (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Captain Wings
Character(s): Capt. Boggs; Lady Cooper; Sir Guy Cooper; Link; Hugo; Capt. Wings; Shorty
First Line: He is a man with two faces, two souls...
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Pages: 11
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ace Atkins]
Penciller(s): ? [after Art Peddy]
Inker(s): Ruth Atkinson ?; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): Skull Squad
Character(s): Kent Douglas; Sandy MacGregor; Jimmy Jones; Rockham [Gray Ghost]; Von Lichtau
First Line: Another dawn on the English coast, and a...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Peddy seems to be completely gone from the art at this point, though his replacement[s] are doing their best to convince us otherwise.
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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: humorous, war
Feature(s): Greasemonkey Griffin
Character(s): Greasemonkey Griffin; Col. Atkins
First Line: Our hero is dejected and forlorn...as he...
Synopsis: Griffin sneaks aboard a plane to be flown by Col. Atkins and inadvertently catches a spy.
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Pages: 8
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Monsoon Mission

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Captain 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: aviation, war
Feature(s): Captain Derek West
Character(s): Lt. Ferris; Ensign Bill Collier; Jean Kelly; George
First Line: Eluding a Jap task force of light cruisers...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: All lettering with the exception of one caption on last page is typeset. Text runs across the tops of the panels, there are no word balloons or sound effects.
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Build the "Wildcat"

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gene Fawcette ?
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inker(s): Gene Fawcett (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Model Airplane Builder's Plans
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Instructions and pattern to build a wooden model of the Grumman F4F-3.
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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: espionage, war
Feature(s): Suicide Smith
First Line: The West Indies...hotbed of German infiltration and...
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Pages: 8
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Look out for the Flying Goon!

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
First Line: ... an aeronautical nightmare?
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Pages: 1
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Run For the Bomb Shelter, Jane!

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dana E. Dutch (editor)
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the title of the first letter. Letters of comment from John Hatfield; J. Hart; Bob Sadler; Eddie Asmir; Don Shultz; Gale H. Brochnke, Tom S. Harris, Jim S. Lane; Jacklyn Louise Mayfield; Hawk Harrington; Jerry Morton; Joseph Yazell; Wesley Townsend; Jim McCorkindale; Bill Doran; Billy Kershner
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: It's free this new book
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Ad for the book, "The Age of Chemistry."
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Lt. Lyman Middleditch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Evans ?
Inker(s): George Evans ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction, war
Feature(s): Yank Aces of World War II
Character(s): Lieut. Lyman Middleditch; Major General Brereton
First Line: The Egyptian sky swarmed with Axis planes.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: All lettering with the exception of one caption on first page is typeset. Text runs across the bottoms of the panels, there are no word balloons or sound effects.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as F. E. Lincoln]
Penciller(s): Lily Renee
Inker(s): Lily Renee
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, war
Feature(s): Jane Martin
Character(s): Jane Martin; Thurkoff; Franz
First Line: Vladivostok, distant scene of Russian and Axis intrigues...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Zero Bait

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Douglas Bell]
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Joe Cutler; Capt. Ben Wallace
First Line: The American pursuit group of P-40F's climbed away from the Port Moresby field and took echelon formation above the thin clouds.
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Pages: 2
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Sea-Hawks Away

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): Clipper Kirk; Tonia Lorraine; Tereau; Gregg; Lt. Bruce MacDougal
First Line: Shifted from the desert front to the United...
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The title is taken from the cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Get tiger power now
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for barbells and chest pull equipment for weight lifting.
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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
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo ad in color on inside back cover showing the covers of Wings Comics #31; Jumbo Comics #49; Jungle Comics #39; Rangers Comics #10; Fight Comics #25; Planet Comics #24.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Amazing gift offer to comic readers!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the 1943 Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia.

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