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Issue: Tailspin Comics #1
Publication Date: November 1944
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagSpotlight Publishers [1940s]
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: The Spotlight
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): L. B. Cole
Inker(s): L. B. Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Airplane cover
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Whistlin' Willie
First Line: From the flaming maelstrom of lead filled skies
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Whistlin' Willie is the name of the plane.
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Part Indian, Part Irish, 100% American

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
Character(s): Second Lieutenant Ernest Childers
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Pages: 3
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A Real Hero of Aviation!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
Feature(s): Frank Luke Balloon Buster
Character(s): Frank Luke
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Pages: 6
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The Valkyrie!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, war
Feature(s): Firebird
Character(s): Firebird; Valkyrie (villain)
Synopsis: A specially-designed Messerschmitt fighter is wreaking havoc on Allied planes. Firebird discovers it is piloted by The Valkyrie, a woman who wants to make "women of Germany air-conscious" because "Germany is losing the war." Firebird kills her and ends the menace.
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Disclose Notes: The splash page is typical L.B. Cole work (black background, bright colors). Bails credits Cole with pencils and inks on this title and the last five stories in this issue all look like his work.
The costumed hero "Firebird" has no origin story--this seems to have been his only appearance.
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Nipponese Nemesis

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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
Feature(s): Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Character(s): Gen. Claire L. Chennault
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Pages: 6
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Tweedy Triumphs!

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Genres: adventure
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Target for Today

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Trouble Shooters

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
Feature(s): Trouble Shooters
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The ground crews are unsung heroes of the war.
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Breadbasket of the Sea

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
Character(s): Governor Gifford Pinchot
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pennsylvania governor develops fishing kits that are placed on rubber rafts for marooned flyers.
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The Navy Takes Off

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): War Bonds
First Line: Let Uncle Sam use your money now-you can spend it later
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Fighting Allies

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, informational, non-fiction, war
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Disclose Notes: Drawings and descriptions of planes used by U.S. allies in World War II.

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