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1September 1940
$0.10

Wings Comics #1

Fiction House · September 1940 · on sale 1940-06-14

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Identification plate

Series
Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
September 1940
Key date
1940-09-00
On-sale date
1940-06-14
Indicia publisher
Wings Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1letters: typesetSuicide Smith
1-comic story7script: Ace Atkins; pencils: Arthur Peddy; inks: Arthur PeddyThe Skull Squad [Jock MacGregor; Jimmy Jones; Kent Douglas] (introduction, origin); the Nazis
2-comic story7pencils: Charles Quinlan Sr.The Parachute Patrol [Tommy; Blimpo; Curly] (introduction, origin); Doc Brown (introduction); Mrs. Measly; the Nazis
3-comic story6pencils: Nick CardyJane Martin (introduction); Tom Raleigh (introduction); the Nazis (villains); Dupres
4-comic story6pencils: Witmer Williams; inks: Witmer WilliamsClipper Kirk (introduction); the Nazis
5-comic story6pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles SultanF-4 [Rex Keene; name revealed in issue #13] (introduction); Sir Maccom (introduction); Paul Karlson (introduction, death); Gottfried (introduction, death); Lt. Pierce
6-comic story7script: Larry Shaw; pencils: Witmer WilliamsSuicide Smith (introduction); the Nazis
7-comic story3pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus NordlingJack Wright (introduction)
8-comic story7pencils: Ray Burley; inks: Ray BurleyThe Phantom Falcons [Tom Slade; Jerry McGuire; Dale; Parker; Akely] (introduction, origin); Mr. Joe Davis; Elsie Davis (his daughter); the Nazis
9-comic story2pencils: Gene Fawcette; inks: Gene Fawcette
10The Hardluck Acetext story2letters: typesetLt. Geoffrey Dean; Duke Byers; Capt. Alan Miles; Major Cole
11-comic story4pencils: George Tuska; inks: George TuskaGreasemonkey Griffin (introduction); the Nazis
12-comic story7pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus Nordling"Powder" Burns (introduction); Cosmo Dust; Sven Knutsen; Eunice (introduction); Porter Von Stellub (introduction, death); the Nazis

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Jerry Igers Classic Wings Comics #1
ISBN 0932629172
1985On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5
2017On eBay ›

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