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42February 1944
$0.10

Wings Comics #42

Fiction House · February 1944 · on sale 1943-12-09

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Series
Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#42
Publication date
February 1944
Key date
1944-02-00
On-sale date
1943-12-09
Indicia publisher
Wings Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Panzer Meat For Mosquitoes!cover1pencils: Art Saaf; inks: Art Saaf
1The Big Six of the Comic Magazinespromo (ad from the publisher)1
2-comic story10pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
3Madame Butchcomic story6pencils: George H. Appel; inks: George H. Appel
4-comic story6script: A. E. Carruthers; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels
5-comic story8pencils: Harvey Fuller, Arnold Hicks, Iger Shop; inks: Harvey Fuller, Iger Shop
6Curtiss 'Commando'illustration1pencils: Ruth Atkinson; inks: Ruth Atkinson
7Wings' Air Mailletters page1letters: typeset
8Panzer Meat For Mosquitoes!comic story5.67script: Ace Atkins; pencils: Bob Webb, Arnold Hicks; inks: Arnold Hicks, Iger Shop
9-statement of ownership0.33script: Malcolm Reiss
10Major Ralph Chelicomic story2pencils: Fran Hopper; inks: Fran Hopper
11-comic story6script: F. E. Lincoln; pencils: Lily Renée; inks: Lily Renée
12They Asked For It!text story2script: ? [as Eric Somers]; letters: typeset
13-comic story8script: Cliff Dubois; pencils: Jack Keller; inks: Jack Keller

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