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97September 1948
$0.10

Wings Comics #97

Fiction House · September 1948 · on sale 1948-07

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Identification plate

Series: Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue: #97
Publication date: September 1948
Key date: 1948-09-00
On-sale date: 1948-07
Indicia publisher: Wings Pub. Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Sky Octopus	cover	1	pencils: Bob Lubbers; inks: Bob Lubbers
1	The Call of the Wild!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joe Doolin; inks: Joe Doolin	Sheena
2	The Sky Octopus	comic story	10	script: T. E. Bowen; pencils: Bob Lubbers; inks: Bob Lubbers	Captain Wings; Mr. Pupin (villain); Miss Marda; Lieutenant Gorgas; Peggy; Brown
3	-	comic story	8	script: Derek West; pencils: Maurice Whitman; inks: Maurice Whitman	Ghost Squadron
4	-	comic story	6	pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias
5	Lt. Comdr. E. S. McCuskey	text article	4	pencils: Joe Doolin; inks: Joe Doolin	Scott McCuskey; John Adams
6	-	comic story	6	script: Cliff Dubois; pencils: Charles Sultan	The Phantom Falcon
7	-	comic story	6	script: F. E. Lincoln; pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans	Jane Martin
8	-	comic story	6	script: A. E. Carruthers; pencils: John Celardo; inks: John Celardo	Suicide Smith

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Sources

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