Additional Information |
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Publication | April 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
Notes | A copy of this cover art is used on page 7 of the Clipper Kirk sequence. |
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Cover | Sky-Mammoth Attacks Germany! |
Content | Genre: Aviation; War |
Notes | A copy of this cover art is used on page 7 of the Clipper Kirk sequence. |
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Publisher advertisement | 2 Thrilling Jungle Books (1 page) |
Synopsis | Promotional ad for Sheena #3 (Spring 1943) and Wambi #3 (Spring 1943). |
Featuring | Wambi |
Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Sheena; Wambi |
Notes | Promo ad in color on inside front cover shows the covers of Sheena #3 with art credited to Dan Zolnerowich; and Wambi #3 with art credited to Henry Kiefer. |
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Featuring | Captain Wings and the Hell-Diver Squadron |
Credits | Script:? [as Major T. E. Bowen] |
Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Capt. Wings; Link; Major Peacock; Capt. Boggs; Lady Cooper; Hector; Baron Gerhard Von Stuss |
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Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Clipper Kirk; Evans; Tonia Lorraine; Kelly |
Notes | A copy of Fawcette's cover art is used in the center panel of page 7. |
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Illustration | Shadows across a star...4 Russian War-Birds (1 page) |
Featuring | Wing Tips |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation |
Notes | Four Russian fighter planes. |
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Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Kent Douglas; Sandy MacGregor; Jimmy Jones; Tanya |
Notes | Perhaps some genuine Peddy here in the pencils. |
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Comic Story | Lieut. Col. Boyd D. Wagner (2 pages) |
Synopsis | War biography of Lt. Colonel Boyd D. Wagner. |
Featuring | Yank Aces of World War II |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Aviation; Biography; War | Characters: Lt. Colonel Boyd D. Wagner [Buzz]; Lt. Russ Church |
Notes | HW still sees some Isip in this art style. |
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Activity | Vanguard of Freedom! (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Aircraft model drawing. |
Featuring | Model Airplane Builder's Plans |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation |
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Comic Story | The Talking Gun (5 pages) |
Featuring | Capt. Derek West |
Credits | Script:? [as Capt. Derek West] | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Phil Kerry |
Notes | All lettering with the exception of one caption on first page is typeset. Text runs across the tops of the panels, there are no word balloons or sound effects. |
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Featuring | Jane Martin |
Content | Genre: Spy; War | Characters: Jane Martin; Raschid; Capt. Dale |
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Synopsis | Reproduces drawings of aircraft designs submitted by Fritz W. Gohlke, Floyd Johnson and Curtis McKinney. |
Featuring | Wings of America club page |
Credits | Pencils: Fritz W. Gohlke; Floyd Johnson; Curtis McKinney | Inks: Fritz W. Gohlke; Floyd Johnson; Curtis McKinney |
Content | Genre: Aviation |
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Letters Page | Beef on Boggs, But Curt O.K. (1 page) |
Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters:?; typeset |
Content | Characters: Greasemonkey Griffin (illo) |
Notes | Letters of comment from Kerwin Kelly; Mildred McGrath; "Winky" Cates; Chuck Morris; Sally Ann Scott; John Dotterweich; Garland Brown. |
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Credits | Script:? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers] |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Hinda; Major Smith; Agent 5; Bubbles |
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Text Story | Dorniers Beware! (2 pages) |
Credits | Script:? [as Tom O'Neill] | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Lt. Frank Maughan; Bud Malcolm; Smythe |
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Synopsis | Greasemonkey, with the assistance of gremlins, bombs a secret Nazi aircraft factory hidden in the Black Forest. |
Featuring | Greasemonkey Griffin |
Credits | Script:? [as Kip Beales] |
Content | Genre: Humor; Aviation; War | Characters: Greasemonkey Griffin; Roberts; Grem Gremlin; Grem Gremlin Jr.; Sandy; Gashouse |
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Publisher advertisement | The Big Six of the Comics Magazines (1 page) |
Featuring | Fiction House |
Content | Characters: Sheena; Kaänga; Ann Mason |
Notes | Promo ad in color on inside back cover showing the covers of Wings Comics #32; Jumbo Comics #50; Jungle Comics #40; Rangers Comics #10; Fight Comics #26; Planet Comics #24. |
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Featuring | Wonders of Science, Simplified |
Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Ad for a book about science. |
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