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Publication | March 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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Cover | Sea-Hawks Away |
Featuring | Clipper Kirk |
Credits | Pencils: Gene Fawcette (signed) | Inks: Gene Fawcette (signed) |
Content | Genre: War |
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Publisher advertisement | Sheena (1 page) |
Featuring | Sheena |
Credits | Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich | Inks: Dan Zolnerowich | Letters:?; typeset |
Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Sheena |
Notes | Inside front cover. Promo ad shows the cover of Sheena #3 (Spring 1943) with art credited to Dan Zolnerowich; an additional figure of Sheena appears in the ad, presumably drawn by Zolnerowich.
Note: this indexer's copy has a torn cover with the complete story title missing. |
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Featuring | Captain Wings |
Credits | Script:? [as Major T. E. Bowen] | Pencils: Bob Lubbers (signed) | Inks: Bob Lubbers (signed) |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Capt. Boggs; Lady Cooper; Sir Guy Cooper; Link; Hugo; Capt. Wings; Shorty |
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Featuring | Skull Squad |
Credits | Script:? [as Ace Atkins] | Pencils:? [after Art Peddy] | Inks: Ruth Atkinson?;? |
Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Kent Douglas; Sandy MacGregor; Jimmy Jones; Rockham [Gray Ghost]; Von Lichtau |
Notes | Peddy seems to be completely gone from the art at this point, though his replacement[s] are doing their best to convince us otherwise. |
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Synopsis | Griffin sneaks aboard a plane to be flown by Col. Atkins and inadvertently catches a spy. |
Featuring | Greasemonkey Griffin |
Credits | Script:? [as Kip Beales] | Pencils: Al Walker (signed) | Inks: Al Walker (signed) |
Content | Genre: Humor; War | Characters: Greasemonkey Griffin; Col. Atkins |
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Comic Story | Monsoon Mission (5 pages) |
Featuring | Captain Derek West |
Credits | Script:? [as Captain Derek West] | Pencils: George Appel [as Geo. H. Appel] (signed) | Inks: George Appel [as Geo. H. Appel] (signed) | Letters:?; typeset |
Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Lt. Ferris; Ensign Bill Collier; Jean Kelly; George |
Notes | All lettering with the exception of one caption on last page is typeset. Text runs across the tops of the panels, there are no word balloons or sound effects. |
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Activity | Build the "Wildcat" (2 pages) |
Featuring | Model Airplane Builder's Plans |
Credits | Script: Gene Fawcette? | Pencils: Gene Fawcette (signed) | Inks: Gene Fawcett (signed) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation |
Notes | Instructions and pattern to build a wooden model of the Grumman F4F-3. |
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Featuring | Suicide Smith |
Credits | Script:? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers] | Pencils: Joe Doolin | Inks: Joe Doolin |
Content | Genre: Spy; War |
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Illustration | Look out for the Flying Goon! (1 page) |
Featuring | Wing Tips |
Credits | Script: Gene Fawcette? | Pencils: Gene Fawcette (signed) | Inks: Gene Fawcette (signed) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation |
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Letters Page | Run For the Bomb Shelter, Jane! (1.67 pages) |
Credits | Script: Dana E. Dutch (editor) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: Typeset |
Notes | Story title taken from the title of the first letter. Letters of comment from John Hatfield; J. Hart; Bob Sadler; Eddie Asmir; Don Shultz; Gale H. Brochnke, Tom S. Harris, Jim S. Lane; Jacklyn Louise Mayfield; Hawk Harrington; Jerry Morton; Joseph Yazell; Wesley Townsend; Jim McCorkindale; Bill Doran; Billy Kershner |
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Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Ad for the book, "The Age of Chemistry." |
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Comic Story | Lt. Lyman Middleditch (2 pages) |
Featuring | Yank Aces of World War II |
Credits | Pencils: George Evans? | Inks: George Evans? | Letters:?; typeset |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; War | Characters: Lieut. Lyman Middleditch; Major General Brereton |
Notes | All lettering with the exception of one caption on first page is typeset. Text runs across the bottoms of the panels, there are no word balloons or sound effects. |
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Featuring | Jane Martin |
Credits | Script:? [as F. E. Lincoln] | Pencils: Lily Renee | Inks: Lily Renee |
Content | Genre: Spy; War | Characters: Jane Martin; Thurkoff; Franz |
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Text Story | Zero Bait (2 pages) |
Credits | Script:? [as Douglas Bell] | Letters: Typeset |
Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Joe Cutler; Capt. Ben Wallace |
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Comic Story | Sea-Hawks Away (9 pages) |
Featuring | Clipper Kirk |
Credits | Script:? [as Cliff Dubois] | Pencils: Art Saaf | Inks: Art Saaf |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Clipper Kirk; Tonia Lorraine; Tereau; Gregg; Lt. Bruce MacDougal |
Notes | The title is taken from the cover. |
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Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Ad for barbells and chest pull equipment for weight lifting. |
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Publisher advertisement | The Big Six of the Comics Magazines (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Promo ad in color on inside back cover showing the covers of Wings Comics #31; Jumbo Comics #49; Jungle Comics #39; Rangers Comics #10; Fight Comics #25; Planet Comics #24. |
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Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Ad for the 1943 Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia. |
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