Issue: #1
Published: September 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner [as Wm. E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Newsprint Interior; Glossy Cover Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Clipper Kirk |
| Synopsis: |
Clipper Kirk helps to fend off a naval and aerial attack on a convoy of ships transporting Canadian troops to assist the British against the German army. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Rick Ayres] | Pencils: Witmer Williams | Inks: Witmer Williams; ? |
| Genre: |
Aviation War |
| Characters: |
Clipper Kirk (introduction) The Nazis |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Suicide Smith |
| Synopsis: |
Suicide Smith flies a one-man mission to discover a hidden Nazi air base. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Larry Shaw] | Pencils: Witmer Williams ? | Inks: ? [shop] |
| Genre: |
Aviation War |
| Characters: |
Suicide Smith (introduction) The Nazis |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
How Uncle Sam Trains His Warbirds |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Greg Fielding] (credited) | Pencils: Klaus Nordling | Inks: Klaus Nordling |
| Genre: |
War |
| Characters: |
Jack Wright (introduction) |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Wing Tips |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Gene Fawcette (signed) | Inks: Gene Fawcette (signed) |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Greasemonkey Griffin |
| Synopsis: |
Greasemonkey Griffin, dreaming of being a pilot, steals a plane. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Jay Ryder] | Pencils: George Tuska | Inks: George Tuska |
| Genre: |
Aviation War |
| Characters: |
Greasemonkey Griffin (introduction) The Nazis |
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