Digital Comic Museum - Wings Comics 029


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January 1943; paper; ctc; my scan

Issue: #29
Published: January 1943, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Larabie Cunningham (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Newsprint Interior; Glossy Cover Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Info and credits [except feature] added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Entire issue revised/updated 12/2006 by HS/HW/JV. Updated 1/2016 by BD. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Buzzards From Berlin
Featuring:	Skull Squad
Credits:	Pencils: Gene Fawcette \| Inks: Gene Fawcette \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Aviation War

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)	2 Thrilling Jungle Books!
Featuring:	Sheena; Wambi
Synopsis:	Promotional ad for Sheena #2 (Winter 1942) and Wambi #2 (Winter 1942).
Credits:	Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich; Henry Kiefer \| Inks: Dan Zolnerowich; Henry Kiefer \| Letters: ?; typeset
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Sheena Wambi

Comic Story (10 pages)
Featuring:	Captain Wings and the Hell-Diver Squadron
Credits:	Script: ? [as Major T. E. Bowen] \| Pencils: Bob Lubbers (signed) \| Inks: Bob Lubbers (signed)
Genre:	Aviation War
Characters:	Capt. Boggs Link Capt. Wings Black Widow Unnamed Japanese Admiral

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	Suicide Smith
Credits:	Script: ? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers] \| Pencils: Joe Doolin \| Inks: Joe Doolin
Genre:	Aviation War
Characters:	Col. Cadiz Suicide Smith Alfonzo Miguel Hinda Chino Vicente Major Rudley Joe

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	Greasemonkey Griffin
Credits:	Script: ? [as Kip Beales] \| Pencils: Al Walker (signed) \| Inks: Al Walker (signed)
Genre:	Aviation War
Characters:	Greasemonkey Griffin [Greasemary] Duke Of Cordenton Duchess Of Cordenton Hodges

Comic Story (5 pages)	Swan-Song For Zeros
Featuring:	Captain Derek West
Synopsis:	Story title also appears on the cover.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Capt. Derek West] \| Pencils: George Appel \| Inks: George Appel \| Letters: ?; typeset
Genre:	Aviation War
Characters:	Tom Baxter Lt. Joe McKenna Pearl Bruce

Activity (2 pages)	Meet the Thunderbolt!
Featuring:	Wing Tips
Credits:	Script: Gene Fawcette ? \| Pencils: Gene Fawcette (signed) \| Inks: Gene Fawcette (signed)
Genre:	Non-fiction Aviation

Comic Story (7 pages)	Buzzards From Berlin
Featuring:	Skull Squad
Credits:	Script: ? [as Ace Atkins] \| Pencils: Art Peddy ?; ? \| Inks: Ruth Atkinson ?; ?
Genre:	Aviation War
Characters:	Jimmy Kent Sandy Rosa Nazis

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Calhoun of the Air Cadets
Credits:	Script: ? [as Pat Cavenagh] \| Pencils: Pagsilang Rey Isip ? \| Inks: Pagsilang Rey Isip ?
Genre:	War
Characters:	Calhoun (last Appearance) Bertram Harvey Miss Wilton Col. Wilton

Illustration (1 page)	Three Bull's-Eye Designs for Victory!
Featuring:	Wings of America club page
Synopsis:	Reproduces aircraft design drawings submitted by Howard Rice, Emery Brunett and Floyd Johnson.
Credits:	Pencils: Howard Rice; Emery Brunett; Floyd Johnson \| Inks: Howard Rice; Emery Brunett; Floyd Johnson
Genre:	Aviation

Letters Page (1 page)	To the Air-minded Girls...
Featuring:	Wings' Air Mail
Credits:	Script: Larabie Cunningham \| Pencils: ? (illustrations) \| Inks: ? (illustrations) \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (2 pages)	Col. Frank Armstrong USAAF
Featuring:	Yank Aces of World War II
Credits:	Pencils: Pagsilang Rey Isip ? \| Inks: Pagsilang Rey Isip ?; ? \| Letters: ?; typeset
Genre:	Aviation Biography War
Characters:	Col. Frank Armstrong Nazis

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Jane Martin
Credits:	Script: ? [as F. E. Lincoln] \| Pencils: Saul Rosen \| Inks: Saul Rosen
Genre:	War
Characters:	Jane Martin Hilde Loffler Z-4 Atkins

Text Story (2 pages)	Block Busters for Berlin
Synopsis:	Windy receives orders that his squadron is to bomb Berlin and he is filled with anxiety at getting caught by the Nazis.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Douglas Bell] \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Aviation War
Characters:	Windy McPherson Col. Bullfinch [Bull-head] Capt. Vic Clark Giggler Donegan

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	Clipper Kirk
Credits:	Script: ? [as Cliff Dubois] \| Pencils: Art Saaf \| Inks: Art Saaf
Genre:	War
Characters:	Clipper Kirk Flying Fox Tonia

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)	The Big Six of the Comics Magazines
Featuring:	Fiction House
Synopsis:	Promotional ad for Fiction House comics.
Characters:	Sheena Kaänga Ann Mason

Advertisement (1 page)
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy) \| Pencils: ? (photograph) \| Inks: ? (photograph) \| Letters: typeset
Characters:	Charles Atlas (photo)

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