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16December 1941
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Wings Comics #16

Fiction House · December 1941 · on sale 1941-10-08

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Identification plate

Series
Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#16
Publication date
December 1941
Key date
1941-12-00
On-sale date
1941-10-08
Indicia publisher
Wings Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Human Torpedocover1pencils: Gene Fawcette; inks: Gene FawcetteSuicide Smith
1-comic story8script: T. E. Bowen; pencils: Dan Zolnerowich; inks: Dan ZolnerowichCaptain Wings [Capt. Smith] (introduction, origin); Mickey (introduction); The Mad Killer [Pop Moran] (villain, introduction, death)
2-comic story5.5script: F. E. Lincoln; pencils: Al Gabriele; inks: John Cassone
3The Human Torpedocomic story7.5script: A. E. Carruthers; pencils: Joe Doolin; inks: Joe DoolinHinda; Chuck Hardy (introduction); Denny O'Toole (introduction); Winston Churchill; Zborov (villain, death?)
4The Perilous Escape From the Train of Deathcomic story6pencils: Leonard Frank; inks: Leonard Frank
5Fight for the French Undergroundcomic story7script: Ace Atkins; pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Art PeddyThe Franctireurs (introduction)
6Flying Battleship XB-19illustration2pencils: Gene Fawcette; inks: Gene Fawcette
7-comic story7script: Cliff Dubois; pencils: Frank Schwarz, Sam CooperJean Stark (introduction)
8Dead Man's Ferrytext story2script: ? [as Gordon Wayne]; pencils: ? (2 panels); inks: ? (2 panels); letters: typesetJohn Perry (introduction)
9-comic story6pencils: Richard Case; inks: Richard Case
10The Wings of an Angelcomic story6pencils: Pagsilang Isip; inks: Pagsilang Isip
11-comic story6script: Kip Beales; pencils: Al Walker; inks: Al WalkerTex Baker (introduction)

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