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17January 1942
$0.10

Wings Comics #17

Fiction House · January 1942 · on sale 1941-11-03

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Identification plate

Series
Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#17
Publication date
January 1942
Key date
1942-01-00
On-sale date
1941-11-03
Indicia publisher
Wings Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Gangway, Panzers!cover1pencils: Gene Fawcette, Dan Zolnerowich; inks: Gene Fawcette, Dan Zolnerowich'Suicide' Smith
1Wings' Air Mailletters page0.5letters: typeset
2-comic story8pencils: Dan Zolnerowich; inks: Dan ZolnerowichRed O'Neil (introduction); The Camera Killer [Luke Krag] (villain, introduction, death)
3-comic story6script: F. E. Lincoln; pencils: Al Gabriele; inks: Al GabrieleCaptain Smythe (introduction); Lord Winthrop (introduction); Dr. Phil Kent (introduction)
4Gangway, Panzers!comic story8script: A. E. Carruthers; pencils: Joe Doolin; inks: Joe DoolinKauro (intro); MacKenzie (intro); Mike Dorgan; Schlam (villain, intro)
5The Quislings' Death Listcomic story6pencils: Leonard Frank; inks: Leonard FrankRaoul (intro); French Quislings (intro); the Nazis
6-comic story7script: Ace Atkins; pencils: Arthur F. Peddy; inks: Arthur F. PeddyAhmed Pasha (intro); Saida Ahmed (his daughter)
7Flash! Two of the latest American dive bombersillustration1pencils: Gene Fawcette; inks: Gene Fawcette
8-comic story8script: Cliff Dubois; pencils: Frank SchwarzDr. Howard (villain, intro)
9Shark of the Japan Seatext story1.67script: ? [as Gordon Wayne]; letters: typesetJohn Perry
10-statement of ownership0.33script: T. T. Scott
11-comic story6pencils: George Carl Wilhelms; inks: George WilhelmsVon Orst (villain, intro)
12Skyway to Deathcomic story6pencils: Pagsilang Isip; inks: Pagsilang Isip
13-comic story6pencils: Al Walker; inks: Al WalkerVon Snort (villain, intro)

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Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5
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