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Issue: Wings Comics #108 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1949
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Issues: #108 of 124 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Wings Pub. Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor); William R. Shelton (Editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Taps for the Sky Snake

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob Lubbers
Inker(s): Bob Lubbers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Captain Wings
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWings Comics #2 published September 1949
as Taps for the Sky Snake [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Note that the cover image is taken from a reversed stat of the first panel of the Captain Wings story, with two characters and a staircase added on the upper right to achieve the correct proportions.
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Taps for the Sky Snake

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Penciller(s): Bob Lubbers
Inker(s): Bob Lubbers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Captain Wings
Character(s): Captain Wings
First Line: Throughout America's offices, files labelled 'ships lost in...'
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #49 published August 2008
as Taps for the Sky Snake [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Capt. Derek West]
Penciller(s): Maurice Whitman (signed)
Inker(s): Maurice Whitman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Ghost Squadron
Character(s): Ghost Squadron
First Line: For many days the Germans' V-2 rockets had been...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers]
Penciller(s): Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)
Inker(s): Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Suicide Smith
Character(s): Suicide Smith
First Line: 'El Carcel del San Vaca'...high sloping walls...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Col. Don Blakeslee

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Air Heroes of World War II
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: illustrated text story
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as F. E. Lincoln] (signed)
Penciller(s): George Evans (signed)
Inker(s): George Evans (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Jane Martin
Character(s): Jane Martin; Jason Kirby; Dr. John Range (Kirby's physician); Olan Zenba (VILLAIN)
First Line: Jason Kirby, famous Hollywood star, who last year...
Synopsis: An old friend of retired movie star Jason Kirby, Olan Zenba, is bent on revenge and wants to kill the star because Kirby has refused to use his novel as the basis for new film Kirby is producing.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmerica's Greatest Comics #5 published May 2003
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]in black and white
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #85 published April 2011
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]in black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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