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Wings Comics, #4

Published: December 1940

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Wings Comics #4

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Issue Contents:
Raiders of the Steel-Ripped Skies
1 page aviation; war
Credits
Story 1 8 pages aviation; war

"The three comrades of the skull squad, Jimmy..."

Storyline

Chuck Dawson and the Skull Squad secretly engage in a private air raid to even the score with Hartmann.

Characters
  • Hartmann (villain, introduction)
  • Chuck Dawson (introduction)
  • Jimmy Jones
  • Kent Douglas
  • Sandy MacGregor
Credits
Story 2 6 pages war

"England is at grips with her final destiny..."

Characters
  • Lord Roslyn (guest-star)
  • Tommy
  • Blimbo
  • Curly
  • Otto
Credits
Story 3 5 pages war

"On leave from the gruelling [sic] hardships of war..."

Characters
  • Tom Raleigh (guest-star)
Credits
Story Notes

HS sees signs of Nick Cardy, but I think that the thin, distorted bodies are unlike NC.

Raiders of the Steel-Ripped Skies (1)
Story 4 5 pages war

"The Nazi invaders are foiled again..."

Credits
Story Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Story 5 6 pages war

"Clipper Kirk is back on the front, attached..."

Credits
Story 6 1 page non-fiction

"Here are three naval wasps which spell think..."

Credits
Dodo Squadron
Story 7 2 pages war
Tanks By Plane
Story 8 3 pages non-fiction
Characters
  • another "What if?" story
Story Notes

HS sees some Witmer Williams involvement, but I sense an unfamiliar artist that we may have seen at Jacquet and/or Timely. HW suggests possibly Tukel or Lou Ferstadt. Another "What if?" story.

Story 9 4 pages war

"F-4 is called to headquarters: Our tenth observation..."

Characters
  • A phony C. O. (villain, introduction, death)
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Story 10 7 pages war

"Powder Burns, erstwhile playboy, but now broke and..."

Characters
  • Elmo Lint (Cosmo Dust's cousin, introduction)
  • Amelia Lint (his daughter, introduction)
Credits
Story 11 7 pages war

"Suicide Smith is rushed to the Dover coast..."

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Spitfire Ace
Story 12 6 pages war
Characters
  • Tim Cassidy [Spitfire Ace] (introduction, origin)
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Story Notes

According to the cover blurb: "The first in a series based on the stories of Capt. Derek West - foremost war-air writer of today."

Story 13 4 pages war

"Gee, thanks for all the hundreds of letters..."

Characters
  • Jim Hawk (introduction)
  • Gen. Fritz (villain, introduction)
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