Wings Comics, #9

Published: May 1941

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Wings Comics #9

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Issue Contents:
The Divers of Doom
1 page war
Story Notes

Art credits from Nicholas Burns via the GCD Errors List (10 February 2006). Recorrected and finalized by Henry Steele, Hames Ware and JVJ (15 October 2006).

Featuring Wings' Air Mail

Story 1 1 page
Fools for Glory (1)
Story 2 7 pages aviation; war

"The Skull Squad, with the RAF in Albania..."

Characters
  • V: Stiletto (I)
Story Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Story 3 6 pages war

"The parachute patrol has been sent to a..."

Characters
  • V: Lord Manning (I)
Story Notes

No house-name credit appears.

Story 4 6 pages war

"At a British airport a siren screams a..."

Characters
  • Jane Martin
  • A doctor (introduction, villain)
  • Nazi spies (introduction)
Story Notes

Signed by Cardy in the lower right of the first panel.

Story 5 8 pages war

"Guarding Britain's life line...the Atlantic sea lanes..."

Vultures of Vengeance
Story 6 6 pages aviation; war
Characters
  • I: Rip Hollister
Story Notes

Only vaguely resembles Celardo's art. HS & HW are more convinced than I am that he is here. I think straight Cassone is more likely. JV

Story 7 2 pages non-fiction; aviation

"The Republic 'Guardsman' is a two seater fighter..."

Flying Colors
Story 8 2 pages war
The Divers of Doom (1)
Story 9 8 pages war

"Suicide Smith, in a daring attempt to learn..."

Characters
  • V: A Nazi commandant (I)
Story Notes

Interesting to note that GCD had "Liebeck" as the artist here. "Liebeck" being Henry's misreading of a Gabriele signature and existing nowhere else in comic book literature, this clearly indicates that the previous credits were taken from the HS index without attribution. Title from cover blurb.

Story 10 6 pages war

"A coded message from the head of the..."

Story 11 7 pages war

"Once again the five Phantom Falcons, Tom Akeley,..."

Characters
  • I: Jeffrey [Akeley?] (Akeley's uncle)
Story 12 6 pages war

"For Greasemonkey's fine work in bagging the nazis..."

Characters
  • I: A commander