Wings Comics, #23

Published: July 1942

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Wings Comics #23

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Issue Contents:
Battling Eagles of Bataan
1 page war
Story Notes

Probable Zolnerowich work on cover figures.

Have You Seen the Sensational New Rangers Comics?

Featuring Rangers Comics

Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Promo ad in color on inside front cover showing the cover of Rangers of Freedom #5 along with four panels of art from that issue.

Story 2 7 pages war

"A trio of daredevil fliers, Kent Douglas, Englishman..."

Traitor Bait
Story 3 8 pages war
Battling Eagle of Bataan
Story 4 6 pages war
Story Notes

All lettering is typeset. Text runs across the tops of the panels, there are no word balloons or sound effects.

Story 5 10 pages war

"In the dark days of the blitz over..."

Build the Curtiss P-40F
Story 6 2 pages non-fiction; aviation
Story Notes

Templates to build a scale model airplane.

Help Protect America!
Story 7 1 page non-fiction; aviation
Story Notes

Silhouettes of four combat aircraft: Cant Z.509 (Italy), Savoia-Marchetti SM.55X (Italy), Blohm and Voss HA.140 (Germany), Dornier DO.26 (Germany).

Story 8 4 pages war

"On a moonlit night outside their radio shack..."

Story Notes

HS suggests Isip as a possibility here, but it doesn't look too much like the signed Isip in issue #25. Last appearance.

Featuring Wings of America club page

Story 9 1 page aviation

"These three air-minded Americans hit the bull's-eye this month!!!"

Story Notes

Reproduces aircraft design drawings submitted by Kingdon Piehl, Henry Hayashida, and C. G. Collins Jr.

Suicide Up - Greasemonkey Down (1)
Story 10 1 page
Characters
  • Greasemonkey Griffin
Story Notes

Letters of comment from Jack Mathes, Herbert Behrens, Chris Hauer, Jr., Cal Overholt, John Mesinger. Bottom third of the page has application to join the Wings of America Club.

Story 11 6 pages humor; war

"Von Schnapps, the Nazi fiend who collects British..."

Prey for the Eagle's Talons
Story 12 2 pages war
Story 13 6 pages war

"At the Black Sea port of Batum, where the..."

Story 14 2 pages non-fiction; war

"Adrift on a raft for 34 days, three..."

Storyline

The crew of a US Navy bomber crash land at sea and must survive 34 days adrift in shark filled waters of the Pacific.

Characters
  • Harold Dixon
  • Tony Pastula
  • Gene Aldrich
Story Notes

All lettering with the exception of one caption on first page is typeset. Text runs across the bottom of the panels, there are no word balloons or sound effects.

Story 15 8 pages war

"To save a buddy's neck Clipper puts his..."

Story Notes

The artist's name "Arthur Saaf" appears on a paper drawn in the splash panel.

The Big Six of the Comics Magazines
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Promo ad in color on inside back cover showing the covers of Wings Comics #22; Jumbo Comics #40; Jungle Comics #30; Rangers of Freedom #5; Fight Comics #19; Planet Comics #19.

Sing a Song of Sudden Death

Featuring Fight Comics

Story 17 1 page
Characters
  • Senorita Rio
Story Notes

Promo ad in color on back cover shows the cover of Fight Comics #19 with art credited to Dan Zolnerowich and two panels from the Senorita Rio feature with art credited to Nick Cardy.