Issue Contents:
Monsters of the Stratosphere
Credits
- Pencils: Gene Fawcette
- Inks: Gene Fawcette
3 New, Different Comics!
Featuring Rangers; Wambi; Sheena
Storyline
Promotional ad for Sheena #2 (Winter 1942), Rangers Comics #9 (February 1943) and Wambi #2 (Winter 1942).
Characters
- Sheena
- Wambi
Credits
- Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich
- Pencils: Henry Kiefer
- Inks: Dan Zolnerowich
- Inks: Henry Kiefer
Story Notes
Inside front cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Promo ad shows the covers of Sheena #2 with art credited to Dan Zolnerowich; Rangers Comics #9 with art credited to Dan Zolnerowich and Wambi #2 with art credited to Henry Kiefer.
"The deal was a treacherous triple-cross of the Solomon..."
Characters
- Capt. Wings
- Link
- Capt. Boggs
- Major Burns
- Dipper
- Hunchie
Credits
- Script: T. E. Bowen
- Pencils: Bob Lubbers
- Inks: Bob Lubbers
Story Notes
Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
"The ceiling price on Jap lives hits rock bottom..."
Characters
- Suicide Smith
- Hinda
- General Bard
- Gruber
- Fuisha
Credits
- Script: A. E. Carruthers
- Pencils: Joe Doolin
- Inks: Joe Doolin
Story Notes
Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
Lieut. John James Powers
"Remember, the folks back home are counting on us."
Storyline
Lt. Powers flies a bomber in the third battle of the Coral Sea.
Characters
- Lt. John James Powers
Story Notes
Genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Typeset text runs across the bottoms of the panels, there are no word balloons or sound effects.
"A valuable packet of blueprints has just arrived..."
Storyline
Griffin loses a set of blueprints for a plane, so he makes up a set of blueprints himself to replace the lost set; the Nazis steal the fake blueprints and manufacture a plane based on Griffin's design.
Characters
- Greasemonkey Griffin
- Nazis
- Col. Atkins
Credits
- Script: Kip Beales
- Pencils: Chris Mostyn
- Inks: Chris Mostyn
Story Notes
Story title, genre and writer added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
Crash Dive for the Jackpot
"The V mail had just arrived from Darwin, and the..."
Storyline
Jack receives a letter from his parents letting him know that the family barns burned down from a lightning strike; wishing to help his folks, Jack bets on himself to win a pool amongst the aviators.
Characters
- Jack Moulton
- Steve Weber
- Chip Kinny
- Mac Leavitt
Story Notes
Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
Hitler's Latest Sky-Slugger
Featuring Model Airplane Builder's Plans
"Until recently the Messerschmitt ME-109 did the lion's share of fighting over Europe."
Credits
- Pencils: Gene Fawcette (uncertain)
- Inks: Gene Fawcette (uncertain)
Story Notes
Sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Template for building a wood model.
Monsters of the Stratosphere (1)
"Ten miles up in no-man's sky, in the thin..."
Characters
- Kent Douglas
- Sandy MacGregor
- Jimmy Jones
- Schwarzvogel [Blackbird]
- Franz
Credits
- Script: Ace Atkins
- Pencils: Art Peddy (uncertain)
- Inks: Art Peddy (uncertain)
Story Notes
Genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). The story title was taken from the cover.
Graveyard Flight
"The startling adventure of two Yankee airmen on a midnight bomb spree."
Storyline
Mason and Barnes steal a plane to hunt for a German air base.
Characters
- Lt. Chuck Mason
- Red Barnes
- Nazis
Credits
- Script: Derek West
- Pencils: George Appel
- Inks: George Appel
Story Notes
Genre, writer added; art verified by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Story title also appears on the cover. All lettering with the exception of a caption on first page and a caption at the end are typeset. Text runs across the tops of the panels, there are no word balloons or sound effects.
Meet a Brace of TB's
"The Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" is a famed and super-tough..."
Storyline
Two aircraft drawings.
Credits
- Pencils: Gene Fawcette
- Inks: Gene Fawcette
Story Notes
Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
Featuring Wings of America Club Page
"Alan Slayton of Kellogg, Idaho submits this sleek..."
Storyline
Comprised of aircraft drawings sent in by readers Guy Holt Jr., Allan Slayton, and Edward Samut.
Story Notes
Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
Posolutely a Joik (1)
"Dear Sirs: I am tough, see, an' anybody dat don't agree wit me..."
Credits
- Script: Larabie Cunningham
Story Notes
Sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Letters of comment from James Tichenor; Eleanor Okaiski; Ensor Lynch; Floyd Jerdon, Jr.; Isadore Ettleman and Phil Bernstein; William J. Cassidy; Billy Stout; Pvt. J.D. Strong, USMC; Jim Sullivan; Fay Avera; Joe Belmont; Henry Payson. Story title taken from title of first letter of comment.
Story Notes
Statement signed by Larabie Cunningham, editor, on September 29, 1942.
"Intrigue is a game with one score. You..."
Storyline
Jane Martin poses as a German nurse to tend to a captured Nazi in order to glean information from him.
Characters
- Jane Martin
- Haask
- Nazis
- Heller
Credits
- Pencils: Saul Rosen
- Inks: Saul Rosen
"From the nazi-held island of Crete thunders a..."
Characters
- Clipper Kirk
- Tonia
- Nazis
- Hans
- Sahdi
Credits
- Script: Jim Barnard
- Pencils: Art Saaf
- Inks: Art Saaf
Story Notes
Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
The Big Six of the Comics Magazines
Featuring Fiction House
"Why guess? Get the best"
Characters
- Kaänga
- Ann Mason
- Sheena
- Flint Baker
Credits
- Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich
- Pencils: Gene Fawcette (uncertain)
- Inks: Dan Zolnerowich
- Inks: Gene Fawcette (uncertain)
Story Notes
Sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Promo ad in color on inside back cover showing the covers of Wings Comics #30; Jumbo Comics #47; Jungle Comics #37; Rangers Comics #9; Fight Comics #23; Planet Comics #22.
"How to make your body bring you fame... instead of shame!"
Characters
- Charles Atlas (photo)
Story Notes
Back cover. Ad for the Dynamic Tension method of bodybuilding.