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Wings Comics, #33

Published: May 1943

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Wings Comics #33

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Issue Contents:
1 page war
Story Notes

Story title, genre, artist and editor added by Craig Delich.

Featuring Fight Comics

Story 1 1 page

"Fight Comics is dedicated to Uncle Sam's fighting men"

Characters
  • Rip Carson
  • Senorita Rio
Story Notes

Inside front cover. House ad for Fight Comics.

Story 2 12 pages aviation; war

"Meet Shorty — the Hell-Divers' newest fledgling, and the toughest little monkey..."

Characters
  • Capt. Wings
  • Lt. Shorty Mitchell (introduction)
  • Capt. Boggs
  • Link
  • Lady Elaine Cooper
  • Carol Langley (introduction)
  • Yakoharu
Story 3 8 pages humor; aviation; war

"Colonel Atkins' wife is about to have a.."

Storyline

Griffin is given the task of buying a birthday gift for the wife of Col. Atkins.

Characters
  • Greasemonkey Griffin
  • Col. Atkins
  • Mrs. Atkins
Story Notes

Walker appears more certainly on pages 1, 3, 5 and Leav on pages 2 & 7.

Lieut. Col. Wm. G. Hipps
Story 4 2 pages aviation; biography; war

"West Pointer and Kelly Field grad, Bill Hipps was among the first to dive bomb the..."

Characters
  • Lt. Col. William G. Hipps
  • Major General Brereton
  • General MacArthur
Story 5 8 pages war

"Atom smashers and diamonds! Devilish things at best..."

Characters
  • Major Smith
  • Hinda
  • Lapham
  • Ravonez
  • Mundo
Mars the World's Largest Flying Boat!
Story 6 1 page non-fiction; aviation
Story Notes

Facts about the "Mars" bomber plane.

Build the Lightning
Story 7 2 pages aviation

"The Lockheed P-38 is a single-seater twin-engine fighter with a..."

Story Notes

Template and instructions for creating a wooden plane.

Story 8 7 pages aviation; war

"The ruthless Nazis attempt to destroy a French..."

Characters
  • Kent Douglas
  • Sandy MacGregor
  • Jimmy Jones
  • Gaston
Story Notes

Hard to pin down this art style as he/she/they are mimicing Peddy very successfully.

Story 9 6 pages spy; war

"No American girl has ever run such a strange..."

Characters
  • Jane Martin
  • Sergie Sogolov
  • General Chiang
  • Kaonan
  • Tse Zu
Sky Vengeance Dies Hard
Story 10 2 pages aviation; war

"A fine, red dust blew across Jackson Airdrome, hitting the sweat-streaked faces of..."

Characters
  • Charlie Trent
  • Col. Bryce
Suicide Mission
Story 11 6 pages war

""Snap it up," yells Slim Jones to Tiny Knowlton, puffing along behind him."

Characters
  • Slim Jones
  • Tiny Knowlton

Featuring Wings of America Club Page

Story 12 1 page aviation

"John Punkavich of Sunnyside, New York submits this three-place pusher fighter."

Storyline

Reproduces aircraft designs submitted by John Punkavich, Harry Borgman, and Edward Samut.

Story 13 1 page

"Dear Sir: I buy Wings Comics every month and I think it is better than any other comic magazine."

Story Notes

Letters from Louis Litwin, Charles Rotter, William Chambers, Anthony Hemmerich, Bob Hochenedel, Richard Palermo, Jerry Palmer, and Bob Petrie.

Story 14 8 pages war

"In the vast, forbidding wastes of North Africa..."

Characters
  • Clipper Kirk
  • Capt. Fox
  • Heinz
  • Tonia Lorraine

Featuring Fiction House

Story 15 1 page

"The big six of the comic magazines"

Characters
  • Sheena
  • Kaänga
  • Ann Mason
Story Notes

Inside back cover. House ad for six Fiction House titles.

Story 16 1 page

"Free with this offer 33 power telescope lens kit"

Story Notes

Back cover. Ad for a book about science.