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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published February 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68

Cover Details - "Bombs for Berlin"

Genre war
Pencils Gene Fawcette
Inks Gene Fawcette

8 page Skull Squad story Bombs For Berlin ["The pilot, gunner, and bombardier of a Bristol..."]

Characters I: Capt. Sybil Mason
Genre war
Script ? [as Ace Atkins]
Pencils Arthur Peddy
Inks Arthur Peddy; ?
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page Parachute Patrol story "Tommy, Curly and Blimpo, English boy scouts, are..."

Characters V: Basher, the Countess, Blacky, and an unnamed spy (I for all)
Genre war
Script ? [as Pat Powers]
Pencils Henry Kiefer
Inks Henry Kiefer; ? [shop]

5 page Jane Martin story "The burning sand and sun of the desert..."

Characters I: Eric Swenson; GS: Tom Raleigh
Genre war
Script ? [as Fred Hawks]
Pencils Bob Jenney?; ?
Inks ? [shop]
Notes Weak art, reminiscent of Jenney with a hint of Viscardi or someone imitating him.

5 page The Phantom Falcons story "Again the phantom falcons, Tom Slade, Jerry, Dale..."

Characters I: Wally Durham
Genre war
Script ? [as Kit Gleason]
Pencils Leonard Frank
Inks Leonard Frank

5 page Clipper Kirk story "The war in Europe has spread its ugly..."

Characters V: An Oriental spy (I)
Genre war
Script ? [as Rick Ayers]
Pencils Witmer Williams
Inks Witmer Williams; ?

2 page text story "The Song of the Harrow"

Script ? [as Rick N. Backer]
Letters typeset

2 page Wing Tips filler "Fans, here are some more shots for your..."

Genre true
Pencils Gene Fawcette
Inks Gene Fawcette

3 page story "Planes By Radio"

Characters A "What if?" story
Genre war
Pencils Gene Fawcette; ? [shop]
Inks ? [shop]
Notes Fawcett on first panel only. Hints of Witmer Williams and Art Peddy later on, but probably just shop work.

4 page F4 of the air intelligence story "F-4 is flying a Messerschmitt over the channel..."

Characters V: Von Siedorf, Lt. William Hanson (I, D for both)
Genre war
Script ? [as Alexander York]
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks Alex Blum; ?

6 page Powder Burns story "Once again Powder Burns and his comrades in..."

Genre war
Script ? [as Clyde North]
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

7 page Suicide Smith story "Suicide is on short leave at Ramsgate when..."

Characters V: Baron Von Hirschmann (I, D)
Genre war
Script ? [as Larry Shaw]
Pencils Witmer Williams
Inks Witmer Williams; ?

6 page Captain Derek West story "The Flying Scarecrow"

Characters Tim Cassidy
Genre war
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling
Notes Just for the record, there is no evidence that an author named Derek West, Captain or otherwise, ever existed. These stories are NOT adaptations from other media.

5 page Greasemonkey Griffin story "The air-whacky mac whose head and heart are..."

Characters V: Putzi, Herman, Heinie, and Hans (I for all)
Genre war
Script ? [as Jay Ryder]
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska