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Issue Details

Issue #28
Published December 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Larabie Cunningham (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)

Cover Details - "Tail-Gun Tornado"

Genre war
Pencils Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inks Gene Fawcett (signed)

10 page Captain Wings story "Determined to shield a fledgling pilot from certain..."

Characters V: The Japanese; I: A gypsy girl
Genre war
Script ? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Pencils Bob Lubbers (signed)
Inks Bob Lubbers (signed)

8 page Suicide Smith story "The flaming breath of Japan's black dragon society..."

Characters V: Franz (I), Louie (I, D), the Japanese
Genre war
Script ? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
Pencils Joe Doolin
Inks Joe Doolin

6 page Captain Derek West story "Dawn Raid"

Characters Ken Moore story; V: The Nazis
Genre war
Script ? [as Captain Derek West]
Pencils George Appel
Inks George Appel

7 page Skull Squad story "A harmless looking saxophone...hot licks of jazz..."

Characters V: Herman, a female spy (I for both), the Nazis
Genre war
Script ? [as Ace Atkins]
Pencils Art Peddy?; ?
Inks Ruth Atkinson?; ?
Notes Probably someone imitating Peddy or working over his layouts. More ? than Peddy.

2 page Know Your Enemy's Planes filler Build the Jap "Zero" Fighter

Genre fact
Script Gene Fawcette?
Pencils Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inks Gene Fawcette (signed)

1 page Wings of America club page filler "Three More Dream Ships from Our Readers"

Pencils various
Inks various
Notes Reproduces aircraft design drawings by Sam Ronsisvalle, Gary Hauver, and Fritz W. Gohlike, Jr.

2 page Yank Aces of World War II story "Major Albert F. Kalberer"

Genre true
Pencils Pagsilang Rey Isip?
Inks Pagsilang Rey Isip?; ?

1 page Wing Tips filler "Movie Cameras on the Wing"

Genre fact
Script Gene Fawcette?
Pencils Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inks Gene Fawcette (signed)

4 page Calhoun of the Air Cadets story "What's our instructor got lined up for tomorrow..."

Characters V: Hans Kabel (I); I: Brenda Larkin, Shane
Genre war
Script ? [as Pat Cavenagh]
Pencils Pagsilang Rey Isip?
Inks Pagsilang Rey Isip?

6 page Greasemonkey Griffin story "Seeing our hero busily plaguing the innards of..."

Characters V: The Nazis
Genre war
Script ? [as Kip Beales]
Pencils Al Walker
Inks Al Walker

2 page text story "Commando Cloudburst"

Script ? [as Bert Phillips]
Letters typeset

6 page Jane Martin story "Government house at Ankara, Turkey...representatives of warring..."

Characters V: Fritz Von Helmarth (I, D), Nazi spies (I); I: The Turkish premier
Genre war
Script ? [as F.E. Lincoln]
Pencils Saul Rosen
Inks Saul Rosen

8 page Clipper Kirk story Tail-Gun Tornado ["South of Suez at a secret US airbase..."]

Characters V: Flying Fox, Heinker (I), Achmed (I), Raschid (I); GS: Tonia
Genre war
Script ? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils Art Saaf (signed)
Inks Art Saaf (signed)
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.