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Issue Details

Issue #97
Published September 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor); William R. Shelton (Editor)
Notes Art credits from Nicholas Burns via the GCD Errors List (10 Feburary 2006)

Cover Details - "The Sky Octopus"

Characters Captain Wings
Genre adventure
Pencils Bob Lubbers
Inks Bob Lubbers
Notes Art credits from Nicholas Burns via the GCD Errors List (10 Feburary 2006)

10 page Captain Wings story The Sky Octopus ["Act one of this drama opens at..."]

Characters Captain Wings
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Pencils Bob Lubbers
Inks Bob Lubbers
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

8 page Ghost Squadron story "It was midnight. The German army prison walls..."

Characters Ghost Squadron
Genre mystery
Script ? [as Capt. Derek West]
Pencils Maurice Whitman (signed)
Inks Maurice Whitman (signed)

6 page The Flying Furies story "In waterfront dives and trading posts from Java..."

Genre adventure
Script ? [as George Barton]
Pencils Lee Elias
Inks Lee Elias
Reprinted from Rangers Comics (Fiction House, 1941 series) #? [Probably a revised reprint of a Phantom Falcons story from around issues 10-20]

4 page Air Heroes of World War II text article "Lt. Cmdr. E. S. McKuskey"

Genre fact
Pencils Joe Doolin?
Inks Joe Doolin?
Letters typeset
Notes illustrated text story

6 page The Phantom Falcon story "Telegram To: Metropolis Police Department Disaster Imminent. Stop..."

Characters The Phantom Falcon
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils Charles Sultan?
Inks Anthony Cavallo?

6 page Jane Martin story "I'm going to bust the whole jewel smuggling..."

Characters Jane Martin
Genre crime
Script ? [as F.E. Lincoln]
Pencils George Evans (signed)
Inks George Evans (signed)

6 page Suicide Smith story "Toward the ancient San Juan lighthouse a mighty..."

Characters Suicide Smith
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
Pencils John Celardo
Inks John Celardo