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Issue Details

Issue #57
Published May 1945
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing John F. Byrne (Managing Editor); Ruth Atkinson (Editor)
Notes Cover art credits from Steve Saaf via the GCD Error List (3 October 2006). Entire issue updated/revised 12/2006 by HS/HW/JV.

Cover Details - Yankee War-Birds Over Tokyo!"

Genre war
Pencils Art Saaf
Inks Art Saaf
Notes Cover art credits from Steve Saaf via the GCD Error List (3 October 2006). Entire issue updated/revised 12/2006 by HS/HW/JV.

10 page Captain Wings story Yankee War-Birds Over Tokyo ["It was a mercy run. Captain Wings and..."]

Genre war
Script ? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Pencils Lee Elias (signed)
Inks Lee Elias (signed)
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

8 page Greasemonkey Griffin story "G-golly! I th-think my plane's missing--or something..."

Genre war
Script ? [as Kip Beales]
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks Alex Blum?; shop

5 page Jane Martin story "That smoke! That's the signal! How about circling..."

Genre war
Script ? [as F.E. Lincoln]
Pencils Howard Larsen (signed)
Inks Howard Larsen (signed)
Notes HW points out Larsen's blatent attempts to hide the fact that he doesn't like to (or can't) draw feet!

1 page Wing Tips filler "The B-29 Boeing superfortress"

Genre fact

7 page Clipper Kirk story "The dragon's daughters! Dai Nippon's newest threat...and..."

Genre war
Script ? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils Jack Keller (signed)
Inks Jack Keller (signed)

2 page n/a text story "The Road to Mandalay"

Genre war
Script ? [as Langdon Trent]

6 page Skull Squad story "Hey fellas, how's this for a slice a'..."

Genre war
Script ? [as Ace Atkins]
Pencils Matt Baker; Alex Blum?
Inks Matt Baker; [shop]

1 page Wings' Air Mail letters page "n/a"

8 page Suicide Smith story "Somewhere in the south Pacific: There go my..."

Genre war
Script ? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
Pencils Jack Keller
Inks Jack Keller
Notes HS detects a note of Gene Colan in the artwork.