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Issue Details

Issue #69
Published May 1946
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Corsair of the Monsoon Skies"

Genre war
Pencils Lee Elias (signed)
Inks Lee Elias (signed)

10 page Captain Wings story "Tiger, tiger, skulking the Burma bush...but the..."

Characters V: Lal Singh (I, D); King Phaya; I: Princess Aubiliala; Jakuh
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Pencils Lee Elias
Inks Lee Elias ?
Notes HS notes different inks than previous episodes that were signed by Elias.

6 page Jane Martin story "The stakes were high when two Mexican airlines..."

Characters V: Darango (I); I: Jose Progreso and his son
Genre adventure
Script ? [as F.E. Lincoln]
Pencils Fran Hopper
Inks Fran Hopper; Marcia Snyder

1 page Wings' Air Mail letters page "Wings' Air Mail"

Letters typeset

6 page Greasemonkey Griffin story "Oboy! If the army wuz like this, I'd..."

Characters V: Dr. Phineas A. G. Applebottom (I); Maisie (I)
Genre humor
Script ? [as Kip Beales]
Pencils Alex Blum ?; Gus Schrotter ?
Inks ? [shop]

6 page Suicide Smith story Corsair of the Monsoon Skies ["La Prensa. air minister Fuente out as bribe..."]

Characters V: Don Fuente (I, D); GS: Dale Johnson; Mr. Johnson
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
Pencils Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)
Inks Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

2 page text story "The Emperor of Tomorrow"

Genre war
Script ? [as Jans Jorgesen]
Letters typeset

6 page The Phantom Falcon story "Who Is the Phantom Falcon? [part 2]"

Characters I & O: The Phantom Falcon (Clipper Kirk; cont'd from story in #68); V: K7; Anton (I, D); and other enemy agents (I for all)
Genre spy
Script ? [as William Brooks]
Pencils Joey Cavallo (signed)
Inks Joey Cavallo (signed)

2 page Wing Tips filler "So you think you know aviation, eh? This..."

Synopsis Aviation quiz.
Genre fact
Pencils Mike Peppe (signed)
Inks Mike Peppe (signed)

9 page Ghost Patrol story "Sky-Duel of the Near-Dead"

Characters Ghost Patrol; I: Lt. Tom Briggs (temporarily D); V: Capt. Von Heill (I, D); GS: Death
Genre war
Script ? [as Capt. Derek West]
Pencils Maurice Whitman
Inks Maurice Whitman
Notes HS points out in a lengthly digression how he once mistook this for Rafael Astarita, but now sees it more objectively.
Reprinted in Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #113 (Winter 1951) [abridged from nine pages to six]