Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	September 1940
Cover Price	$0.10
Pages	68

Cover Details

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset

7 page Skull Squad story "Three adventurous young men, a Scotsman, an Englishman..."

Characters	I & O: The Skull Squad [Jock MacGregor; Jimmy Jones; Kent Douglas]; V: The Nazis
Genre	war
Script	? [as Ace Atkins]
Pencils	Arthur Peddy
Inks	Arthur Peddy

7 page Parachute Patrol story "A bright summer day in central France. In..."

Characters	I & O: The Parachute Patrol [Tommy; Blimpo; Curly]; I: Doc Brown; Mrs. Measly; V: The Nazis
Genre	war
Script	? [as Pat Powers]
Pencils	Charles Quinlan?

6 page Jane Martin story "The battlefield of modern warfare extends far beyond..."

Characters	I: Jane Martin; I: Tom Raleigh; V: the Nazis
Genre	war
Script	? [as Fred Hawks]
Pencils	Nick Cardy?; ?
Notes	Most likely some Viscardi [Cardy] involvement.

6 page Clipper Kirk story "May 28, l940: The Germans have broken through!"

Characters	I: Clipper Kirk; V: The Nazis
Genre	war
Script	? [as Rick Ayers]
Pencils	Witmer Williams
Inks	Witmer Williams; ?

6 page F4 of the air intelligence story "A new type of British pursuit plane is..."

Characters	I: F-4 [Rex Keene; name revealed in issue #13]; I: Sir Maccom; V: Paul Karlson (I, D); Gottfried (I, D)
Genre	war
Script	? [as Alexander York]
Pencils	Charles Sultan
Inks	Charles Sultan; ?

7 page Suicide Smith story "Suicide Smith, blitzkrieg buster, again saves England from..."

Characters	I: Suicide Smith; V: The Nazis
Genre	war
Script	? [as Larry Shaw]
Pencils	Witmer Williams?
Inks	? [shop]

3 page How Uncle Sam Trains His Warbirds story "The dodo--a bird that can walk but..."

Characters	I: Jack Wright (a flight cadet)
Genre	war
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

7 page The Phantom Falcons story "It is Tom Slade who has been flying..."

Characters	I & O: The Phantom Falcons [Tom Slade; Jerry McGuire; Dale; Parker; Akely]; Mr. Davis; Elsie Davis (his daughter); V: The Nazis
Genre	war
Script	? [as Kit Gleason]
Pencils	R. A. Burley?
Inks	R. A. Burley?

2 page Wing Tips story "These are representatives of the light bombing planes..."

Genre	true
Pencils	Gene Fawcette
Inks	Gene Fawcette

2 page text story "The Hardluck Ace"

Genre	war
Letters	typeset

4 page Greasemonkey Griffin story "A sky-screwy yank is stranded in London when..."

Characters	I: Greasemonkey Griffin; V: The Nazis
Genre	war
Script	? [as Jay Ryder]
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska

7 page Powder Burns story "Deep in the war-scarred hills of central Europe..."

Characters	I: J. P. "Powder" Burns; Cosmo Dust; Sven Knutsen; I: Eunice; V: Porter Von Stellub (I, D); the Nazis
Genre	war
Script	? [as Clyde North]
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling