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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published March 1941
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Malcolm Reiss (Editor); Wm. E. Eisner (Art Director); S.M. Iger (Feature Editor)

Cover Details - "The Ace of Flame"

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

7 page Skull Squad story Dawn Patrol ["Nazi luftwaffe officers rage at each new victory..."]

Characters V: Hartmann
Genre war
Script ? [as Ace Atkins]
Pencils Arthur Peddy
Inks Arthur Peddy
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page Parachute Patrol story "Three British boy scouts are already experienced fliers..."

Characters V: Capt. Guido Rosso and other Italian pilots (I for all)
Genre war
Script ? [as Pat Powers]
Pencils Henry C. Kiefer?; George Carl Wilhelms?
Inks George Carl Wilhelms?
Notes Doubtful that this is actually HCK.

5 page Jane Martin story "The Greek island of Corfu is under heavy..."

Characters GS: Tom Raleigh
Genre war
Script ? [as Fred Hawks]
Pencils Lou Ferstadt?; Bob Jenny?; ?
Notes Possible Jenney, but not clearly so. Ferstadt was at Iger in 1941, so he's a more likely candidate.

5 page The Phantom Falcons story "The adventure of the stirring air battle over the..."

Characters V: Baroness Von Hohenlinden (I)
Genre war
Script ? [as Kit Gleason]
Pencils Leonard Frank
Inks Leonard Frank

6 page Powder Burns story "In his air wanderings, Powder Burns (with his..."

Characters V: Heinrich (I)
Genre war
Script ? [as Clyde North]
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

2 page Wing Tips story "This is a wasp with a deadly sting..."

Genre true
Pencils Gene Fawcette
Inks Gene Fawcette

2 page text story "The Owl Squadron"

Genre war
Script ? [as Watt Knight]
Letters typeset

3 page story "Radio Vs. Night Bombers"

Characters A "What if?" story
Genre true
Notes Actually, this is the first recorded publication in popular media of radar and its capabilities to detect aircraft at night. More like a "guess what" story than a "what if?"

4 page F4 of the air intelligence story "A hastily scribbled message brings F-4 to a..."

Characters I: Fred Browne (D), Alec Browne (his brother)
Genre war
Script ? [as Alexander York]
Pencils Al Bryant?

5 page Clipper Kirk story "England expects every man to do his duty..."

Characters I: Claude Boyle
Genre war
Script ? [as Rick Ayers]
Pencils Art Saaf?; Witmer Williams?
Inks Witmer Williams; ?
Notes This IS Witmer Williams, but it is not "classic" Williams. I believe it's very early Saaf "rescued" by WW.

7 page Suicide Smith story The Ace of Flame ["What's the difference between one RAF squadron and..."]

Characters I: Capt. Lacey
Genre war
Script ? [as Larry Shaw]
Pencils Witmer Williams [page 1 & 2]; John Cassone? on rest
Inks Witmer Williams; ?
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb. The art on the last five pages is superficially Crandall-esque which hints at Cassone or Elkan - both Crandall followers.

6 page Captain Derek West story "The Yankee Thunderbolt"

Characters Tim Cassidy
Genre war
Script ?
Pencils George Appel
Inks George Appel
Notes No such novel exists and no record has been found of an author named or using the name Derek West.

5 page Greasemonkey Griffin story "Himmel, dere's dot shrimper vot got us into..."

Characters V: Putzi, Fritz, and others
Genre war
Script ? [as Jay Ryder]
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling
Notes Nordling is drawing "after" George Tuska, so this appears superficially to be by Tuska.