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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published December 1941
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Malcolm Reiss (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)

Cover Details - "The Human Torpedo"

Genre war
Pencils Gene Fawcette
Inks Gene Fawcette

8 page Captain Wings story "The mad killer, a man of horror, whose..."

Characters I & O: Captain Wings (Capt. Smith); I: Mickey; V: The Mad Killer (I, D; Pop Moran)
Genre war
Script ? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich
Inks Dan Zolnerowich

5 page Jane Martin story "At Russian headquarters: The troops at Korv are..."

Genre war
Script ? [as F.E. Lincoln]
Pencils Al Gabriele
Inks John Cassone?
Notes Not Gabriele's inks.

7 page Suicide Smith story The Human Torpedo ["In route from Gibraltar to London, Suicide, Hinda..."]

Characters GS: Hinda; I: Chuck Hardy, Denny O'Toole; GS: Winston Churchill; V: Zborov (D?)
Genre war
Script ? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
Pencils Joe Doolin
Inks Joe Doolin
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page The Phantom Falcons story "The Perilous Escape From the Train of Death"

Genre war
Script ? [as Kit Gleason]
Pencils Leonard Frank
Inks Leonard Frank

7 page Skull Squad story "Fight For the French Underground"

Characters I: The Franctireurs
Genre war
Script ? [as Ace Atkins]
Pencils Art Peddy
Inks Art Peddy

2 page Wing Tips filler "Flying Battleship XB-19"

Genre true
Pencils Gene Fawcette
Inks Gene Fawcette

7 page Clipper Kirk story "With England's vital sea lanes gutted by Nazi..."

Characters I: Jean Stark
Genre war
Script ? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils Frank Schwarz?: Sam Cooper?
Notes Previous credit was for Art Saaf. An interesting if unlikely possibility.

2 page John Perry text story "Dead Man's Ferry"

Characters start of a series of text stories featuring John Perry (I)
Genre war
Script ? [as Gordon Wayne]
Pencils ? (2 panels)
Inks ? (2 panels)
Letters typeset

6 page The Parachute Patrol story "Tommy gets a present from his uncle in..."

Genre war
Script ? [as Casey McKay]
Pencils Richard Case?
Inks Richard Case?

6 page Captain Derek West story "The Wings of an Angel"

Genre war
Script ? [as Captain Derek West]
Pencils Pagsilang Rey Isip?
Inks Pagsilang Rey Isip?

6 page Greasemonkey Griffin story "Greasemonkey watches Hugh 'Tex' Baker, American RAF ace..."

Characters I: Tex Baker
Genre war
Script ? [as Kip Beales]
Pencils Al Walker
Inks Al Walker