Issue Details

Issue	#24
Published	August 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Notes	Story titles, page count and genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Entire issue updated by HS/HW/JV in Dec. 2006.

Cover Details - Messengers of Doom; "Scarsdale Jack" Newkirk; The Flying Tiger

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

1 page Rangers Comics advertisement "untitled"

Synopsis	Promotional ad for Rangers Comics #6.
Pencils	various
Inks	various
Notes	Found on the inside front cover. Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

7 page Skull Squad story "Many brave men fly in the ranks of..."

Genre	war
Script	? [as Ace Atkins]
Pencils	Arthur F. Peddy
Inks	Arthur F. Peddy; ?
Notes	Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

8 page Suicide Smith story "Smith visits San Francisco's Fremont hospital:"

Genre	war
Script	? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
Pencils	Joe Doolin
Inks	Joe Doolin
Notes	Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

6 page Captain Derek West story "Flying Tiger"

Genre	war
Script	? [as Capt. Derek West]
Pencils	George Appel
Inks	George Appel
Notes	Genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). The cover title includes "The" while the title on the story splash page does not.

10 page Captain Wings and the Hell-Diver Squadron story Messengers of Doom ["Having earned the title of Captain Wings during..."]

Genre	war
Script	? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Pencils	Maxwell Elkan
Inks	Maxwell Elkan; Rudy Palais?
Notes	Genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Story title is taken from the blurb on the cover.

2 page A solid scale model of the Navy Dive Bomber SBD-1 activity "Build the Plane on the Cover"

Genre	aviation
Pencils	Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inks	Gene Fawcette (signed)
Notes	Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page Wing Tips filler "Whirlwind, Britain's Secret Fighter"

Genre	fact
Pencils	Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inks	Gene Fawcette (signed)
Notes	Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

4 page Calhoun of the Air Cadets story "With the squadron off on maneuvers, Lee field..."

Characters	Calhoun (intro)
Genre	war
Script	? [as Pat Cavenagh]
Pencils	Pagsilang Rey Isip
Inks	Pagsilang Rey Isip?
Notes	Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page Wings of America Club Page promo (ad from the publisher) "untitled"

Synopsis	Reproduces aircraft design drawings submitted by Charles Clark and William Leach.
Genre	fact
Notes	Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page Wings' Air Mail letters page "untitled"

Synopsis	Wings' Club letters page, comprised of letters sent in by readers.
Letters	typeset
Notes	Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

6 page Greasemonkey Griffin story "Greasemonkey Griffin is daydreaming again. Someday he'll be..."

Genre	war
Script	? [as Kip Beales]
Pencils	Al Walker
Inks	Al Walker
Notes	Story title, genre and writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

2 page text story "Tailspin Trial"

Genre	war
Script	? [as Douglas Bell]
Pencils	? (2 panels art)
Inks	? (2 panels art)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

6 page Jane Martin story "British planes over occupied France brave murderous A-A fire..."

Genre	war
Script	? [as F.E. Lincoln]
Pencils	Nick Viscardi (signed)
Inks	Nick Viscardi (signed)
Notes	Story title, genre, writer credit and art pen-name added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

2 page Yank Aces of World War II story "Scarsdale Jack" Newkirk

Characters	Jack Newkirk
Synopsis	Story title on the cover adds "The Death of a Hero."
Genre	war
Pencils	Pagsilang Rey Isip?
Inks	Pagsilang Rey Isip?
Notes	Genre and part of the synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

8 page Clipper Kirk story "Clipper is on the bomb-scarred British base at Malta..."

Genre	war
Script	? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils	Art Saaf (signed)
Inks	Art Saaf (signed)
Notes	Story title, genre, writer credit and art pen name added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page Fiction House advertisement "The Big Six of the Comic Magazines"

Synopsis	Promotional ad for Fiction House Comics.
Pencils	various
Inks	various
Notes	Found on the inside back cover. Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).