Issue Details

Issue	#57
Published	May 1945
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	John F. Byrne (Managing Editor); Ruth Atkinson (Editor)
Notes	Cover art credits from Steve Saaf via the GCD Error List (3 October 2006). Entire issue updated/revised 12/2006 by HS/HW/JV.

Cover Details - Yankee War-Birds Over Tokyo!"

Genre	war
Pencils	Art Saaf
Inks	Art Saaf
Notes	Cover art credits from Steve Saaf via the GCD Error List (3 October 2006). Entire issue updated/revised 12/2006 by HS/HW/JV.

10 page Captain Wings story Yankee War-Birds Over Tokyo ["It was a mercy run. Captain Wings and..."]

Genre	war
Script	? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Pencils	Lee Elias (signed)
Inks	Lee Elias (signed)
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

8 page Greasemonkey Griffin story "G-golly! I th-think my plane's missing--or something..."

Genre	war
Script	? [as Kip Beales]
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum?; shop

5 page Jane Martin story "That smoke! That's the signal! How about circling..."

Genre	war
Script	? [as F.E. Lincoln]
Pencils	Howard Larsen (signed)
Inks	Howard Larsen (signed)
Notes	HW points out Larsen's blatent attempts to hide the fact that he doesn't like to (or can't) draw feet!

1 page Wing Tips filler "The B-29 Boeing superfortress"

Genre

fact

7 page Clipper Kirk story "The dragon's daughters! Dai Nippon's newest threat...and..."

Genre	war
Script	? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils	Jack Keller (signed)
Inks	Jack Keller (signed)

2 page n/a text story "The Road to Mandalay"

Genre	war
Script	? [as Langdon Trent]

6 page Skull Squad story "Hey fellas, how's this for a slice a'..."

Genre	war
Script	? [as Ace Atkins]
Pencils	Matt Baker; Alex Blum?
Inks	Matt Baker; [shop]

1 page Wings' Air Mail letters page "n/a"

8 page Suicide Smith story "Somewhere in the south Pacific: There go my..."

Genre	war
Script	? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
Pencils	Jack Keller
Inks	Jack Keller
Notes	HS detects a note of Gene Colan in the artwork.