Issue Details

Issue	#79
Published	March 1947
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Buzzards of Plunder-Sky"

Genre	war
Pencils	Bob Lubbers (signed)
Inks	Bob Lubbers (signed)

10 page Captain Wings story Buzzards of Plunder-Sky ["Captain Wings had drawn the honor assignment! He would..."]

Characters	Captain Wings; Princess Ava (intro); Griper (intro); VILLAIN: Pakkoku (intro)
Genre	war
Script	? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
Pencils	Bob Lubbers (signed)
Inks	Bob Lubbers (signed)
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page Jane Martin story "Jane should have known her boss wasn't just..."

Characters	Intro: Eric Evans. Villain: Downbeat (Intro); Jane Martin imposter (Intro); Dasher (Intro, Death); another hood (Intro, Death)
Genre	spy
Script	? [as Bob Hickok]
Pencils	Fran Hopper (signed)
Inks	Fran Hopper (signed)

6 page Greasemonkey Griffin story "How to Fly In Formation Information"

Characters	Intro: Colonel Julep; Betsy Lou Julep; Villain: Lee Sigree (Intro)
Genre	humor
Script	? [as Kip Beales]
Pencils	Al Walker (signed)
Inks	Al Walker (signed)

5 page Air Heroes of World War II text article Sgt. "Shorty" Gordon

Genre	fact
Pencils	George Evans (signed)
Inks	George Evans (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	illustrated text feature

6 page The Phantom Falcon story "The mark on the radar screen meant more than..."

Characters	Villain: Miss Phillips (Intro); Villain: Pierrot Remark (Intro, Death)
Genre	crime
Script	? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils	Howard Larsen
Inks	Howard Larsen

Half page Wings' Air Mail letters page

Letters	Typeset
Notes	Rest of page is half blank and half advertisement. Letters page.

6 page Suicide Smith story "A mercy flight...and out of a spirit of..."

Characters	GS: Dale Johnson, Mr. Johnson; I: Gen. Sanchez (I, D); V: A spy ring (I)
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
Pencils	Charles Sultan
Inks	Charles Sultan

8 page Ghost Squadron story "When a man dies, his flesh and bones..."

Characters	Into: Bea White (Death); Ben White (Death); General White; Chet Dunbar. Guest Star: Blackbeard (as a ghost). Villain: Capt. Tsuga (Intro, Death)
Genre	mystery
Script	? [as Capt. Derek West]
Pencils	Rafael Astarita
Inks	Rafael Astarita