Issue Details

Issue	#104
Published	April 1949
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor); William R. Shelton (Editor)

Cover Details - " Fireflies of Fury"

Genre	adventure
Pencils	Bob Lubbers
Inks	Bob Lubbers

10 page Captain Wings story Fireflies of Fury ["An unmarked sand dune in the Arabian desert..."]

Characters	Captain Wings
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Major T. E. Bowen]
Pencils	Bob Lubbers
Inks	Bob Lubbers?; ?
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page Jane Martin story "Daily Blade. Sports Extra. Ex-champ to make ring..."

Characters	Jane Martin
Genre	crime
Script	? [as F.E. Lincoln]
Pencils	George Evans
Inks	George Evans

6 page King of the Congo story "Banghalla was a river in the northern reaches of..."

Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Nils Van Duren]
Pencils	Robert Webb; Ruben Moriera
Inks	David Heames?; Iger Shop; Ruben Moriera
Notes	Seven Moriera panels frame a nautical Iger reprint. This is the first indication of Iger Shop involvement in Wings Comics.

5 page Air Heroes of World War II text article "Lt. Col. Thomas G. Lanphier, Jr."

Genre	fact
Pencils	Joe Doolin?
Letters	typeset
Notes	illustrated text story

6 page The Phantom Falcon story "The fertile farms of Metropolis were threatened by..."

Characters	The Phantom Falcon
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Cliff Dubois]
Pencils	Frank Fermonetti [as Fermo#]
Inks	Frank Fermonetti [as Fermo#]

6 page Suicide Smith story "Pan Air seemed cursed...mystery crashes, unexplainable fires..."

Characters	Suicide Smith
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Capt. A.E. Carruthers]
Pencils	John Celardo
Inks	John Celardo

8 page Ghost Squadron story "Those four deadly horsemen of death and destruction..."

Characters	Ghost Squadron
Genre	mystery
Script	? [as Capt. Derek West]
Pencils	Maurice Whitman
Inks	Maurice Whitman?