Old-fashioned Comics: Wings Comics #001 – #124 (1940 – 1954) Complete Series [Fiction House Comics Collection 03]

1940 Series

"The Big Six" Fiction House Comics

Publisher: Fiction House

Publication Dates: September 1940 – 1954

Number of Issues Published: 124 (#1 – #124)

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.

Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Publication Type: magazine
Pages: 68 Indicia frequency: Monthly

Authors:

Script:
[as Rick Ayers], Alexander York, ? [as Larry Shaw], ? [as Kit Gleason], ? [as Fred Hawks], Klaus Nordling, George Evans (signed),

Pencils:
Witmer Williams, Charles Sultan, Witmer Williams?, R. A. Burley?, George Tuska?, Nick Viscardi?, Klaus Nordling, George Evans (signed), Maurice Whitman,

Inks:
Witmer Williams?, R. A. Burley?, Leonard Frank, Maurice Whitman, Al Walker, Bill Benulis, Jack Abel?, A. Albert (signed), John Belcastro [as Johnny Bell],

First published in 1940, Wings Comics was the descendent of Fiction House’s old Wings magazine from the 1920s. Both the comic and the magazine were aimed at flight enthusiasts, with earlier issues, in particular, concentrating on aviation history and (relatively) basic aerobatic stunts such as wing-walking.

As the war in Europe spread to America, the magazine moved from a pure aviation focus to publishing war-hero stories that were virtually indistinguishable from the Blackhawk and Captain

Midnight tales that were popular at the time

. Thankfully, the title later regained its stature by shifting the focus to true-life aviation heroes, aviation history, as well as model airplane building.

Although never a huge sales success, it maintained a loyal fan base of flight enthusiasts which kept title going for almost fifteen years.