The argument over which was the best Golden Age publisher rages on, and likely will for all time,
with no clear winner; but there can be little doubt that Fiction House was for many years the king
of anthology comics! One of their long-running titles was WINGS COMICS which flew across the
newsstands for 88 issues from 1940 to 1947. The stories in WINGS COMICS were dedicated to
sensational aviation adventures! The early issues brought us such great characters as Clipper Kirk,
Suicide Smith, Jane Martin, The Phantom Falcons and so much more! Top Fiction House artists
including George Tuska, Henry Kiefer, Leonard Frank, Gene Fawcette, Witmer Williams, Alex Blum,
Charles Sultan and Klaus Nordling provided some of the masterful images making WINGS
COMICS not only a member of Fiction House's “Big Six” line but also a critical part of comics
history!
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
over eighty years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as
possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be
considered when judging the overall contents. The stories here were created in a less enlightened
time and there are some images that may offend modern readers.