Wings Comics - Golden Age (Fine Grades)

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WINGS COMICS - GOLDEN AGE The costumed heroes of the Golden Age ruled not only the news stands, but the air waves and the silver screen as well. In the early 1940′s, radio programs reflected America’s involvement in World War II. As the number of news and human interest programs grew, evening variety, musical, quiz, and audience participation programs shrunk. During this time, evening dramatic programs exploded in growth. During the middle to late 1940′s, radio drama reached its peak, then came the expansion of television, causing it to quickly fade into history. 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. Bob Lubbers, Fran Hopper, Al Walker, John Cavallo, John Celardo, Rafael Astarita: Artists Wings #71 - Fn @ 6.0Wings #72 - FN@ 6.0Wings #78 - FN@ 5.0 See photos for any chips/marks etc..photo #4 is issue #72 with slight tear @ 1/4 inch. Photo #5 is the reverse of #71 with stamp mark - photo #6 is the bottom reverse of #78 (Corner edge pieces missing) photo #7 of #78 with reverse top edge missing the smallest of pieces along top edge. These comics are in really nice shape, great colors inside and out. Make note that #'s 71&78 have in their upper left hand corner (Cover Page) pencil mark letters about 1/2 inch. These do not take away from the overall quality. Here is your chance to grab pieces of history that ran side by side with the costumed heroes who fought along with the allies and at home defeating the axis powers at their very roots. When you think of Golden Age comics you think only of Captain America, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern...etc...Leaving standing at the Altar of History those comics that fought along with the heroes of yore. These pieces of history no longer exist on the hallowed shelves of comic book stores across the nation. They have long been forgotten and have eased their way through the cracks of our American Story.Your chance to reclaim those portions of our history begins here. These are the "super heroes" of the skies. FINE GRADESFINE. FINE + : 6.5 FINE: 6.0 FINE - : 5.5 This comic is definitely a well-read copy, but can still be a very desirable copy. This could have one major defect like a larger piece out of the cover (1/4 inch to 1/8 inch) or a one-inch plus tear. It has stress lines around the staples and creases from the opening and closing of the cover. The whiteness of the pages has been changed to off-white to yellowish color. This could have a reading or subscription crease or a rolled spine, but is not damaged enough to reduce eye appeal dramatically. Some discoloration, fading in colors and even minor soiling is allowed. The cover and/or inside pages could have minor tears and/or folds Cover can be loose from one staple, but cover cannot be completely detached from interior. Pages and inside covers could be brown but not brittle. Depending on the grade of the copy certain amounts are available in this grade. i.e a book that looks 8.0 with a piece of tape on the interior cover is acceptable in this grade. Returns:Item must be returned with deliverty conformation. Item(s) returned must be in same condition as received. Item(s) must be the same item(s) that was shipped. read more

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