WINGS COMICS: The Dream of Flight

by Ansel Newcombe-Beill

If there is a single overarching popularity in the superpowers of our favorite comic book heroes and heroines it is the ability to fly or somehow defy gravity. Many of the most popular golden age franchises are those that tap into the poluar desire to fly. However, there is a tremendous difference between the ability to fly from exposure to earth's yellow sun and flying through inherent talent or apparent mechanical genius (i.e. enemy ace or the rocketeer), with the former being far more popular than the latter. Despite this obvious difference, a few golden age comic franchises were still able to capitalize on the often overlloked niche of aviation enthusiasts within the comic book community...