Breezy Collins
First Appearance: Kid Komics #1 (February 1943).
Golden Age Appearances:
Kid Komics #1-2.
Modern Appearances: None.
Years Active: 1943-?
Breezy Collins is the leader of the Glider Patrol, "three real American
boys and a girl...and all interested in aviation." They are:
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Breezy, a "typical aviation-minded American boy." He's tall and strapping
and well-muscled, and is quite knowledgeable about aircraft, especially
for a teenager.
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William Collins, "Breezy's dad--a skilled aircraft mechanic!"
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Wings West, a chunky boy who the stories mock because of his weight. (Admittedly,
he's fat--in his pilot's outfit he looks like he stuffed a haystack down
his front.) He is acknowledged as "a capable glider pilot," though.
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Nails Nelson, "the patrol's newest recruit--reads all the books on aviation
he can find!"
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Janice Jones, the very attractive blond who "has an intense interest in
flying--as well as in Breezy!" Both Wings and Nails have the hots for Janice,
but she only has eyes for Breezy.
Together, this intrepid group patrols the skies with their glider and fight
Nazi spies and gangsters on the homefront.