Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) comic books

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Stories and art by Maurice Del Bourgo, Tony DiPreta, John Giunta, Art Helfant, Ezra Jackson and Maurice Whitman. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #26. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #2 in indicia. Airboy investigates a lost Incan city and the mysterious Fog That Kills. Flying Dutchman battles the mysterious Black Reaper and his plane that can lay waste to miles of farmland. Sky Wolf takes on the aerial gangsters known as the Skykillers and their private air force of fighter planes. Unusual, action-packed cover, possibly by Fred Kida, features an Olmec Head. Airboy: The Jewels of the Americas; SkyWolf: Killers Take to the Air; Skinny McGinty; Iron Ace; Flying Dutchman; Baron Buckskin; The Killer Plane. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Arthur Peddy and Bernard Sachs. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, C. W. Winter, Carmine Infantino, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #43. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #8 in indicia. Airboy gives chase when action-girl Bonnie Easter returns and is promptly kidnapped. A small-time hood who owes money to the mob decides to capture The Heap for the reward. Flying Fool battles Mordecai Grumm, who believes flying planes are unnatural and blasphemous, in a story with art by Captain America creators Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Propeller bondage elements on the cover (or as one bad guy puts it, "givin' da girl friend a whirl.") Airboy; The Heap; Model Builders With Airboy; Buckbite Brothers; Rackman; Flying Fool: His Brother's Keeper; Inside Man. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Arthur Peddy and Bernard Sachs. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Fred Kida, Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Frank Bolle and Leonard Starr. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #47. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #12 in indicia. Airboy seeks the lost fortune stashed by an exiled mobster. Eccentric botanist Dr. Drake and The Heap board a ship for South America, but unfortunately, so do drug smugglers. Flying Fool is invited to the funeral of Shanghai gangster Kilroy by Kilroy himself. Airboy: Racket King Deported Today; The Heap; Model Builders with Airboy; The Prize Was Darkness; Flying Fool: The Card Edged in Black; Big Man's Head: A True Story. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Barry. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Frank Giacoia and Fred Kida. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #49. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #2 in indicia. Airboy hears a raving man's tale of The Wild Horse of Calabra. A Central American prospector tries to kill his partner to claim their find for himself, but he hadn't reckoned on The Heap, or human greed. Flying Fool and his female rival Riot O'Hara race to claim a dangerous job in the wilds of northern China. Eye-catching cover by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Airboy: The Wild Horse of Calabra; The Heap; Model Builders with Airboy; Right On Time; Horsethief; Flying Fool; The Golden Altar of Panama. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Dan Zolnerowich, Mike Roy, John Belfi and Leonard Starr. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #56. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #9 in indicia. Airboy is hired to protect a spoiled rich girl who gotten in deep with gangsters over her gambling losses. A tribute to The Heap's human self, Baron von Emmelman, is interrupted by gauche outsiders, causing The Heap to go ballistic. The strange true story of Colonel Thomas Blood and his attempt to steal the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London in 1671. Airboy; The Flying Fool; The Heap; The Man Who Stole the King's Crown; Voyage into the Unknown; Naughty Murieta. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Gerald McCann and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #77. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #6 in indicia. Airboy and Tex encounter a WWII vet whose Great Danes conceal a strange secret from the war. The Heap arrives at the Sphinx to find the Life Essence that it needs, but a living mummy stands in the way. The story of the early days of the Nurburg mountain auto race in Germany. Airboy; The Heap; The Wise Princess Mara; Toad and the Flag; The Nurburg Ring; The Sweep Swingers; The Seal Poachers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and others. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #79. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #8 in indicia. Airboy encounters an actual centaur in the shadow of the Great Wall of China. In Sicily, The Heap intervenes when an old friend from his human past is in danger. The little-known true story of the Texas Navy, during the Republic of Texas era of the 1830s. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Lucky Skull Ring," "Lucky Pirate Ring" and other charming mail-order novelties. Epic centaur-meets-plane cover by Ernest Schroeder. Airboy Meets the Centaur; The Heap; The Texas Navy; Swifty Chase; The Men in the Blankets; The Longest Fight; The Black-Browed Pirate; And It's a Fact. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Floyd Torbert and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #82. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #11 in indicia. Airboy joins the hunt for a legendary gigantic pearl at the bottom of a shark-infested reef. A film crew encounters monsters and an evil baroness while filming at a castle in Denmark, but luckily, one of those monsters is The Heap. Swifty Chase investigates the connection between rogue oil prospectors and mysterious deaths at the old lumber mill. Airboy; The Heap; Swifty Chase; The Boy in Overalls; The Horsethieves and the Palomino; Prison Ship. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Charles Raab and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #86. No issue # on cover; Vol. 8, issue #3 in indicia. Airboy battles Doctor Cyclon and the radioactive man called "The Living Fuse" aboard an experimental sea vessel. The Heap and a military deserter on the run encounter Count de Flon, aka the Mad Hermit, at the Dark Chateau. An aging lawman becomes sheriff of a 1930s Western town, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. Airboy Meets the Living Fuse!; The Heap; Lady of the Forest, Part 2; The Man Without Notches; Terrible Terry; Off the Orkney Islands; Great Moments In Football. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Weird aircraft plus a flying buzz saw! Easily one of the best crazy cool war machine covers! Only Blackhawk comics had more weird war machines!

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and others. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #88. No issue # on cover; Vol. 8, issue #5 in indicia. Airboy investigates a mysterious, gigantic airplane from outer space and learns it's actually a space ark from a destroyed planet. The Heap confronts an inhuman jewel thief aboard the Berlin Express. An early steam-driven car is used by the Union during the Civil War. Airboy: The Great Plane from Nowhere; The Heap; Jung the Robber; All for a Little Boy; High Steppers; The Fabulous Trail; The Galloping Jockey. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Mike Becker and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #90. No issue # on cover; Vol. 8, issue #7 in indicia. Airboy battles modern-day pirates who want the mysterious Golden Turtle and are willing to kill to get it. Strange vapors from a volcano transform a doctor into the Lava Man, who becomes a con man before facing The Heap. Peace-loving pilgrims en route to America must take up arms when a pirate ship attacks. Airboy; The Heap; The Great O'Dea; Pacific Touchdown; The Nester Fights Back; Captain Kidd, Jr.; Pilgrim Pirate. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and others. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #94. No issue # on cover; Vol. 8, issue #11 in indicia. In London, Airboy seeks the secret of a dead man's pocket watch that others are willing to kill for. The appearance of both The Heap and a sea-serpent egg in an Irish coastal village plays into a squire's plot to plunder a sunken treasure. The true story of Cal Rodgers, who made the first transcontinental airplane flight across the U.S. in 1911. Airboy; The Heap; Calico Jack; The Kid in the Yellow Pants; Great Boat Ride; Cross Country Columbus. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and others. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #96. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #1 in indicia. Airboy becomes a Jetboy when he gives Birdie jet power (then a new technology) to pursue the Flying Spartans. A former prince, now a mere clerk in the hotel that was his castle, forms a murderous plot to regain power and draws the attention of The Heap. A hunter is stalked by a tiger in the Indian jungle. Airboy; The Heap; The Outsider; The Man With the Nitro; Chin Grass; The Glass Planters; The Pursuer; Casey of Blarney. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ross Andru and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #98. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #3 in indicia. Airboy battles autopilot robots that have been commandeered by an enemy power. Okar, who can transform into a boar, terrifies everyone in his village except a wandering minstrel... and The Heap. A brief history of submarines. First cover appearance of the Heap. Airboy; The Heap; The Iron Fish; Cold Timber; The Return of Torrio; Big Boys of the Hills. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Bill Ely, Gerald McCann, Ed Cronin and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #100. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #5 in indicia. Airboy goes undercover in a nuclear sub factory to catch a saboteur. A colonial lord in North Africa uses strange moonlight plants to return from the dead, drawing the attention of The Heap. A Balkan couple raises a boy who has been bitten by a werewolf. Airboy; The Heap: The Man of Moonlight; Money Facts; The Wolf Boy of Krakow; The Bag Man; The Crown of Coort. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and others. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #106. Cover price $0.10.

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Famous "Cannon Fodder" cover by Ernest Schroeder Renders new meaning to the term "shell-shocked!"

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Lorence Bjorklund, Gerald McCann and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #111. No issue # on cover; Vol. 10, issue #4 in indicia. Airboy suspects that enemy agents who use giant guns and bullets to travel are somehow linked to Zomboli, a secretly evil clown who performs for the wealthy elite. An impoverished woman faces an evil countess in a horse race, and The Heap shows up to even the odds. Frogmen discover the link between lobster traps and an attack on a US warship. The final appearances of Airboy and The Heap, until the characters were acquired by Eclipse Publishing in the 1980s. Airboy; The Heap; Lobster Alley; Vitamin Vic; The Tombstone Click; Maloo and the Kicker; Chains of Khydoo. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.