Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) Vol. 4 #2
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Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) Vol. 4 #2$28.50
View scan- Cover detached at one staple. 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust.
Cover by Dan Barry. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Frank Giacoia, and Art Helfant. 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 #37. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #2 in indicia. Airboy is framed and his plane is stolen, but now the thief finds himself facing all of Airboy's old enemies. The Heap must intervene when Rickie and Winnie are threatened by a jewel thief and his trained octopus named Ethyl. Little person Craig Mansfield invents telescopic stilts to make himself tall, and uses them to fight crime as the superhero Rackman. Action-packed cover by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Airboy; Model Builders With Airboy; The Heap; The Case of the Lonesome Corpse; The Whisp and Airboy; Rackman: Safari Will Not Rest In Peace; Baron Buckskin. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.