Comic books in 'Airplane'

Cover by Fred Kida. Stories and art by Fred Kida, Tony DiPreta, Ed Young, 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 #24. No issue # on cover; Vol. 2, issue #12 in indicia. Airboy's beautiful frenemy Valkyrie returns with her Airmaidens, and so does Airboy's old foe, Misery. Skinny McGinty, discharged from the Army after WWII, gets elected mayor of Hamtown. Sky Wolf and his men are captured by cigar-smoking female pirate captain Tobacco Sal. Also featuring a vintage ad for the "Junior Secret Service Outfit" and its "Code-o-Graph code wheel." Dynamic cover by Fred Kida. Airboy; Sky Wolf; Skinny McGinty; The Land of Missing Men; Iron Ace; Flying Dutchman. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Fred Kida. Stories and art by Fred Kida, Tony DiPreta, A.H. Young, Art Helfant 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 #25. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #1 in indicia. Skinny McGinty first job as mayor of Hamtown is to solve a donut-related crisis. Iron Ace, an aviator who wears medieval armor, pursues an infamous London doctor and murderer who's escaped from prison. Heroic aviator the Flying Dutchman seeks the mysterious "Fliers' Grail." Also featuring a vintage ad for the Glow in the Dark Necktie ("Girls Can't Resist!"). Airboy; Sky Wolf; Skinny McGinty; The Jonah; Iron Ace; Flying Dutchman. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Fred Kida. Stories and art by Maurice Del Bourgo, Tony DiPreta, and E. Dorris. 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 #27. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #4 in indicia.(There was no Vol. 3, issue #3.) Airboy investigates when blinded pilots stumble on a bandit's golden hoard. Flying Dutchman meets the Little People after crashing in Rip Van Winkle country. Sky Wolf learns a mad scientist has revived his old foe The Heap and used it for murder. This story served as a "backdoor pilot" for The Heap, launching a backup series in Airboy featuring comics' original muck-monster adventurer. Airboy; Skinny McGinty; Iron Ace; Flying Dutchman; The Man Who Forgot; Sky Wolf: The Return of the Heap. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Carmine Infantino, Tony DiPreta, Art Jaffe and C. W. Winter. 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 #31. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #8 in indicia. Airboy deals with a circus fire and a kidnapped woman in Africa. The debut of Link Thorne, aka the Flying Fool, a daredevil air courier in the Far East, whose adventures have a distinct Terry and the Pirates flavor. Iron Ace battles The Texas Sky Pirates. Airboy; Skinny McGinty; Iron Ace; Murder Plays Golf; Wun Wing Spin; Flying Fool; SkyWolf; Josie Jive. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Fred Kida. Stories and art by Carmine Infantino, Tony DiPreta, Jack M. Greene, Roy Houlihan, Dick Hall, Alden McWilliams 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 #32. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #9 in indicia. Airboy is the only one who knows that a supposed war hero is a fraud. The debut of the Heap's solo series, as comics' original muck-monster bonds with sometime-sidekick Rickie Wood, when the boy's model German biplane reminds Heap of his past as a human aviator. Flying Dutchman battles the Army Ants in his final adventure. Airboy; Skinny McGinty: Advice for Sale; The Heap; Sealed in Lead; Little Leo; Flying Dutchman; Windy and Tug; Alfie and Ralphie; SkyWolf. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bernard Sachs. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Bernard Sachs, Tony DiPreta, C. W. Winter, Roy Houlihan, 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 #33. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #10 in indicia. Airboy, who always believed he was an orphan, deals with the apparent return of his father. The Heap is captured by a carnival and put on display in a sideshow, until teen sidekick Rickie intervenes. SkyWolf seeks the Maharajah's Diamonds in his final adventure. Airboy; Skinny McGinty; The Heap; Man Wanted; Georgie and Gran'pa; Flying Fool; Napoleon; Baron Buckskin; SkyWolf. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Wood, Frank Giacoia, Tony DiPreta, 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 #34. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #11 in indicia. Airboy meets action girl Bonnie Easter, and immediately helps her out of a tight spot. When teen Rickie wins a model airplane contest, the Heap ill-advisedly follows him to New York City, which reacts predictably to the monster in their midst. Flying Fool takes on the Timberland Arson Racket. The Airboy story and cover feature possible art by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry, while the Heap storyline may be the work of mystery novelist Patricia Highsmith, who worked in comics at this time. Airboy: The Easter Egg; Skinny McGinty; The Heap; Alfie and Ralphie; Flying Fool; The Captain's Curse; Baron Buckskin; Iron Ace. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Fred Kida. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Fred Kida, Tony DiPreta, and Dick Hall. 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 #35. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #11 in indicia. When Airboy and Valkyrie are captured by mind-controlling atomic-powered medieval conqueror Black Tamerlane, only fellow Hillman air hero Sky Wolf can save them, in a rare crossover story. The Heap is pursued by a movie producer who sees it as the next great movie monster. Iron Ace investigates The Model Plane Murders. Airboy and Sky Wolf: The Wind of Battle; Skinny McGinty; The Heap: Nature's Prank!; No Trespassing!; Man By the Kitchen Door; Iron Ace. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Cover by Arthur Peddy and Bernard Sachs. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Art Helfant, Dick Wood, 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 #41. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #6 in indicia. Airboy is tricked and abducted by a pair of debonair assassins, in Part 2 of "The American Miracle." A man who witnessed the creation of The Heap is driven into a murderous rage when forced to confront the memory. Flying Fool and his rival, the beautiful Riot O'Hara, fight with fists and dynamite , in a story with art by Captain America creators Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Dynamic cover by Arthur Peddy and Bernard Sachs. The American Miracle, Part 2; The Heap; Model Builders With Airboy; Baron Buckskin; Rackman; Flying Fool: Dynamite; Frozen To the Sky. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Art Helfant, Dick Wood, 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 #42. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #7 in indicia. Airboy surrenders to whip-happy spoiled rich kid Master Charles in order to free his captive father. The castle that belonged to The Heap's German barony is moved to the U.S., but it brings misery to all who come in contact with it. Flying Fool's little sister visits Shanghai, but now she's all grown up, in a story with art by Captain America creators Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Airboy; The Heap; Model Builders with Airboy: U. S. Army P-80 Shooting Star; Alfie and Ralphie; Rackman; Flying Fool: You Can't Beat Cupid; The Rap. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dan Barry, Bernard Sachs, Art Helfant, 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 #44. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #9 in indicia. Airboy encounters lunatic yokel Lennie Sholes, who proves to be homicidal after learning how Birdie works. At the Council of the Roman Gods, Jupiter challenges the nature goddess Ceres to transform The Heap into a force for good. Flying Fool matches wits with Riot O'Hara and Mother Hubba, in a story with art by Captain America creators Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Airboy; The Heap: Kill or Be Killed - The Survival of the Fittest; Model Builders with Airboy; English Henry: A True Story; Baron Buckskin; Flying Fool: Larceny in Old Lace; Bashful Baskum; Johnny Halfbuck. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Arthur Peddy and Bernard Sachs. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Bernard Sachs, Art Helfant, 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 #45. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #10 in indicia. Airboy encounters old foe Valkyrie pretending to be involved in a friend's flying school. The Heap gets caught up in the war over the famed Black Tashmal, as part of a wager between the Roman gods Ceres and Mars. Flying Fool confronts the Face in the Storm, in a story with art by Captain America creators Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Airboy; The Heap; Model Builders with Airboy; Mouse Trap Dept.; Flying Fool: The Face in the Storm; Saved By the Bell; Johnny Halfbuck. 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.

Stories and art by 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 #48. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #1 in indicia. Airboy battles the modern-day Mechanical Pirate who killed Bob's father. A South American woman is in danger of losing her plantation to her corrupt U.S. cousin, until The Heap intervenes. Flying Fool and his female rival, Riot O'Hara, get mixed up in the search for a mysterious new energy pill. Offbeat cover, possibly by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Airboy Meets the Mechanical Pirate; The Heap; Model Builders with Airboy; High-Speed Herbert; The Knife Thrower; Flying Fool; Rough-Riding Sailor of the Pony Express. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Carmine Infantino, Leonard Starr, 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 #51. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #4 in indicia. In Shanghai, Airboy contends with a beautiful Englishwoman and a strange request to rent his plane. A jewel thief learns that the famed von Emmelman jewels always spelled doom for those who tried to acquire them, even before The Heap was involved. Flying Fool battles Rimoto's Air Pirates. Action-packed cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Airboy; The Flying Fool; The Heap; The Airplane Gets a Gun!; On the Roof of the World; The Man Who Turned the Tide. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Carmine Infantino 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 #52. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #5 in indicia. Airboy's life becomes the object of a deadly wager between two master magicians. Escaped convicts run afoul of hostile natives, The Heap, and each other, in a story with early art by comics legend Carmine Infantino. Flying Fool and his redheaded female rival, Riot O'Hara, contend with American hit man turned Tong assassin Georgie Dunn. Creepy cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Airboy: Battle of the Magicians; The Flying Fool: Five Hundred Dollars a Head; The Heap; One Night in China; The General Loses a Town; No Waiting; The Boomerang Arrow. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Airboy story (untitled) written by Dick Wood and penciled by Fred Kida, "The Flying Fool" starring Link Thorne (uncredited), "The Heap" written by (uncredited) and penciled by Leonard Starr, "Old Buckskin" (uncredited), "The First Man" 2 page text story (uncredited), "Nice Hunting" 1 page humor comic strip by Jules Steiner, and "The King of Lower California" (uncredited). 48 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Dan Zolnerowich, Maurice Del Bourgo, and Clement Weisbacker. 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 #57. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #10 in indicia. Airboy tries to reunite a circus owner with his son, but a redheaded femme fatale is blocking the way. The Heap steps in when a descendant of the tyrant "The Iron Duke" decides to conquer the Heap's homeland. The bandits terrorizing 1800 Bucharest seem to be wolf-men. Airboy; The Flying Fool; The Heap; The Wolf Men of Bucharest; The Pig Stickers; The River Breed. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Dan Zolnerowich 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 #58. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #11 in indicia. Airboy battles intelligent rats, in the first part of a legendary two-parter. The Heap and a good man revived by the goddess of nature set out to destroy the evil of Wasau Castle. Flying Fool's rival Riot O'Hara is hired by the Chinese military, supposedly to transport food to starving people, but something's fishy. Airboy and the Rats, Part 1; The Flying Fool; The Heap; The Flag and the Fort; The Edge of the World; March of the Warriors. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Leonard Starr, Clement Weisbacker 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 #59. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #12 in indicia. Airboy is captured by an army of intelligent rats, in the second part of a legendary two-parter. A madman plans to flood a refugee camp to claim the land for himself, until The Heap gets involved. The true story of the legendary Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. Airboy and the Rats, Part 2; The Flying Fool; The Heap; Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg; The Orioles Flew High; Amby, Junior Boogey-Man; Wilderness Victor. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ken Battefield, John Belfi, 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 #61. No issue # on cover; Vol. 6, issue #2 in indicia. In India, Airboy battles the sinister Mr. Cairo to find a hidden archaeological treasure. A comics version of the infamous duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. The Flying Fool runs afoul of mysterious gangster cult the Sword of Fan-chu, in a story with very Milton Caniff-esque art (possibly by Fred Kida). Airboy; The Flying Fool; The Boss of Dreamland; Stanley Ketchel and the Violin; Risk; The Cornell Legend. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Paul Reinman 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 #64. No issue # on cover; Vol. 6, issue #5 in indicia. In the remote reaches of Alaska, Airboy is caught up in the war between the sightless ones and the Ice-Incas. The true story of America's first cowboys - in upstate New York during the Revolutionary War! In his final appearance, the Flying Fool meets the family of his faithful assistant Wing Ding, and helps them out of a jam. Airboy; The Flying Fool; Clean-Up In Deadwood; Rosie and Luck; Big Six: The Story of the Great Matty; The First Cowboys. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by John Daly, Ed Smalle, Jules Steiner, Alden McWilliams, Dick Wood 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 #66. No issue # on cover; Vol. 6, issue #7 in indicia. Airboy investigates when a mad scientist's formula causes animals and people to grow to fantastic heights. The Heap helps the people of Wasau learn the truth about the armored tyrant they call the Iron Chancellor. The true story of the conspirator Catiline, who tried to overthrow the Roman Empire. Airboy vs. the Chemical Giant; The Heap; Home Sweet Home; The Bush Pilots; Sherlock of the Range; The Catiline Revolt; How to Get a Raise; The Girl from France. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Leonard Starr, Paul Newman, Joe Maneely 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 #69. No issue # on cover; Vol. 6, issue #10 in indicia. Airboy tests a new kind of spaceship that can enter different dimensions - but some of them are inhabited. The ship called The Albatross has a secret history that concerns a scrap dealer and The Heap. The true story of adventurer, frontiersman and Revolutionary War soldier Samuel Brady. Airboy; The Heap; The Bat of Justin Clarke; Flying Redbird; Washington's Scout; The Adventures of Philip Ashton. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Bob Powell 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 #74. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #3 in indicia. Airboy battles a gigantic, bloblike creature a scientific expedition accidentally brought up from the ocean floor. The Heap tries to stop a forest outcast from using animals to get revenge on the nearby town. Two tales of savage animals in the wild, including a wolf and a buffalo. Airboy; The Heap; Three-Toes the Wolf; King Keglar; The Rover; The Killer Buffalo. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by John Prentice 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 #75. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #4 in indicia. Airboy's old foe Zzed returns from the dead, with a plot to melt the polar icecaps and flood the world. The Heap is drawn into a battle over the oil-rich swamps where he was transformed from a human into a heap. The true story of 1890s baseball legend Willie Keeler. Airboy; The Heap; Sea Gypsies of Borneo; Little "Slug"; A Man Against Mt. Everest; The Sun Dance. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Floyd Torbert, Jerry Fasano 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 #78. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #7 in indicia. Airboy, Tex and Candy are captured by a secret society of ugly people living on the dead ships of the Sargasso Sea. On his quest for the Life Essence in Egypt, The Heap encounters Bocke, the man responsible for the crash that created The Heap in the first place. The life of Miguel Cervantes, author of the classic novel Don Quixote. Airboy; The Heap; In a Spanish Graveyard; Better Schools Make Better Communities; The Flying Norwegian; A Brush Was In His Holster; The Black-Browed Pirate; And It's a Fact. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by John Prentice, 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 #80. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #9 in indicia. Airboy investigates the strange secret of the Starlight Robot, but crooks want to steal it out from under him. Pawnee soldiers temporarily join the US Army to defeat a Sioux attack that would be disastrous for both of them. The story of one medieval lad's journey from page to squire to knight. Airboy: The Men of the Starlight Robot; Pawnee Commandos; Swifty Chase; Hero of the Tashmoo; A Knight Is Made. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Bob Powell 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 #84. No issue # on cover; Vol. 8, issue #1 in indicia. Airboy rescues the pony named "Outcast" from quicksand, and uncovers a scheme over high-dollar polo ponies. A cursed tree that hides a fortune in gold becomes a key intersection between orphaned Paul, his greedy caretaker, and The Heap. The little-known story of the U.S. Camel Corps. Airboy; The Heap; Swifty Chase; Uncle Sam's Camels; Wizard of the Monkey Seat; Rider of the Shark; Saddle Scraps. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ed Smalle 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 #85. No issue # on cover; Vol. 8, issue #2 in indicia. Airboy's old pal Eddie Mackey becomes dangerously obsessed with the then-new idea of flying saucers. A student of primitive man is transformed into a Neanderthal by an ancient ritual of strength, and then confronts The Heap. A biography of France's greatest boxer - and boyfriend of legendary singer Edith Piaf - Marcel Cerdan. Airboy; The Heap; Lady of the Forest, Part 1; He Flew on Red Leather Wings; Tony of Gibraltar; The Malay Wolf. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, 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 #87. No issue # on cover; Vol. 8, issue #4 in indicia. Airboy confronts a crooked airline entrepreneur who uses unsafe aircraft. The Heap observes a dangerous confrontation between Gypsies and a young prince on the grounds of the Di Fondi Castle. A pirate tale with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Airboy: The Death Merchants of the Air; The Heap; The Wind Drinkers; The Youth and the Sword; Iron Terror; The Annapolis Toe; Captain Splint's Hairy Helper. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

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 #93. No issue # on cover; Vol. 8, issue #10 in indicia. Airboy battles gigantic ants that emerge from a hive beneath the desert, years before the similar sci-fi film classic Them! The Heap becomes involved in a tribal uprising, an evil plot, and voodoo deep in the Congo. A pirate story with possible art by Bob Powell. Airboy; The Heap; Cactus Speedway; Tomb of the North; Blackbeard and the Vulture; The Chemical Kid; Who Has the Ball? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Abe Simon, 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 #95. No issue # on cover; Vol. 8, issue #12 in indicia. Airboy searches Africa for a crown of office once possessed by his grandfather, Randolph Nelson. The Heap witnesses a general's assassination, and is entrusted with a vital clue by the dying general himself. The true story of the first aerial bombing raid, in 1849 Venice. Airboy; The Heap; The Silk-Hatted Frenchman; Little Wonder of the Tight Rope; Wasps of Texas; Claws of the Gentle Pirate; One-Way Ticket; Escape; The Air Walkers; The First Air Raid. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Mort Lawrence, Bill Ely, John Daly 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 #97. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #2 in indicia. Airboy is caught between an enemy dirigible and the 7th appearance of Valkyrie (misspelled as "Valkerie" throughout). Astronauts return to Earth with a monster from the planet Urania, and only The Heap can stop it. Drama unfolds on the midget-car racing circuit. Nice bad-girl cover featuring Valkyrie by Ernest Schroeder. Airboy; The Heap; A Man's Best Friend; The Faceless American; One-Inch Gamble; You've Got to Keep Driving; The Killer "Croc". 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Frank Frazetta 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 #102. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #7 in indicia. Airboy discovers the tentacled aliens in their geometric ships have returned, and now they can mind-control human leaders. A cursed 16th-century gargoyle comes to life and terrorizes a French village every year at the same time, until The Heap arrives. A classic religious PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Airboy; The Heap; Sport Tabs; Strangers of the Rails; The Whisper of Egypt; The Last Sword of El Lobo; Prayer Works Wonders; Stand Still and Fight; Quiet Cash. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blackhawk #56 9/1952, with the first ever War Wheel cover, appeared just two months before this issues of Airboy was release.

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. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #10 in indicia. The Eboli aliens (from the previous issue) attack Earth with their gigantic wheel-shaped war machines. A survivor of the long-dead Thuggee death cult seeks revenge on the man who brought about its downfall. A murderous English soldier discovers the horrifying truth about toy soldiers from voodoo country. Airboy; The Heap; The Twanging String; The Lead Soldiers of Haiti; Money of Yesterday; The Outlaw Champion; Island Without Exit; The Big Texas Spread. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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 #109. No issue # on cover; Vol. 10, issue #2 in indicia. Airboy is captured by his old foe Keller and forced to participate in visually impressive aerial battles between Flying Dragon Ships. Only The Heap can help after a casino collapses into a sinkhole, trapping the hapless gamblers. A famed rabbit hunter runs afoul of native spiritual traditions in Haiti and meets a horrifying fate. Airboy; The Heap; Rabbit at the Door; Seven Bullets; The Bear Slayer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $800.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: See item notes Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #3872615005

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.

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Written by Chuck Dixon and Gianluca Piredda. Art and Cover by Ben Dunn. World War Two is over, but Airboy's work isn't done! Davy Nelson, the teenaged fighting ace known to the world as Airboy retrurns to the skies in this brand new limited series! Using his miraculous plane, Birdy, Davy finds and defeats a Japanese air ace holding out on a remote island. When he visits the man in postwar Tokyo, Airboy uncovers a conspiracy that could plunge Japan into the maelstrom of war once again! Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Chuck Dixon and Gianluca Piredda. Art and Cover by Ben Dunn. The action-wracked limited series continues as the deadliest combat ace of the Golden Age of comics returns. World War II has ended, but Airboy finds himself in the middle of a new war that threatens to plunge occupied Japan into a maelstrom of mechanized violence! Only Davy Nelson and his former mortal enemy can stop the rise of a new shogunate! Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Chuck Dixon and Gianluca Piredda. Art and Cover by Ben Dunn. The fighting, flying legend of WWII is back in action. Davy Nelson is reunited with the miraculous Birdy, and both take to the skies to battle for the fate of post-war Japan! The power of fascist industrialist Goro is rising to threaten Tokyo and the future of the world. Can Airboy and Nakai thwart a mechanized insurrection and prevent the island nation from becoming the flashpoint in a new global war? The high-flying, two-fisted action continues as this epic races toward its conclusion. Cover price $3.99.