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  • Item #62472839
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    Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) Vol. 5 #2 VG/FN 5.0

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    Starts Apr 5

    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.

  • Item #62581045
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    Published Mar 1948 by Quality.

    Modern Comics (1945) 71 GD+ 2.5

    1" spine split from bottom. Cover and interior oxidation. Interior tearing.

    Starts Mar 24

    Cover art by Reed Crandall. The Spawn of the Cobra starring Blackhawk, art by Crandall. Untitled stories starring Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward), Dogtag (script and art by Bart Tumey), Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle), Choo Choo (script and art by Gill Fox), and Will Bragg (script and art by Paul Gustavson). Crime Rats text story starring Blackhawk. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62277507
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    Published Mar 1948 by DC.

    Sensation Comics (1942) 75 GD+ 2.5

    Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover art by Harry G. Peter. The Return of "Shaggy", the Leprechaun starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter. The Flying Men starring Little Boy Blue, art by Frank Harry. Whispering Doom starring Sargon the Sorcerer, art by Paul Reinman. Willy Nilly story, art by Frank Harry. Rosa Bonheur--Wonder Women of History. Mission Accomplished text story. The Snare That Backfired starring Wildcat, pencils by Arthur Peddy. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.