Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) comic books 1950

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Jules Steiner, Ed Silverman, Bernard Baily, Bob Jenny 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 #71. No issue # on cover; Vol. 6, issue #12 in indicia. Airboy encounters an immortal evil wizard and a plot to siphon off human "intelligence rays." Child refugees from the war are protected by The Heap, but only a local schoolmaster can bring them out of their semi-feral state. The true story of Tom Veale, pirate of the Massachusetts Bay colony. Airboy; The Heap; The Real McCoy; Imported Poison; The Promise of Captain Buckner; Bandit of the Atlantic; Head Wind. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Jon Small, 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 #72. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #1 in indicia. A test pilot's twin brother takes his place for a deadly mission, and Airboy gives chase. The Heap seeks missing mountain climbers and discovers the lost race of Mole People and their Fire God. The true story of the youthful athletic achievements of famed writer Albert Payson Terhune. Airboy; The Heap; The Mark of Africa; When Sam Was Boss; The Flight of the America; Leather and Dogs. 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 #73. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #2 in indicia. Airboy encounters the strange White Apes of China and a shipwrecked junk in the Aleutians. A manufacturer's dynamite threatens to plunge a village into an underground river, and only The Heap can stop it. The true story of legendary Russian explorer and folk hero Yermak Timofeyevich, in the era of Ivan the Terrible. Airboy; The Heap; Yermak of the Steppes; The Breaks of the Game; Championship Stuff. 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, Jon Small 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 #76. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #5 in indicia. Airboy's old foe Zzed revives an army of frozen prehistoric animals, in the second part of a two-part story. A visit to its origin site inspires The Heap to resume the search for the Secret Essence of Life, but first it must travel to Egypt. Confederate spies set out to take New York City during the Civil War. Airboy; The Heap; The Wise Princess Mara; The Battle of New York; From Bats to Oars; The Heart of a Race Horse; And It's a Fact. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

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 John Prentice, 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 #81. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #10 in indicia. Airboy contracts a monkey-virus that turns people insane, in an eerie echo of the film 28 Days Later, but some 52 years earlier. Mysteriously drawn to Hungary, The Heap encounters a figure from his past who has become a werewolf. The strange true tale of jockey Frank Hayes, who died in the middle of a race, but still won. Airboy; The Heap; Swifty Chase; The Jockey's Dream; The Zurich Flyer; Gotch and the Big Indian. 52 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.