Airboy Comics #v10#4 [111]
(May 1953)

Hillman, 1945 Series
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Volume
10
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Hillman Periodicals Inc.
Brand
A Hillman Publication
Editing
Ed Cronin

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Airboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ernest Schroeder
Inks
Ernest Schroeder
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Airboy [David Nelson II]
Keywords
Birdie

[The Cannon of Zomboli] (Table of Contents: 1)

Airboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ernest Schroeder
Inks
Ernest Schroeder
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Airboy [David Nelson II]; Zomboli (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

Last Golden Age appearance. Next appearance in New DNAgents, The (Eclipse, 1985 series) #10.

Lobster Alley (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lorence Bjorklund
Inks
Lorence Bjorklund
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Bjorklund drew the western feature "Tex Granger" for Parents' Magazine Press, several stories for Hillman 1951-53, and the western feature "The Hawk" for Ziff-Davis. He can be spotted by his rugged faces and fine horses. Art ID by Steinar Ådland, April 2011.

Vitamin Vic (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

The Tombstone Click (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gerald McCann
Inks
Gerald McCann
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

McCann has other stories in Airboy Comics, and several Classics Illustrated. He is very easy to spot by his long noses and small chins, much black inking, old halfdead faces and very little action.

Maloo and the Kicker (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Chains of Khydoo (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
Typeset

[The Cave of the Banshee] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Heap / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ernest Schroeder
Inks
Ernest Schroeder
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Heap [Baron Eric von Emmelman]; Moira Shea; Tim O'Connor (Moira's boy friend); Killarney King (white stallion); Moira's un-named Uncle; The Countess (villain, introduction, death); Carney (villain, introduction, death); Satan (villain, black stallion)
Synopsis
Beggar girl Moira, victim of her Uncle's spending of her fortune on bad race horses, is informed she does own a beautiful white stallion that she could race and win money on. She must face the challenge of the evil Countess and her stallion Satan, however, who will use any trick to win.....that is, until the Heap intervenes.
Reprints
Keywords
Invess Village; the Cave of the Banshee

Indexer Notes

Last Golden Age appearance. Next appearance in New DNAgents, The (Eclipse, 1985 series) #9 and Miracleman (Eclipse, 1985 series) #8.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Airboy
  2. 1. [The Cannon of Zomboli]
    Airboy
  3. 2. Lobster Alley
  4. 3. Vitamin Vic
  5. 4. The Tombstone Click
  6. 5. Maloo and the Kicker
  7. 6. Chains of Khydoo
  8. 7. [The Cave of the Banshee]
    The Heap
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Craig Delich
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore