(May 1943)

Hillman, 1941 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1943-05-19
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Hillman Periodicals Inc.
Editing
Ed Cronin

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2. The Catalog of Copyright Entries lists an on-sale date of May 19, 1943; the May 19, 1943 date is likely a typo and should probably be March 19, 1943 as issue #7 and #9 have on-sale dates of February 19, 1943 and April 19, 1943, respectively.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Airboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
?
Genre
aviation
Characters
Airboy [David Nelson II]; Birdie
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Air Fighters Comics (Hillman, 1941 series) #v1#8 [8]
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Cover gallery

Practice for the Soldier's "I.Q." Test! (Table of Contents: 1)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
ad for Practice Publications US military IQ test study guide

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

[The Deadly Double] (Table of Contents: 2)

Airboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Pencils
Tony DiPreta [as T. DiPreta] (signed)
Inks
Tony DiPreta [as T. DiPreta] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
aviation
Characters
Airboy; Lee; Birdie; Watu
Synopsis
Airboy exposes a Japanese spy substituted for a Chinese flier.

[The Bogus Battalion] (Table of Contents: 3)

Iron Ace / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Ulmer ?
Inks
Al Ulmer ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
aviation
Characters
Iron Ace
Synopsis
Iron Ace flies medical supplies to a group of Americans besieged in the desert by Germans and Japanese.

[Herman the Talking Fish] (Table of Contents: 4)

Skinny McGinty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony DiPreta
Inks
Tony DiPreta
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
aviation
Characters
Skinny McGinty
Synopsis
Flying fish help Skinny foil a Japanese attack on San Francisco.

[The Return of Von Tundra] (Table of Contents: 5)

SkyWolf / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Fujitani (signed)
Inks
Bob Fujitani (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
SkyWolf; Judge; Cocky; Turtle; Baron Von Tundra; Mr. Rossdale; Sammy

Indexer Notes

2nd app. of Baron Von Tundra

Eagles Don't Fail (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[Death Takes a Plane] (Table of Contents: 7)

Bald Eagle / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Sahle
Inks
Harry Sahle
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
aviation
Characters
Bald Eagle; Death
Synopsis
Bald Eagle foils a Japanese hypnotism plot

[The Inventions of Dr. Von Future] (Table of Contents: 8)

Black Angel / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Cassone [as J. Cassone] (signed)
Inks
John Cassone [as J. Cassone] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
aviation
Characters
Black Angel; Adolf Hitler; Dr. Von Future (intro)
Synopsis
Black Angel foils a Nazi plot to use machines from the future to build a road across the English Channel
Reprints

[The Suicide Bombers] (Table of Contents: 9)

Flying Dutchman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Ulmer [as Ulmer] (signed)
Inks
Al Ulmer [as Ulmer] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Flying Dutchman
Synopsis
The Dutchman discovers a plot by the Nazis to use Japanese suicide bombers.

Fun -- Sports -- Thrills -- Games (Table of Contents: 10)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
ad for Knickerbocker Publications' games kit

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

Amazing Forecaster! (Table of Contents: 11)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
ad for Weather Man's Swiss Weather House

Indexer Notes

Back cover

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Airboy
  2. 1. Practice for the Soldier's "I.Q." Test!
  3. 2. [The Deadly Double]
    Airboy
  4. 3. [The Bogus Battalion]
    Iron Ace
  5. 4. [Herman the Talking Fish]
    Skinny McGinty
  6. 5. [The Return of Von Tundra]
    SkyWolf
  7. 6. Eagles Don't Fail
  8. 7. [Death Takes a Plane]
    Bald Eagle
  9. 8. [The Inventions of Dr. Von Future]
    Black Angel
  10. 9. [The Suicide Bombers]
    Flying Dutchman
  11. 10. Fun -- Sports -- Thrills -- Games
  12. 11. Amazing Forecaster!
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