Airboy #1
(15 July 1986)

Eclipse, 1986 Series
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Price
0.50 USD; 0.75 CAD
Pages
20
Indicia Frequency
bi-weekly
On-sale Date
1986-07-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Eclipse Comics
Brand
Eclipse Comics [in box]
Editing
Timothy Truman (credited) (editor); cat yronwode (credited) (editor-in-chief); Dean Mullaney (credited) (publisher)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes (Fantagraphics, 1981 series) #99 (July 1986).

Reborn! (Table of Contents)

Airboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stan Woch (signed as Woch)
Inks
Timothy Truman (signed as Truman)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Airboy [Davy Nelson III]; Birdie
Reprints
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

The Penumbra / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Chapter 1 On Wings of Death (Table of Contents: 2)

Airboy / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Chuck Dixon (credited as Charles Dixon) (co/concept, author)
Pencils
Timothy Truman (credited, signed) (co/concept, penciller, signed at bottom of first page)
Inks
Tom Yeates (credited, signed) (signed at bottom of first page)
Colors
Ron Courtney (credited)
Letters
Tim Harkins (credited)
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
David Nelson II (death); Davy Nelson III (introduction); Hirota [Saburo Hirota]; Bogantillan guerrillas; Penny King (cameo)
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Part Two Pheonix [sic] (Table of Contents: 3)

Airboy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Chuck Dixon
Pencils
Timothy Truman (signed) (signed on the last panel)
Inks
Tom Yates (signed) (signed on the last panel)
Colors
Ron Courtney
Letters
Tim Harkins
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Airboy [Davy Nelson III] (origin); Hirota [Saburo Hirota]
Synopsis
Hirota shows Davy the Airboy outfit.

Indexer Notes

The Iron Ace armor can be seen.

Next Issue (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Airboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Airboy Archives / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Lou Mougin (credited as Major Lou Mougin, USAF* (Ret,)) (see notes)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In World War II-era America, if you weren't old enough for the draft…
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
A history of Airboy

Indexer Notes

USAF is defined as the "Union of Second-generation Airboy Fans". "Ret" does end with a comma instead of a period.

We're Getting Better All the Time! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Number One with a Bullet (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Reborn!
    Airboy
  2. 1. ["Making Art: I was raised in a family that valued political integrity highly."]
    The Penumbra
  3. 2. Chapter 1 On Wings of Death
    Airboy
  4. 3. Part Two Pheonix [sic]
    Airboy
  5. 4. Next Issue
    Airboy
  6. 5. ["In World War II-era America, if you weren't old enough for the draft…"]
    The Airboy Archives
  7. 6. We're Getting Better All the Time!
  8. 7. Number One with a Bullet
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