Airboy #48
(April 1989)

Eclipse, 1986 Series
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Price
1.95 USD; 2.45 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1989-02-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Eclipse Comics
Brand
Eclipse Comics [in box]
Editing
cat yronwode (editor)

Issue Notes

Source for On Sale Date Eclipse Extra #50 February 1989

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Airboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ernie Colón (painting)
Inks
Ernie Colón (painting)
Colors
Ernie Colón (painting)
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Airboy
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The Penumbra (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Thirty Seconds over Brooklyn (The Diaries Part Three) (Table of Contents: 2)

Airboy / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Chuck Dixon
Pencils
Ernie Colón
Inks
Ernie Colón
Colors
Mel Johnson
Letters
Ernie Colón
Genre
adventure; historical; aviation
Characters
Airboy; Valkyrie; Skywolf; Cocky; Judge; Turtle; Flying Fool; Riot O'Hara; Wing; Iron Ace; Hermann Goering; Misery; Flying Dutchman; Youth Kultur; Hans Jeschonnel; Hideo Koga; Ernst Udet; Werner Molders; musician
Synopsis
Misery collects Goering to join Youth Kultur and Flying Dutchman and his army of dead air aces in October 1946. Airboy, Valkyrie, Cocky, Judge, Turtle, Riot O'Hara, Flying Fool, Wing fight Misery, Goering, Flying Dutchman, Youth Kultur on December 31, 1946.

Indexer Notes

The story features the original Airboy.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Don Thompson; Maggie Thompson

Indexer Notes

Indexes Airboy Comics, Vol 3, #4-7 with cover reproductions.

The Black Prince (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Cassone
Inks
John Cassone
Colors
Mel Johnson
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; war; aviation
Characters
Black Angel; Black Prince (introduction); Baroness Blood
Reprints

Love, Sex and Drugs (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Air Mail [Airboy] / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
cat yronwode
Pencils
Ned Hilton (signed)
Inks
Ned Hilton (signed)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters by Floyd D. Barber, T.E. Pouncey, Ray Rice, Joey Santangelo and a January 1946 cartoon reprinted from Pageant Magazine signed Ned Hilton.

Speakeasy (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Thousands of Toys for sale (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

James Bond 007 by Mike Grell (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Airboy
  2. 1. The Penumbra
  3. 2. Thirty Seconds over Brooklyn (The Diaries Part Three)
    Airboy
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Airboy Index
  5. 4. The Black Prince
    The Black Angel
  6. 5. Love, Sex and Drugs
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Air Mail [Airboy]
  8. 7. Speakeasy
  9. 8. Thousands of Toys for sale
  10. 9. James Bond 007 by Mike Grell
    James Bond
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Peter Croome
  • Glenn MacKay
  • Mark Q
  • Jim Van Dore
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