Airboy Comics
#v7#5 [76]
(June 1950)
Hillman,
1945 Series
- Volume
- 7
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Hillman Periodicals Inc.
- Brand
-
A Hillman Publication
- Editing
- Ed Cronin
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[The Return of Zzed, Part 2]
Airboy / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Airboy [David Nelson II]; Tex Calhoun; Zzed (villain)
- Reprints
-
in Airboy Comics (Streamline, 1951 series) #4 (1951 ?) -
in Golden-Age Men of Mystery (AC, 1996 series) #16 ([August] 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
This is the 3rd appearance of Zzed. Story continued from last issue. Writer credit by Roy Thomas.
The Wise Princess Mara
comic story / 5 pages
- Reprints
- in Airboy Comics (Streamline, 1951 series) #4 (1951 ?)
-
From Bats to Oars
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- sports
- Reprints
- in Airboy Comics (Streamline, 1951 series) #4 (1951 ?)
-
[no title indexed]
And It's a Fact / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Floyd Torbert [as Torb] (signed)
- Inks
- Floyd Torbert [as Torb] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pitching against a Bremerton, Washington Navy team...
- Genre
- non-fiction; sports
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
[The Secret Essence of Life: Part 1]
The Heap / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Heap [Baron Eric von Emmelman] (origin re-told with details); Baron von Emmelman (flashback); un-named fisherman
- Synopsis
- While relaxing from war activities, Baron von Emmelman, while studying Egyptian papers, discovers that the Secret Essence of Life did exist, and could be found in two containers buried under each paw of the Sphinx. But the Baron is shot down before he can make it to Egypt. Years later, the Heap returns to the swamp in which he died and discovers the wreckage of his plane, but also the paper revealing the Secret Essence. He begins the journey, stopping to save a fisherman's life, who then gets a boat for the Heap to cross over to Africa.
- Reprints
- in Airboy Comics (Streamline, 1951 series) #4 (1951 ?)
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #48 ([June] 2004)
- in Roy Thomas Presents The Heap (PS Artbooks, 2012 series) #2 (January 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
The story continues in the next issue. Writer credit by Roy Thomas.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Monsters From the Ice!
Airboy -
1.
[The Return of Zzed, Part 2]
Airboy -
2.
The Wise Princess Mara
-
3.
The Battle of New York
-
4.
From Bats to Oars
-
5.
The Heart of a Race Horse
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6.
["Pitching against a Bremerton, Washington Navy team..."]
And It's a Fact -
7.
[The Secret Essence of Life: Part 1]
The Heap
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Craig Delich
- Michael Hoskin
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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