Airboy Comics #v8#12 [95]
(January 1952)

Hillman, 1945 Series
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Volume
8
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Hillman Periodicals Inc.
Brand
A Hillman Publication
Editing
Ed Cronin (credited as Edward Cronin) (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Airboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ernie Schroeder ?
Inks
Ernie Schroeder ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

[The Crown of Omari] (Table of Contents: 1)

Airboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ernie Schroeder
Inks
Ernie Schroeder
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our story begins about one hundred years ago on a lonely island off the coast of Africa...
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Airboy [David Nelson II]
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Indexer Notes

w/ Randloph Nelson, Airboy's grandfather (flashback)

The Silk-Hatted Frenchman (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Floyd Torbert (signed as Torb)
Inks
Floyd Torbert (signed as Torb)
Colors
?
Letters
?

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Indexer Notes

Art credits corrected by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

Little Wonder of the Tight Rope (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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Wasps of Texas (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

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Claws of the Gentle Pirate (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Allen Ulmer ?
Inks
Allen Ulmer ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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One-Way Ticket (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Don Perlin (signed as Perlin)
Inks
Abe Simon (signed as Simon)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Please... please have mercy!!
Genre
humor
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Indexer Notes

Lower portion of page is Statement of Ownership.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
A. Albert (credited) (business manager)
Letters
typeset

Escape (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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[The Battle Flag of General Horta] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Ernie Schroeder
Inks
Ernie Schroeder
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Heap [Baron Eric von Emmelman]; General Horta (death); Hugo Brelt (village fool); Eric (villager); the Elders of Utrecht; Herman Veng (villain, death)
Synopsis
The Heap watches as patriot General Horta's car is run off a cliff by his second in command, and tumbles below. But before the General perishes, he hands the Heap a battle flag with the name of his murderer on it....and the Heap eventually gives it to the village fool, who takes the relic to the Elders of his village for action.
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Ranstadt

The Air Walkers (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
aviation
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The First Air Raid (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
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?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Airboy
  2. 1. [The Crown of Omari]
    Airboy
  3. 2. The Silk-Hatted Frenchman
  4. 3. Little Wonder of the Tight Rope
  5. 4. Wasps of Texas
  6. 5. Claws of the Gentle Pirate
  7. 6. One-Way Ticket
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
  9. 8. Escape
  10. 9. [The Battle Flag of General Horta]
    The Heap
  11. 10. The Air Walkers
  12. 11. The First Air Raid
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky