Airboy Comics #v4#1 [36]

(February 1947)

[The Elephants' Graveyard] (Table of Contents: 1)

Airboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Carmine Infantino

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

John Belfi

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What do you dream about?

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Airboy [David Nelson II]; Professor Reed; Gargan (4 tusked elephant, death); "Ivory" Anderson (villain, death); Pinky (villain)

Synopsis

Ivory Anderson tells his men of an elephant named "Gargan" that had four ivory tusks, probably long dead by now. But what interests him most is that Airboy is flying to the elephant graveyard where Gargan will most likely be found and he wants those tusks. Ivory reaches his destination, but Gargan is still living and remembers the time gangster Anderson abused him.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #99 (2016)

Keywords

Birdie

Indexer Notes

Script and inker credits by Craig Delich, all courtesy of the Who's Who.

Some of the story told in flashback.

[Von Emmelman's Pearls] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Heap / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Wood

Pencils

Art Peddy ?

Inks

Bernard Sachs ?

Colors

Dick Wood

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; aviation; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

The Heap [Baron von Emmelmann]; Rickie Wood; Tom (soldier friend of Rickie, death); Tom's friend (death?); Forefinger (villain, death?); Mutton (villain, death?)

Synopsis

After winning 1st Prize at the National Model Plane Show with his entry: an exact copy of Airboy's plane, Birdie, he meets with a soldier friend of his and tells him about the Heap. Suddenly, a group of thugs interrupt and demand a package containing the Emmelman Pearls, the soldier is carrying for a friend of his. When Tom doesn't come across with it, they kill Tom and knock out Rickie. Rickie then uses his model of Birdie to locate the thugs, and when Rickie is captured and buried alive, Rickie uses Birdie to circle the area. The Heap sees it, saves the boy but takes the pearls.

Reprints

• in Roy Thomas Presents The Heap (PS Artbooks, 2012 series) #1 (November 2012)

Keywords

Birdie; the Emmelman Pearls

[The Gloves of the Executioner] (Table of Contents: 3)

Iron Lady / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks

Dan Zolnerowich

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Iron Lady [Doris Parker](introduction, origin); Walter P. Parker (Doris' father, death); Zurich Burn (watchmaker); Mr. Lusen

Synopsis

A famed but abused watch maker invents an ugly but powerful pair of gloves that can give anyone tremendous, deadly strength in their hands......strength now used by the daughter of a murdered tobacco king to exact justice!

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 ([June] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Next appearance in Clue Comics Volume 2 #1.

Detective on Horseback (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

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

Baron Buckskin / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Art Helfant (signed as Art Helfant)

Pencils

Art Helfant (signed as Art Helfant)

Inks

Art Helfant (signed as Art Helfant)

Colors

Art Helfant

Letters

Art Helfant

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Makes me feel like a kid again...

Genre

humor

Characters

Baron Buckskin

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-9-4.

[Double for a Star] (Table of Contents: 6)

Skinny McGinty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony DiPreta (signed as DiPreta)

Inks

Tony DiPreta (signed as DiPreta)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Skinny McGinty

Indexer Notes

Last Skinny McGinty story.

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

Henry the 8th / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Art Helfant (signed as Art Helfant)

Pencils

Art Helfant (signed as Art Helfant)

Inks

Art Helfant (signed as Art Helfant)

Colors

Art Helfant

Letters

Art Helfant

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It looks like rain, Henry, better 'phone me...

Genre

humor; children

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-9-4.

[Statement of Ownership] (Table of Contents: 8)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

[The Tiger Cult] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Iron Ace / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Q. Sale (signed as B.Q.S.)

Pencils

Robert Q. Sale (signed as B.Q.S.)

Inks

Robert Q. Sale (signed as B.Q.S.)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The lights are low in a New York spot...

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

The Iron Ace [Captain Robert Britain]; unnamed night club watchman (cameo, death); Tanga (night club performer); Ram Aziz; The Tiger Cult (villains, some die)

Synopsis

Britain discovers that a murdered night club watchman has traces of iron rust in his blood, and wonders if this murder is in any way related to the disappearance of the night club's star performer who had escaped from a Tiger Cult in Indo-China.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #99 (2016)

Keywords

Indo-China

Indexer Notes

Last Iron Ace story.

Script credit and art revisions by Craig Delich.

A Tale of Darkness (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dick Hall

Pencils

Dick Hall

Inks

Dick Hall

Colors

Dick Hall

Letters

?

Genre

humor