Airboy Comics #v4#5 [40]

(June 1947)

The American Miracle (Table of Contents: 1)

Airboy / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script:

Dick Wood

Pencils:

Arthur F. Peddy

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

Dick Wood

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure; aviation

Characters:

Airboy [David Nelson II]

Indexer Notes

This is Part 1 of the storyline and is continued in the next issue.

[Enter: Riot O'Hara] (Table of Contents: 2)

Flying Fool / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Joe Simon?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Genre:

adventure; aviation

Characters:

Link Thorne; Riot O'Hara (introduction); Wing Ding (introduction)

Reprints:

• in The Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #[4] - June-August 1947 ([October] 2002)

[Mustang Plans] (Table of Contents: 3)

Model Builders / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Arthur Peddy

Inks:

Arthur Peddy

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

[Family Ties: The Prequel] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script:

Bill Woolfolk ?

Pencils:

Arthur F. Peddy [as Peddy] (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Sachs [as Sachs] (signed)

Colors:

Bill Woolfolk ?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters:

The Heap [Baron Eric von Emmelman]; Count Paul von Emmelman (introduction, son? of the Baron); Rickie Wood; Mike; Fritz (villain, friend of the Count's); Charles (villain, death?); Felix (villain, death?)

Synopsis:

Paul von Emmelman comes to America to claim an $8 million inheritance, and from the time he shows up, mysterious things begin to occur that could have taken his life. He meets Rickie at a model airplane show and is attracted to him because of a German plane model he has. The two leave the show and are immediately accosted by crooks wanting to hold him for ransom. The Heap happens by and sees the "family" ring on the Count's hand and takes on the crooks.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Only appearance of Paul Von Emmelman (see also Airboy #38 from Eclipse).

Mean Life-Saver (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

[Assembly Line Assassination Attempt] (Table of Contents: 6)

Rackman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Carmine Infantino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Characters:

John Mansfield; Craig Mansfield; Hal Sherman; Mr. Bedlam