Airboy Comics
#v4#5 [40]
(June 1947)
Hillman,
1945 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-04-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Hillman Periodicals, Inc.
- Brand
-
A Hillman Publication
- Editing
- Ed Cronin
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
[The American Miracle]
Airboy / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Airboy [David Nelson II]; President Abraham Lincoln (image); President George Washington (image)
- Keywords
- U.S. Capitol building
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The American Miracle
Airboy / comic story / 15 pages
- 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]
Flying Fool / comic story / 8 pages
- 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)
-
[Family Ties: The Prequel]
The Heap / comic story / 10 pages
- 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).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[The American Miracle]
Airboy -
1.
The American Miracle
Airboy -
2.
[Enter: Riot O'Hara]
Flying Fool -
3.
[Mustang Plans]
Model Builders -
4.
[Family Ties: The Prequel]
The Heap -
5.
Mean Life-Saver
-
6.
[Assembly Line Assassination Attempt]
Rackman
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