Airboy Comics #v4#9 [44]
(October 1947)

Hillman, 1945 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale date
1947-08-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Hillman Periodicals, Inc.
Brand
A Hillman Publication
Editing
Ed Cronin
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
Was Ongoing Series

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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Airboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
So long, Airboy!
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Airboy [David Nelson II]
Keywords
Birdie
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[The Story of Lennie Sholes] (Table of Contents: 1)

Airboy / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Airboy [David Nelson II]

Indexer Notes

Story title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

Kill or Be Killed--The Survival of the Fittest (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Barry (signed)
Inks
Dan Barry (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Heap [Baron Eric von Emmelman] (origin with new details added); Rickie Wood; Ceres [goddess of the soil, introduction); Jupiter (introduction); Mars (war god, introduction); Joe (villain, bank night watchman, Sam's brother-in-law, death); Fingers (villain); Sam (villain, death); Crimp (villain)
Synopsis
At the Council of the Roman Gods, Jupiter notes that there is jealousy among the council members and advises Ceres that The Heap is her key to the animal kingdom, and, that if she could lure him into her world, she could make him into one of her creatures. If that succeeds, then the Heap could become a force for good on the Earth and thereby undo some of the evil that Mars forments on that plane.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Title of story and some character appearances from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Little Luke and Mister Fluke / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Hall ? [as Hall] (signed)
Pencils
Dick Hall ? [as Hall] (signed)
Inks
Dick Hall ? [as Hall] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
That dopey drugstore delivery boy Luke is late again!
Genre
humor
Characters
Luke; Mr. Fluke

Indexer Notes

Art credit from Bails, who indicates Dick Hall worked on fillers for Hillman in 1946-47.

Larceny in Old Lace (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
Jack Kirby
Letters
?
Characters
Riot O'Hara; Wing Ding; Mother Hubba (Villain, introduction, only appearance)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Character appearances from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

English Henry: A True Story (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Art Helfant (signed)
Pencils
Art Helfant (signed)
Inks
Art Helfant (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Give me the wildest horse you've got!
Genre
humor
Characters
Baron Buckskin; stable boy

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

Model Builders With Airboy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There are the model builders flying a ship again!
Characters
Airboy [David Nelson II]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Bashful Baskum / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jump in the rear seat, Baskum!
Genre
humor
Characters
Baskum; blonde

[Behind the Eight-Ball] (Table of Contents: 9)

Johnny Halfbuck / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bernard Sachs [as B. Sachs] (signed)
Inks
Bernard Sachs [as B. Sachs] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Johnny Halfbuck; Peggy

Indexer Notes

Title and character appearances from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["So long, Airboy!"]
    Airboy
  2. 1. [The Story of Lennie Sholes]
    Airboy
  3. 2. Kill or Be Killed--The Survival of the Fittest
    The Heap
  4. 3. ["That dopey drugstore delivery boy Luke is late again!"]
    Little Luke and Mister Fluke
  5. 4. Larceny in Old Lace
    Flying Fool
  6. 5. English Henry: A True Story
  7. 6. ["Give me the wildest horse you've got!"]
    Baron Buckskin
  8. 7. ["There are the model builders flying a ship again!"]
    Model Builders With Airboy
  9. 8. ["Jump in the rear seat, Baskum!"]
    Bashful Baskum
  10. 9. [Behind the Eight-Ball]
    Johnny Halfbuck
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