Airboy Comics #v5#3 [50]

(April 1948)

[The Island of Red Blackett] (Table of Contents: 1)

Airboy / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Fred Kida [as Kida] (signed)

Inks

Fred Kida [as Kida] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Airboy [David Nelson II]; James Nelson (Airboy's father, 2nd appearance); Red Blackett (villain)

[The Destiny of Q-4] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Heap / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Carmine Infantino [as Infantino] (signed)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino [as Infantino] (signed)

Inks

Leonard Starr [as Starr] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Heap [Baron Eric von Emmelman] (origin re-cap); John (tourist); un-named woman with John (tourist); un-named Bombay beggar; un-named San Pablo Police Inspector; Juan (San Pablo Policeman); Captain Morgan (War Crimes Commission representative); Senor Mattick (villain?, refugee); (Q-4 [Senora Maria Valdez] (villain); Jose (villain, aide of Q-4, death)

Synopsis

Two tourists in Bombay meet a beggar on the street and ask him to relate a story, and he does: he relates the story of Baron von Emmelman, as well as the story of one of the instigators of WW1, the mysterious Q-4, who never was brought to justice. It seems Q-4 made his way to Argentina and tells (through a note to the Police) that he is in country, a fact made known to a Captain Morgan, who has been hunting for Q-4. What Morgan learns about Q-4 and Maria and her connection to von Emmelman literally shocks him.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Writer and art credits verified by Leonard Starr in Alter Ego #110 (June 2012). Oddity: the story is signed Starr-Infantino.

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

The Lease Says / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yes? What can I do for you?

Genre

humor

[The Flying Wing] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

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Pencils

Arthur Peddy

Inks

Arthur Peddy

Colors

?

Letters

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Indexer Notes

There is no appearance by Airboy.

Robber's Roost (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Frank Giacoia

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Napoleon's Spy (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Letters

Typeset

[The Ancient City of Kan-Ar-See] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

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Pencils

Arthur Peddy?

Inks

Bernard Sachs?

Colors

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Letters

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Indexer Notes

Riot O'Hara app.; Link Thorne uses skeleton-costume gimmick like Nightmare from Clue Comics