Airboy Comics #v5#6 [53]

(July 1948)

The Blood Red Ruby of Karton (Table of Contents: 1)

Airboy / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino (signed)

Inks:

Carmine Infantino ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

adventure; aviation

Characters:

Airboy [David Nelson II]

[Chu Fang, Bandit Gunrunner] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

[The Ugly Murders] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Leonard Starr

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

The Heap [Baron Eric von Emmelman]; Nanette (death); Nanette's un-named boyfriend (death); Henri (villain)

Synopsis:

Hounded from the time he was young for being ugly, Henri tries to withdraw from the world until a beautiful young girl shows him kindness. But when he discovers that she is taking advantage of him because of his wealth, he kills her and her boyfriend......then a string of others. Why? Because they were ugly! However, when he meets and tries to kill someone uglier than himself....the Heap......his mind cracks and he goes insane.

Reprints:

• in Roy Thomas Presents The Heap (PS, 2012 series) #2 (January 2013)

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit revised from ? to Infantino and inker credit revised from ? to Starr by Craig Delich 2013-4-27, per Volume 2 of the Heap.

The Striped Terror (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

["Hold it, Gloria - wow - this is gonna be a pip!"] (Table of Contents: 5)

Leroy Beachboy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Swivel-Gun Leslie (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

True Story

Crazy Corner (Table of Contents: 7)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Four single-panel gag cartoons.

Hustler Burns, Soldier of Fortune (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda