Airboy Comics #v6#9 [68]
(October 1949)

Hillman, 1945 Series
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Volume
6
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1949-08-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Hillman Periodicals, Inc.
Brand
A Hillman Publication
Editing
Ed Cronin [as Edward Cronin]

Issue Notes

On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1949, page 153, registration number B205424.
Copyright 1949 by Hillman Periodicals, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Airboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Zolnerowich
Inks
Dan Zolnerowich
Colors
?
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Airboy [David Nelson II]
Keywords
snow; totem poles; wolves
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[The Sentinel of the North] (Table of Contents: 1)

Airboy / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

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

[The Acrobats of Atlasburg] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Paul Reinman ?
Inks
Dan Zolnerowich
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Heap [aka The Ghost of the Forest] [Baron Eric von Emmelman]; Herr von Denn (Kurt's father); Kurt von Denn (champion athlete, death); Hilda Schoen; Dondo the Dwarf (Kurt's brother, death); the Schmidt Boys [Carl; others un-named] (villains, all die)
Synopsis
Dondo feels pain from the scorn and fear of the local townspeople who make fun of him and tells his troubles to The Heap, the only one who will listen to him. When Kurt is found dead, the town blames Dondo, with his powerful arms capable of committing the crime, and believing he was jealous of the up-coming marriage of his brother, wanting to marry Hilda himself.
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Keywords
Atlasburg

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Hames Ware via a private e-mail to Roy Thomas (22 March 2013); the previous indexer credited the inks to Paul Reinman.
The story title is taken from the table of contents of Roy Thomas Presents the Heap (PS, 2013 series) #2.

Black Magic (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Newman
Pencils
Sal Trapani?
Inks
Sal Trapani
Colors
Paul Newman
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

True story

The Maid O'Bristol (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
Typeset

The Amazing Louis Cyr (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

True story

[The Iron Horse] (Table of Contents: 6)

Handle-Bar Luke / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Rudolf Johnson
Pencils
Rudolf Johnson (signed)
Inks
Rudolf Johnson (signed)
Colors
Rudolf Johnson
Letters
?

Klondike (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Airboy
  2. 1. [The Sentinel of the North]
    Airboy
  3. 2. [The Acrobats of Atlasburg]
    The Heap
  4. 3. Black Magic
  5. 4. The Maid O'Bristol
  6. 5. The Amazing Louis Cyr
  7. 6. [The Iron Horse]
    Handle-Bar Luke
  8. 7. Klondike
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