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" AIRBOY MEETS The Wild Horse of Calabra " - AIRBOY ( Hillman ) Vol. 5 # 2 March 1948 Cover: Dan BARRY
Airboy Comics ( Hillman, 1945 Series )
December 1945 - May 1953
numbering continued from Air Fighters Comics
Number of Issues Published:
Airboy Comics, like all Hillman comics, were numbered in volumes of twelve (except for Volume 3, which had no #3).
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Airboy Comics @ Atomic Avenue ®
The popularity of Blackhawk characters during World War II prompted other publishers to attempt to capitalize on that series’ success. Comics starring aviators became so numerous, that they could be considered a separate genre. One of the most notable was Airboy which featured Davy Nelson, an orphaned teenager (though later that was revised) who took to the skies in his own plane to oppose the Axis powers. However, the real star of the book was the plane itself, nicknamed “Birdie” because it flew by flapping its wings like a bird. Airboy could call Birdie, much like a faithful pet, through a short-wave radio device.
In 1986 Eclipse Comics published a new Airboy title, featuring a modern version of this Golden Age character.
— George Haberberger
www.atomicavenue.com/atomic/titledetail.aspx?TitleID=16254
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Airboy @ Wikipedia
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AIRBOY @ Don Markstein's Toonopedia™
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COVER GALLERY >> Airboy
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www.atomicavenue.com/atomic/titledetail.aspx?TitleID=16254
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www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=195711
" AIRBOY MEETS The Wild Horse of Calabra " - AIRBOY ( Hillman ) Vol. 5 # 2 March 1948 Cover: Dan BARRY
Airboy Comics ( Hillman, 1945 Series )
December 1945 - May 1953
numbering continued from Air Fighters Comics
Number of Issues Published:
Airboy Comics, like all Hillman comics, were numbered in volumes of twelve (except for Volume 3, which had no #3).
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Airboy Comics @ Atomic Avenue ®
The popularity of Blackhawk characters during World War II prompted other publishers to attempt to capitalize on that series’ success. Comics starring aviators became so numerous, that they could be considered a separate genre. One of the most notable was Airboy which featured Davy Nelson, an orphaned teenager (though later that was revised) who took to the skies in his own plane to oppose the Axis powers. However, the real star of the book was the plane itself, nicknamed “Birdie” because it flew by flapping its wings like a bird. Airboy could call Birdie, much like a faithful pet, through a short-wave radio device.
In 1986 Eclipse Comics published a new Airboy title, featuring a modern version of this Golden Age character.
— George Haberberger
www.atomicavenue.com/atomic/titledetail.aspx?TitleID=16254
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Airboy @ Wikipedia
****
AIRBOY @ Don Markstein's Toonopedia™
****
COVER GALLERY >> Airboy
AND
www.atomicavenue.com/atomic/titledetail.aspx?TitleID=16254
AND
www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=195711