Airboy Comics

    (Hillman, 1945-1953)
™ and ©1951 Hillman Periodicals, Inc.
Series continued from Air Fighters Comics

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

		Notes	Writer	Artist
	#1 Date:  12/1/1945 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $260.00 No copies available	Series continued from Air Fighters Comics
	#2 Date:  1/1/1946 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $275.00 No copies available	Vol 2 # 12
	#3 Date:  2/1/1946 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $230.00 1 copy available for $29.00	Vol 3 #1
	#4 Date:  4/1/1946 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $235.00 No copies available	Vol 3 #2; Cover date April, indicia date March, 1946		Maurice Del Bourgo, Maurice Whitman
	#5 Date:  5/1/1946 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $230.00 No copies available	No Vol. 3, #4 (no #3)		Maurice Del Bourgo, Tony DiPreta
	#6 Date:  6/1/1946 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $225.00 No copies available	Vol. 3 #5		Fred Kida, Tony DiPreta, Art Helfant
	#7 Date:  7/1/1946 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $225.00 No copies available	Vol. 3 #6
	#8 Date:  8/1/1946 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $225.00 No copies available	Vol. 3 #7	Si Wells, Art Helfant	Art Helfant, Al McWilliams
	#9 Date:  9/1/1946 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $225.00 No copies available	Vol. 3 #8	Tony DiPreta	Carmine Infantino, Tony DiPreta
	#10 Date:  10/1/1946 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $250.00 No copies available	Vol. 3 #9; Origin of The Heap
	#11 Date:  11/1/1946 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $225.00 No copies available	Vol. 3 #10
	#12 Date:  12/1/1946 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $225.00 No copies available	Vol. 3 #11
	#13 Date:  1/1/1947 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $225.00 No copies available	Vol. 3 #12
	#14 Date:  2/1/1947 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $175.00 No copies available	Vol. 4 #1
	#15 Date:  3/1/1947 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $175.00 No copies available	Vol. 4 #2
	#16 Date:  4/1/1947 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $175.00 No copies available	Vol. 4 #3
	#17 Date:  5/1/1947 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $225.00 No copies available	Vol. 4 #4	Joe Simon	Jack Kirby
	#18 Date:  6/1/1947 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $175.00 No copies available	Vol. 4 #5	Joe Simon	Jack Kirby
	#19 Date:  7/1/1947 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $175.00 No copies available	Flyin’ Fool	Joe Simon	Jack Kirby
	#20 Date:  8/1/1947 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $450.00 No copies available	Flyin’ Fool	Joe Simon	Jack Kirby
	#21 Date:  9/1/1947 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $4,500.00 No copies available	Vol. 4 #8	Joe Simon, C.W. Winter	Jack Kirby, Arthur Peddy, Carmine Infantino, C.W. Winter
	#22 Date:  10/1/1947 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $320.00 No copies available	Vol. 4 #9; Flyin’ Fool	Joe Simon	Jack Kirby, Dan Barry, Art Helfant, Bernard Sachs
	#23 Date:  11/1/1947 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $175.00 No copies available	Flyin’ Fool	Joe Simon	Jack Kirby
	#24 Date:  12/1/1947 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $175.00 No copies available	Flyin’ Fool	Joe Simon	Jack Kirby
	#25 Date:  1/1/1948 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $160.00 No copies available	Flyin’ Fool
	#26 Date:  2/1/1948 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $125.00 No copies available	Vol. 5 #1
	#27 Date:  3/1/1948 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $125.00 No copies available	Vol. 5 #2
	#28 Date:  4/1/1948 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $125.00 No copies available	Vol. 5 #3
	#29 Date:  5/1/1948 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $125.00 No copies available	Vol. 5 #4		Fred Kida, Carmine Infantino, Arthur Peddy, Bob Fujitani
	#30 Date:  6/1/1948 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $310.00 No copies available	Vol. 5 #5
	#31 Date:  7/1/1948 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $125.00 No copies available	Vol. 5 #6
	#32 Date:  8/1/1948 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $125.00 No copies available	Vol. 5 #7
	#33 Date:  9/1/1948 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $320.00 No copies available	Vol. 5 #8	Dick Wood, Jules Steiner	Leonard Starr
	#34 Date:  10/1/1948 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $125.00 No copies available	Vol. 5 #9
	#35 Date:  11/1/1948 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $150.00 No copies available	Vol. 5 #10; Origin of The Heap
	#36 Date:  12/1/1948 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $130.00 No copies available	Vol. 5 #11
	#37 Date:  1/1/1949 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $125.00 No copies available	Vol. 5 #12
	#38 Date:  2/1/1949 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $100.00 No copies available	Vol. 6 #1		Leonard Starr
	#39 Date:  3/1/1949 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $100.00 No copies available	Vol. 6 #2
	#40 Date:  4/1/1949 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $100.00 No copies available	Vol. 6 #3
	#41 Date:  5/1/1949 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $100.00 No copies available	Vol. 6 #4
	#42 Date:  6/1/1949 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $100.00 No copies available	Vol. 6 #5
	#43 Date:  7/1/1949 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $100.00 No copies available	Vol. 6 #6	Jules Steiner	Aiden McWilliams, Jules Steiner
	#44 Date:  8/1/1949 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $100.00 No copies available	Vol. 6 #7
	#45 Date:  9/1/1949 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $100.00 No copies available	Vol. 6 #8; Origin of The Heap
	#46 Date:  10/1/1949 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $100.00 No copies available	Vol. 6 #9
	#47 Date:  11/1/1949 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $100.00 No copies available	Vol. 6 #10
	#48 Date:  12/1/1949 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $140.00 No copies available	Vol. 6 #11
	#49 Date:  1/1/1950 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $100.00 No copies available	Vol. 6 #12
	#50 Date:  2/1/1950 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $90.00 No copies available	Vol. 7 #1
	#51 Date:  3/1/1950 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $90.00 No copies available	Vol. 7 #2
	#52 Date:  4/1/1950 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $90.00 No copies available	Vol. 7 #3
	#53 Date:  5/1/1950 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $112.00 1 copy available for $39.50	Vol. 7 #4
	#54 Date:  6/1/1950 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $113.00 1 copy available for $39.50	Vol. 7 #5
	#55 Date:  7/1/1950 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $112.00 1 copy available for $39.50	Vol. 7 #6
	#56 Date:  8/1/1950 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $135.00 1 copy available for $29.50	Vol. 7 #7
	#57 Date:  9/1/1950 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $90.00 No copies available	Vol. 7 #8
	#58 Date:  10/1/1950 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $90.00 No copies available	Vol. 7 #9
	#59 Date:  11/1/1950 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $130.00 No copies available	Vol. 7 #10
	#60 Date:  12/1/1950 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $90.00 No copies available	Vol. 7 #11
	#61 Date:  1/1/1951 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $90.00 No copies available	Vol. 7 #12
	#62 Date:  2/1/1951 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $90.00 No copies available	Vol. 8 #1
	#63 Date:  3/1/1951 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $85.00 No copies available	Vol. 8 #2
	#64 Date:  4/1/1951 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $85.00 No copies available	Vol. 8 #3
	#65 Date:  5/1/1951 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $98.00 1 copy available for $2.00	Vol. 8 #4
	#66 Date:  6/1/1951 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $85.00 No copies available	Vol. 8 #5
	#67 Date:  7/1/1951 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $85.00 No copies available	Vol. 8 #6
	#68 Date:  8/1/1951 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $92.00 1 copy available for $32.00	Vol. 8 #7
	#69 Date:  9/1/1951 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $85.00 No copies available	Vol. 8 #8		Ernest Schroeder
	#70 Date:  10/1/1951 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $85.00 No copies available	Vol. 8 #9
	#71 Date:  11/1/1951 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $85.00 No copies available	Vol. 8 #10
	#72 Date:  12/1/1951 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $85.00 No copies available	Vol. 8 #11
	#73 Date:  1/1/1952 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $85.00 No copies available	Vol. 8 #12
	#74 Date:  2/1/1952 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 9 #1
	#75 Date:  3/1/1952 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 9 #2
	#76 Date:  4/1/1952 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 9 #3
	#77 Date:  5/1/1952 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 9 #4
	#78 Date:  6/1/1952 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 9 #5
	#79 Date:  7/1/1952 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 9 #6
	#80 Date:  8/1/1952 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 9 #7
	#81 Date:  9/1/1952 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 9 #8
	#82 Date:  10/1/1952 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 9 #9
	#83 Date:  11/1/1952 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 9 #10
	#84 Date:  12/1/1952 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 9 #11
	#85 Date:  1/1/1953 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 9 #12
	#86 Date:  2/1/1953 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $140.00 No copies available	Vol. 10 #1		Bob Jenney
	#87 Date:  3/1/1953 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 10 #2
	#88 Date:  4/1/1953 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 10 #3
	#89 Date:  5/1/1953 Cover Price:  $0.10 NM Guide:  $80.00 No copies available	Vol. 10 #4; Final Issue