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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

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Writer

Artist

#1

Date: 12/1/1945
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $260.00
No copies available

Series continued from Air Fighters Comics

#2

Date: 1/1/1946
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $1,525.00
No copies available

Vol 2 # 12

#3

Date: 2/1/1946
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $230.00
1 copy available for $29.00

Vol 3 #1

#4

Date: 4/1/1946
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $235.00
No copies available

Cover date April, indicia date March, 1946

Vol 3 #2

Maurice Del Bourgo, Maurice Whitman

#5

Date: 5/1/1946
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $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 Price: $265.00
No copies available

Vol. 3 #5

Fred Kida, Tony DiPreta, Art Helfant

#7

Date: 7/1/1946
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $800.00
No copies available

Vol. 3 #6

#8

Date: 8/1/1946
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $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 Price: $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 Price: $250.00
No copies available

Vol. 3 #9; Origin of The Heap

#11

Date: 11/1/1946
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $225.00
No copies available

Vol. 3 #10

#12

Date: 12/1/1946
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $225.00
No copies available

Vol. 3 #11

#13

Date: 1/1/1947
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $725.00
No copies available

Vol. 3 #12

#14

Date: 2/1/1947
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $175.00
No copies available

Vol. 4 #1

#15

Date: 3/1/1947
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $175.00
No copies available

Vol. 4 #2

#16

Date: 4/1/1947
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $175.00
No copies available

Vol. 4 #3

#17

Date: 5/1/1947
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $225.00
No copies available

Vol. 4 #4

Joe Simon

Jack Kirby

#18

Date: 6/1/1947
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $175.00
No copies available

Vol. 4 #5

Joe Simon

Jack Kirby

#19

Date: 7/1/1947
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $175.00
No copies available

Flyin’ Fool

Joe Simon

Jack Kirby

#20

Date: 8/1/1947
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $450.00
No copies available

Flyin’ Fool

Joe Simon

Jack Kirby

#21

Date: 9/1/1947
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $4,600.00
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 Price: $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 Price: $850.00
No copies available

Flyin’ Fool

Joe Simon

Jack Kirby

#24

Date: 12/1/1947
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $175.00
No copies available

Flyin’ Fool

Joe Simon

Jack Kirby

#25

Date: 1/1/1948
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $160.00
No copies available

Flyin’ Fool

#26

Date: 2/1/1948
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $550.00
No copies available

Vol. 5 #1

#27

Date: 3/1/1948
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $2,150.00
No copies available

Vol. 5 #2

#28

Date: 4/1/1948
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $625.00
No copies available

Vol. 5 #3

#29

Date: 5/1/1948
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $500.00
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 Price: $975.00
No copies available

Vol. 5 #5

#31

Date: 7/1/1948
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $360.00
No copies available

Vol. 5 #6

#32

Date: 8/1/1948
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $400.00
No copies available

Vol. 5 #7

#33

Date: 9/1/1948
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $975.00
No copies available

Vol. 5 #8

Dick Wood, Jules Steiner

Leonard Starr

#34

Date: 10/1/1948
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $500.00
No copies available

Vol. 5 #9

#35

Date: 11/1/1948
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $950.00
No copies available

Vol. 5 #10; Origin of The Heap

#36

Date: 12/1/1948
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $900.00
No copies available

Vol. 5 #11

#37

Date: 1/1/1949
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $600.00
No copies available

Vol. 5 #12

#38

Date: 2/1/1949
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $470.00
No copies available

Vol. 6 #1

Leonard Starr

#39

Date: 3/1/1949
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $100.00
No copies available

Vol. 6 #2

#40

Date: 4/1/1949
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $1,150.00
No copies available

Vol. 6 #3

#41

Date: 5/1/1949
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $300.00
No copies available

Vol. 6 #4

#42

Date: 6/1/1949
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $390.00
No copies available

Vol. 6 #5

#43

Date: 7/1/1949
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $460.00
No copies available

Vol. 6 #6

Jules Steiner

Aiden McWilliams, Jules Steiner

#44

Date: 8/1/1949
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $175.00
No copies available

Vol. 6 #7

#45

Date: 9/1/1949
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $425.00
No copies available

Vol. 6 #8; Origin of The Heap

#46

Date: 10/1/1949
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $750.00
No copies available

Vol. 6 #9

#47

Date: 11/1/1949
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $100.00
No copies available

Vol. 6 #10

#48

Date: 12/1/1949
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $140.00
No copies available

Vol. 6 #11

#49

Date: 1/1/1950
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $145.00
No copies available

Vol. 6 #12

#50

Date: 2/1/1950
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $450.00
No copies available

Vol. 7 #1

#51

Date: 3/1/1950
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $280.00
No copies available

Vol. 7 #2

#52

Date: 4/1/1950
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $430.00
No copies available

Vol. 7 #3

#53

Date: 5/1/1950
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $950.00
1 copy available for $39.50

Vol. 7 #4

#54

Date: 6/1/1950
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $113.00
1 copy available for $39.50

Vol. 7 #5

#55

Date: 7/1/1950
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $112.00
1 copy available for $39.50

Vol. 7 #6

#56

Date: 8/1/1950
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $135.00
1 copy available for $29.50

Vol. 7 #7

#57

Date: 9/1/1950
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $90.00
No copies available

Vol. 7 #8

#58

Date: 10/1/1950
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $90.00
No copies available

Vol. 7 #9

#59

Date: 11/1/1950
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $130.00
No copies available

Vol. 7 #10

#60

Date: 12/1/1950
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $90.00
No copies available

Vol. 7 #11

#61

Date: 1/1/1951
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $320.00
No copies available

Vol. 7 #12

#62

Date: 2/1/1951
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $90.00
No copies available

Vol. 8 #1

#63

Date: 3/1/1951
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $85.00
No copies available

Vol. 8 #2

#64

Date: 4/1/1951
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $85.00
No copies available

Vol. 8 #3

#65

Date: 5/1/1951
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $98.00
No copies available

Vol. 8 #4

#66

Date: 6/1/1951
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $85.00
No copies available

Vol. 8 #5

#67

Date: 7/1/1951
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $85.00
No copies available

Vol. 8 #6

#68

Date: 8/1/1951
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $22.00
No copies available

Vol. 8 #7

#69

Date: 9/1/1951
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $85.00
No copies available

Vol. 8 #8

Ernest Schroeder

#70

Date: 10/1/1951
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $85.00
No copies available

Vol. 8 #9

#71

Date: 11/1/1951
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $85.00
No copies available

Vol. 8 #10

#72

Date: 12/1/1951
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $85.00
No copies available

Vol. 8 #11

#73

Date: 1/1/1952
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $85.00
No copies available

Vol. 8 #12

#74

Date: 2/1/1952
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $80.00
No copies available

Vol. 9 #1

#75

Date: 3/1/1952
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $725.00
No copies available

Vol. 9 #2

#76

Date: 4/1/1952
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $80.00
No copies available

Vol. 9 #3

#77

Date: 5/1/1952
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $80.00
No copies available

Vol. 9 #4

#78

Date: 6/1/1952
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $80.00
No copies available

Vol. 9 #5

#79

Date: 7/1/1952
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $80.00
No copies available

Vol. 9 #6

#80

Date: 8/1/1952
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $80.00
No copies available

Vol. 9 #7

#81

Date: 9/1/1952
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $225.00
No copies available

Vol. 9 #8

#82

Date: 10/1/1952
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $80.00
No copies available

Vol. 9 #9

#83

Date: 11/1/1952
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $80.00
No copies available

Vol. 9 #10

#84

Date: 12/1/1952
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $80.00
No copies available

Vol. 9 #11

#85

Date: 1/1/1953
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $80.00
No copies available

Vol. 9 #12

#86

Date: 2/1/1953
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $140.00
No copies available

Vol. 10 #1

Bob Jenney

#87

Date: 3/1/1953
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $80.00
No copies available

Vol. 10 #2

#88

Date: 4/1/1953
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $80.00
No copies available

Vol. 10 #3

#89

Date: 5/1/1953
Cover Price: $0.10
NM Guide Price: $80.00
No copies available

Vol. 10 #4; Final Issue