Airboy

    (Eclipse, 1986-1989)
™ Eclipse Comics. Art ©1986 Stan Woch. Story ©1986 Chuck Dixon

Airboy combines cutting-edge style and social commentary of the likes of a golden age comic strip.

Featuring characters such as Iron Ace, Skywolf, Misery, and Wolfmark, Airboy has the action and style of an old Buck Rogers serial. At the same time it goes places that Buck would never have gone, such as to Bogantilla, a dictatorship strikingly familiar to certain Central American countries. In this and other adventures, Airboy faces not only the traditional super-bad guys, but also the more down-to-earth evils of civil war, corrupt and oppressive governments, and the cold-war clashing of third-world armies used as pawns by the world’s super-powers.

		Notes	Writer	Artist
	#1 Date:  7/1/1986 Cover Price:  $0.50 NM Guide:  $2.75 6 copies available from $0.61	1st Appearance of Airboy (Davy Nelson); Death of Airboy (David Nelson); Origin of Airboy (Davy Nelson)	Chuck Dixon	Timothy Truman
	#2 Date:  7/1/1986 Cover Price:  $0.50 NM Guide:  $2.00 13 copies available from $0.75	1st Appearance of Marisa; 1st Appearance of Skywolf (Golden Age; In modern era)	Chuck Dixon	Timothy Truman
	#3 Date:  8/1/1986 Cover Price:  $0.50 NM Guide:  $1.50 17 copies available from $0.56		Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch
	#4 Date:  8/1/1986 Cover Price:  $0.50 NM Guide:  $1.50 7 copies available from $0.75		Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch
	#5 Date:  9/1/1986 Cover Price:  $0.50 NM Guide:  $7.50 4 copies available from $4.75	Dave Stevens Cover; Revival of Valkyrie; Return of Valkyrie	Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch
	#6 Date:  9/1/1986 Cover Price:  $0.50 NM Guide:  $2.75 8 copies available from $0.99	1st Appearance of Iron Ace (in modern age)	Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch
	#7 Date:  10/1/1986 Cover Price:  $0.50 NM Guide:  $2.00 6 copies available from $0.99		Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch
	#8 Date:  10/1/1986 Cover Price:  $0.50 NM Guide:  $2.00 6 copies available from $0.65		Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch
	#9 Date:  11/1/1986 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $2.00 6 copies available from $0.99	1st Appearance of Flying Fool (in modern age); Origin of Airboy (David Nelson); Full-size issues begin	Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Larry Elmore
	#10 Date:  11/1/1986 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $2.00 6 copies available from $0.99	1st appearance of Manic	Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Larry Elmore
	#11 Date:  12/1/1986 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $1.50 9 copies available from $0.75	Skywolf back-up	Timothy Truman, Chuck Dixon	Ben Dunn, Bill Jaaska
	#12 Date:  12/1/1986 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $1.50 7 copies available from $0.99	Iron Ace’s identity revealed	Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Bill Jaaska
	#13 Date:  1/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $2.00 8 copies available from $0.99	Airfighters back-up	Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Tom Lyle
	#14 Date:  1/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $2.00 8 copies available from $0.99		Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Tom Lyle
	#15 Date:  2/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $2.00 7 copies available from $0.99		Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch
	#16 Date:  2/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $2.50 8 copies available from $1.00	Death of Manic	Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Tom Lyle
	#17 Date:  3/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $2.25 6 copies available from $1.99	1st Appearance of Lacey Lyle	Chuck Dixon	Bo Hampton, Tom Lyle
	#18 Date:  3/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $2.00 5 copies available from $1.50	1st Appearance of Black Angel (in modern age)	Chuck Dixon	Bo Hampton, Tom Lyle
	#19 Date:  4/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $3.50 5 copies available from $0.99	Versus Rats	Chuck Dixon	Ron Randall, Tom Lyle
	#20 Date:  4/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $1.75 6 copies available from $0.99	1st Appearance of The Rats (in modern age); Versus Rats	Chuck Dixon	Ron Randall, Tom Lyle
	#21 Date:  5/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $2.00 6 copies available from $1.20	1st Appearance of Rat Mother	Chuck Dixon	Ron Randall, Attilio Micheluzzi
	#22 Date:  5/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $1.75 6 copies available from $1.20	Skywolf back-up story	Chuck Dixon	Ron Randall
	#23 Date:  6/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $2.00 6 copies available from $0.99		Chuck Dixon	Ron Randall, Tom Lyle
	#24 Date:  6/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $1.75 5 copies available from $0.99		Chuck Dixon	Ron Randall, Tom Lyle
	#25 Date:  7/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $1.75 4 copies available from $0.99	1st Appearance of Manure Man; Origin of Manure Man	Chuck Dixon	Tom Yeates, Graham Nolan
	#26 Date:  7/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $1.75 5 copies available from $0.99	1st Appearance of Flying Dutchman (in modern age); 1st Appearance of Road Rats	Chuck Dixon	Gary Kwapisz, Graham Nolan
	#27 Date:  8/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $1.75 4 copies available from $0.99		Chuck Dixon	Ron Randall, Dan Spiegle
	#28 Date:  8/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $1.75 5 copies available from $0.99	1st Appearance of Black Axis	Chuck Dixon	Ron Randall, Michael T. Gilbert, Mark Pacella
	#29 Date:  9/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $2.00 5 copies available from $0.99		Chuck Dixon	Ron Randall, Graham Nolan
	#30 Date:  9/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $1.50 7 copies available from $0.46		Chuck Dixon	Ron Randall, Graham Nolan
	#31 Date:  10/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $1.50 6 copies available from $1.10		Chuck Dixon	Ron Randall, Graham Nolan
	#32 Date:  10/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.25 NM Guide:  $1.75 5 copies available from $1.19		Chuck Dixon	Ron Randall, Graham Nolan
	#33 Date:  11/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.75 NM Guide:  $2.25 7 copies available from $0.99		Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Graham Nolan
	#34 Date:  12/1/1987 Cover Price:  $1.75 NM Guide:  $1.75 6 copies available from $1.20		Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Dan Spiegle
	#35 Date:  1/1/1988 Cover Price:  $1.75 NM Guide:  $2.50 4 copies available from $0.99		Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Dan Spiegle
	#36 Date:  2/1/1988 Cover Price:  $1.75 NM Guide:  $2.25 4 copies available from $1.50		Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Dan Spiegle
	#37 Date:  3/1/1988 Cover Price:  $1.75 NM Guide:  $1.50 5 copies available from $0.99		Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Dan Spiegle
	#38 Date:  4/1/1988 Cover Price:  $1.75 NM Guide:  $1.75 5 copies available from $0.99		Chuck Dixon, Len Wein, Lou Mougin	Gary Kwapisz, Carmine Infantino
	#39 Date:  5/1/1988 Cover Price:  $1.75 NM Guide:  $1.75 4 copies available from $0.99		Chuck Dixon, Len Wein, Lou Mougin	Ricardo Villagran, Carmine Infantino
	#40 Date:  6/1/1988 Cover Price:  $1.75 NM Guide:  $1.75 3 copies available from $0.99		Chuck Dixon, Len Wein, Lou Mougin	Stan Woch, Carmine Infantino
	#41 Date:  7/1/1988 Cover Price:  $1.75 NM Guide:  $2.25 4 copies available from $1.99		Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Fred Kida, Miyako Graham
	#42 Date:  8/1/1988 Cover Price:  $1.95 NM Guide:  $1.95 3 copies available from $1.86		Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Alberto Maldonado
	#43 Date:  9/1/1988 Cover Price:  $1.95 NM Guide:  $2.50 3 copies available from $2.38		Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Alberto Maldonado
	#44 Date:  10/1/1988 Cover Price:  $1.95 NM Guide:  $2.25 4 copies available from $1.75		Chuck Dixon	Gary Kwapisz, Alberto Maldonado
	#45 Date:  11/1/1988 Cover Price:  $1.95 NM Guide:  $2.25 2 copies available from $1.75		Jim Longstreth, Chuck Dixon	Jim Longstreth, Scott Pellegrini, Mark Johnson
	#46 Date:  1/1/1989 Cover Price:  $1.95 NM Guide:  $1.75 4 copies available from $0.99	Airboy Diary; Reprint from Air Fighters Comics #18	Chuck Dixon	Ernie Colón, Fred Kida
	#47 Date:  3/1/1989 Cover Price:  $1.95 NM Guide:  $1.75 3 copies available from $1.67	Airboy Diary; Airboy Story from April 1943	Chuck Dixon	Ernie Colón, Tony DiPreta, Miyako Graham
	#48 Date:  4/1/1989 Cover Price:  $1.95 NM Guide:  $3.50 4 copies available from $3.00	Airboy Diary; Reprint from Air Fighters Comics #9	Chuck Dixon	Ernie Colón, John Cassone
	#49 Date:  6/1/1989 Cover Price:  $1.95 NM Guide:  $3.75 4 copies available from $3.00	Airboy Diary; Reprint from Airboy Comics #12	Chuck Dixon	Ernie Colón, Fred Kida
	#50 Date:  10/1/1989 Cover Price:  $4.95 NM Guide:  $5.50 4 copies available from $4.99	Final Issue; Giant-size	Chuck Dixon	Andy Kubert
	#51 Variation A Date:  10/1/2019 Cover Price:  $9.99 NM Guide:  $9.99 No copies available	Cover A by Brent Mckee; It’s Alive takes over publishing	Chuck Dixon	Brent Mckee, Frank Fosco
	#51 Variation B Date:  10/1/2019 Cover Price:  $9.99 NM Guide:  $9.99 No copies available	Cover B by Jim Steranko; It’s Alive takes over publishing	Chuck Dixon	Brent Mckee, Frank Fosco
	#51 Variation C Date:  10/1/2019 Cover Price:  $9.99 NM Guide:  $9.99 No copies available	Cover C by Sam Kieth; It’s Alive takes over publishing	Chuck Dixon	Brent Mckee, Frank Fosco
	#51 Variation D Date:  10/1/2019 Cover Price:  $9.99 NM Guide:  $9.99 No copies available	Cover D by Matt Kindt; It’s Alive takes over publishing	Chuck Dixon	Brent Mckee, Frank Fosco
	#51 Variation E Date:  10/1/2019 Cover Price:  $9.99 NM Guide:  $9.99 No copies available	Cover E by Paul Gulacy; It’s Alive takes over publishing	Chuck Dixon	Brent Mckee, Frank Fosco
	#51 Variation F Date:  10/1/2019 Cover Price:  $9.99 NM Guide:  $9.99 No copies available	Cover F by Dalibor Talajic; It’s Alive takes over publishing	Chuck Dixon	Brent Mckee, Frank Fosco
	#52 Variation A Date:  Cover Price:  $6.99 NM Guide:  $6.99 No copies available	Cover A by Brent McKee; It’s Alive takes over publishing	Chuck Dixon	Brent McKee
	#52 Variation B Date:  Cover Price:  $9.99 NM Guide:  $9.99 No copies available	Cover B by Graham Nolan; It’s Alive takes over publishing	Chuck Dixon	Brent McKee
	#52 Variation C Date:  Cover Price:  $9.99 NM Guide:  $9.99 No copies available	Cover C by Don Perlin; It’s Alive takes over publishing	Chuck Dixon	Brent McKee
	#52 Variation D Date:  Cover Price:  $9.99 NM Guide:  $9.99 No copies available	Cover D by Emma Kubert; It’s Alive takes over publishing	Chuck Dixon	Brent McKee
	#52 Variation E Date:  Cover Price:  $9.99 NM Guide:  $9.99 No copies available	Cover E by Jok; It’s Alive takes over publishing	Chuck Dixon	Brent McKee
	#52 Variation F Date:  Cover Price:  $9.99 NM Guide:  $9.99 No copies available	Cover F by Stipe Kalajzic	Chuck Dixon	Brent McKee
	Book #1 Date:  Cover Price:  $9.95 NM Guide:  $10.00 No copies available	The Return of Valkyrie; Collects Airboy #1-5; ca. 1989	Chuck Dixon, Timothy Truman	Stan Woch, Timothy Truman, Tom Yeates, Will Blyberg
	Book #1 Limited Edition Date:  Cover Price:  $9.95 NM Guide:  $10.00 No copies available	The Return of Valkyrie; Collects Airboy #1-5; Limited to 500 number copies signed by Chuck Dixon, Tom Yeats and Stan Woch; ca. 1989	Chuck Dixon, Timothy Truman	Stan Woch, Timothy Truman, Tom Yeates, Will Blyberg
	Deluxe Set #1 Date:  Cover Price:  $29.99 NM Guide:  $29.99 No copies available	Collects Airboy #1-16; Airboy Archives; Published by IDW	Chuck Dixon	Timothy Truman
	Deluxe Set #2 Date:  Cover Price:  $29.99 NM Guide:  $29.99 No copies available	Collects Airboy #17-25 and Valkyrie (1st Series) #1-3; Airboy Archives; Published by IDW	Chuck Dixon	Bo Hampton
	Deluxe Set #3 Date:  Cover Price:  $29.99 NM Guide:  $29.99 No copies available	Collects Airboy (Eclipse) #26-34	Chuck Dixon	Gary Kwapisz
	Deluxe Set #4 Date:  Cover Price:  $29.99 NM Guide:  $29.99 No copies available	Collects Airboy (Eclipse) #35-40, Skywolf #1-3, and Airfighters Meet Sgt. Strike #1		Stan Woch
	Deluxe Set #5 Date:  Cover Price:  $29.99 NM Guide:  $29.99 No copies available	Airboy Archives Vol. 5; Published by IDW; Collects Airboy (Eclipse) #41-50, Valkyrie (2nd series, Eclipse) #1-3, Airboy Vs. the Air-Maidens #1; And an unpublished Sky-Wolf story	Chuck Dixon	Stan Woch, Ernie Colón, Alberto Maldonado, Andy Kubert