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Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Ernest Schroeder

Inker(s): Ernest Schroeder

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, aviation

Feature(s): Airboy

Character(s): Airboy [David Nelson II]

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Airboy Comics v8 #11 [94] published December 1951
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Notes: Art cropped top and bottom to fit.

The Curse of the Fire God

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Howard Purcell

Inker(s): Howard Purcell

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Pete Marek

First Line: Pete Marek thought he had it made!

Synopsis: Pete Marek has stolen a million dollars and escapes to Peru where he is pursued by detectives. He plunges into the jungle but his path is blocked by a festival to the Fire God. Told that the alternative route is 5 miles away he pushes through despite warnings the Fire God will seek him out. Further along a bolt of lightning sets fire to the track forcing him to change course. He then tries to cross a rope bridge which catches fire. He decides to go further up into the snow. The detectives see smoke coming from a hut and find Marek. His glasses have focused the sun's rays causing a fire.

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Look to the Stars!

Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Schiff

Penciller(s): Lou Cameron

Inker(s): Lou Cameron

Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp

Subject Matter

Genres: science and technology

Character(s): Bob; Ted

First Line: Gosh Bob, we're lost! What do we do now?

Synopsis: Bob and his friends are saved from being lost in the woods because Bob knows how to find Polaris, the North Star.

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Notes: Appeared across a range of US DC comics in November/December 1958.

Well, this is our camping site...

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Professor Eureka

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The Swami of Broadway

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bill Ely

Inker(s): Bill Ely

Letterer(s): Pat Gordon

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Dean Hall; Orry Kane; swami [Jones]

First Line: From the mysterious jungles of Bengal to the glittering lights of an American city came the Swami--bringing with him a magic emerald possessing the power to unlock the forbidden secrets of the future!

Synopsis: Dean Hall and Orry Kane are on a trip in Bengal. Kane tries again to persuade Hall to sell him his theater, Hall again refuses. They enter a village and see a swami who predicts an elephant stampede. The square is emptied just in time. A month later Hall auditions acts for his theater when the swami appears on stage. He makes two predictions which comes true. Later the swami is asked to appear at the theater and he says he will not enter as it will be struck by a meteor. Hall sells the theatre to Kane and leaves. The swami is then revealed to be a fake. Then a meteor hits the theatre.

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The Fantastic Wishing Well

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Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)

Inker(s): George Roussos; Mort Meskin ?

Letterer(s): Artie Simek

Subject Matter

Genres: crime, fantasy

Character(s): Brad Horton

First Line: If you'd have told me some time ago I'd find a wishing well that actually worked, I'd have laughed at you.

Synopsis: Brad Horton has stolen $150,000 in marked money. He jumps from a train into some woods looking for a place to bury the money until it is safe to spend. He trips and falls into an old well. He wishes he never left the train and suddenly finds himself back there. Leaving the train again he finds his way back to the well where a stone tells him that wishes cost a nickel. He wishes for a million dollars and uses this to buy up the well and surrounding land. Officials visit and want to know the source of his wealth. He makes a wish to escape but the nickel is fake and he is arrested.

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Notes: Signature (Meskin) on lower edge of splash panel.

Following discussion on GCD Main, inker changed from Mort Meskin to George Roussos with a query on Meskin as inker. Meskin and Roussos had a collaborative relationship from the 1940s onwards (information from Lambiek).

I Haunted Corby Castle

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

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The Man Who Stole Air

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Nick Cardy [as NC] (signed)

Inker(s): Nick Cardy [as NC] (signed)

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Eric Fowler; Harry (G.S.A. Agent - voice on radio only); George Croft (G.S.A. Agent)

First Line: What strange things did Eric Fowler see in the air around us.. which no one else saw?

Synopsis: Former scientist Eric Fowler is seen collecting samples of air. George Croft is assigned and tails him back to his house. Inside he sees Fowler talking to tiny aliens. Suddenly the tiny aliens are giants and they head towards the nearby army base. Fowler recovers from being stunned and tells Croft that he tried to trick the aliens into giving him their secrets by promising them helium which they need for fuel. The aliens have a magnifying device which created the giant images. Croft disables the device and the giants disappear. The aliens are given helium and leave Earth.

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Notes: Nick Cardy NC monogram in the lower right splash panel.

I Was Earth's First Exile

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Lee Elias

Inker(s): Lee Elias

Letterer(s): Stan Starkman ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Captain "Ferg" Ferguson; Dzuga (dictator)

First Line: In one moment, I was the first man to pilot a rocket into orbit--and soon after I found myself engaged in a strange battle on an alien world!

Synopsis: An astronaut on a test flight is transported to a distant planet where he gains super-powers and helps defeat a dictator.

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We must choose between...

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Peter Puptent, Explorer

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We Hunted the Forbidden Treasure

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Jim Mooney (signed)

Inker(s): Jim Mooney (signed)

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Clyde King; Andy; Boswell (curio dealer); Antib; Parker

First Line: We had probed the murky depths of the seven seas--trekked across the scorching deserts--and invaded the frigid Arctic in the quest of buried fortunes...

Synopsis: An ancient Aztec curse seems to follow an expedition that seeks to find a lost treasure.

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Notes: Jim Mooney signature on left hand side of splash panel, two thirds of the way down.

My World of Giants

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Miller

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

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We Were 20th Century Cavemen

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira

Inker(s): Ruben Moreira

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Dr. Cooper; Nora; Jim

First Line: There on that deserted island, we were ready to pull back the dark veil surrounding one of the greatest mysteries of life --the secret of eternal youth!

Synopsis: A scientific experiment gone wrong revives the prehistoric world in the present.

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The Atom Servant of Man

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Schiff

Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger

Inker(s): Tommy Nicolosi

Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp

Subject Matter

Genres: science and technology

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Moolah, the high-wire artist suddenly took sick.

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Moolah the Mystic

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Museum of Worthless Inventions

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Otto Binder

Penciller(s): Bernard Baily

Inker(s): Bernard Baily

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Professor Amos Todd

First Line: All these crazy contraptions are scientifically impossible! Could this be... witchcraft?

Synopsis: Amos Todd sells tickets to his Museum of Worthless Inventions when he sees a flash of light come through the rain clouds. He shows a gold making machine and then a power pill which converts water to gasoline. He is surprised when the water suddenly bursts into flame. In the storm he helps a doctor's car with a power pill and water. He finds all inventions now work and fixes the hospital generator with a perpetual motion machine. Back at the museum criminals steal the gold making machine. Todd follows using mechanical wings which stop working as he lands. All machines return to uselessness.

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