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Issue: Airboy Comics #1 [60] Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1949
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Issues: #1 [60] of 89 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHillman
Brand: A Hillman PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 6
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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The Crabmen of Paris!!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, superhero
Feature(s): Airboy
Character(s): Airboy [David Nelson II]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signature to the right of the green figure's back.
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The Crabmen of Paris

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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]; Jacques DeGrasse (French diplomat); Monsieur Reynard (lawyer); Mrs. Reynard; Monsieur Duval (Chief of Police); Alphonse; the Crabmen of Paris [Louis; the Count; the King; Madame Guillotine; others un-named] (villains, all die)
Synopsis: Young Jacques tells Airboy secretly that 35 men have disappeared in a span on 10 days, some of them being prominent government officials. Airboy discovers that each of the men were related directly to someone who was a leader of the people in the French Revolution......and Jacques is one as well. And all disappeared in the area of large sewer openings, which could be the hideout of the legendary Crabmen.
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #89 published May 2013in black & white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.66
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The Rider of Tulan Kong

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr (signed)
Inker(s): Leonard Starr (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Flying Fool
Character(s): The Flying Fool [Link Thorne]; Tulan Kong (an elephant); Wing Ding
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Leonard Starr in Alter Ego #110 (June 2012).
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The Pirate King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Big Cat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 2
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Timber Busters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 4
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The Day It Rained Baseballs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Jenney [as Robert Jenney] (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Jenney [as Robert Jenney] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
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Pages: 1
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The Pirates of the Nile

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Heap
Character(s): The Heap [Baron Eric von Emmelman]; Ibn Shammar (son of the Prince); Admiral Stoddard; Ali Ben Dassu [aka Prince Abu Shammar Pasha, ruler of Khal Bakir Province] [aka Bukari] (villain, a sailmaker, death)
Synopsis: The son of the ruler of Khal Bakir Province is turned out of the house because he was raised by an Englishman. He finds the Heap, travels with him, until one night a kindly old sailmaker is discovered by the Heap to actually be a pirate that was hijacking his father's goods and Ibn Shammar is ordered to stop the pirate. When he does, he is in for the shock of his life!
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In Issue: FlagRoy Thomas Presents The Heap #2 published January 2013
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the table of contents of Roy Thomas Presents the Heap (PS, 2013 series) #2.

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