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Issue: Air Fighters Comics #3 [3] Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1942
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Issues: #3 [3] of 22 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHillman
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/23/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Volume 37, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number 562500.
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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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Charles Biro
Inker(s): Charles Biro
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Airboy
Character(s): Airboy [David Nelson II]; SkyWolf [Larry Wolfe] (inset); Iron Ace [Captain Robert Britain] (inset)
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In Content Item: FlagAir Fighters Classics #2 published January 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Return of Hirota

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Biro; Dick Wood
Penciller(s): Al Camy
Inker(s): Al Camy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Airboy
Character(s): Airboy [David Nelson II]; Mickey; Hubert Kritzel; Deanna Darling; Murray (death); Kaufner; Hirote [Hirota] (villain)
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In Content Item: FlagAir Fighters Classics #2 published January 1988
as The Return of Hirota [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story continues in the next issue. Some sources state that Al Camy only drew the initial Airboy story, and that Tony DiPreta began illustrating this strip with this story.
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Wanted By the Nazis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Stein
Penciller(s): Mort Leav
Inker(s): Mort Leav
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): SkyWolf
Character(s): SkyWolf [Larry Wolfe]; Turtle; Cocky; Judge; The Heap [Baron Eric Von Emmelmann] (introduction); Jan; Frisco (supposed villain); Baron Von Tundra (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: One of Baron von Richthofen's fighter aces, Baron von Emmelmann, is shot down, his body being thrown into a swamp, where it merges with vegetation. Over a long period of time, from that swamp arises a being neither animal nor human: The Heap. In 1942, with the Nazis bringing their viciousness and cruelty to the land near the swamp, the Heap inadvertantly aides the SkyWolf and his comrades against the Nazi horde.
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In Issue: FlagRoy Thomas Presents The Heap #1 published November 2012
In Content Item: FlagAir Fighters Classics #2 published January 1988
as Wanted by the Nazis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Plot To Kill de Gaulle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Kida
Inker(s): Fred Kida
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Iron Ace
Character(s): Iron Ace [Captain Robert Britain]; Pierre Duval; General Charles de Gaulle; General La Monte (introduction); Von Kreetch (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains)
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In Content Item: FlagAir Fighters Classics #2 published January 1988
as The Plot to Kill de Gaulle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Warriors At Home

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nathaniel Nitkin
Letterer(s): typeset
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In Content Item: FlagAir Fighters Classics #2 published January 1988
as Warriors at Home [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Return of Baroness Blood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Cassone
Inker(s): John Cassone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Black Angel
Character(s): Black Angel; Baroness Blood; Nazis; Lady Lawton
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In Content Item: FlagAir Fighters Classics #2 published January 1988
as The Return of Baroness Blood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Our Eagles

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Sahle [as Sahle] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Sahle [as Sahle] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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In Content Item: FlagAir Fighters Classics #2 published January 1988
as Our Eagles [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Invisible Sabotage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Sahle [as Sahle] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Sahle [as Sahle] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Bald Eagle
Character(s): Bald Eagle; Japanese army [Count Luna (introduction)]
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In Content Item: FlagAir Fighters Classics #2 published January 1988
as The Invisible Sabotage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Jaffe
Inker(s): Al Jaffe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wun Wing Spin
First Line: Aboard an American aircraft carrier in the Pacific...
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In Content Item: FlagAir Fighters Classics #2 published January 1988
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Strange Nazi Corpse Bombs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Fujitani [as Bob Fuje] (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Fujitani [as Bob Fuje] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Flying Dutchman
Character(s): Flying Dutchman; Dutch patriots [Johann]; Nazis [Von Richter]
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In Content Item: FlagAir Fighters Classics #2 published January 1988
as The Strange Nazi Corpse Bombs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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