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Issue: Air Fighters Comics #8 [8] Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1943
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Issues: #8 [8] of 22 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHillman
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/19/1943
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2. The Catalog of Copyright Entries lists an on-sale date of May 19, 1943; the May 19, 1943 date is likely a typo and should probably be March 19, 1943 as issue #7 and #9 have on-sale dates of February 19, 1943 and April 19, 1943, respectively.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Airboy
Character(s): Airboy [David Nelson II]; Birdie
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Pages: 1
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Practice for the Soldier's "I.Q." Test!

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Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: ad for Practice Publications US military IQ test study guide
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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The Deadly Double

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Wood
Penciller(s): Tony DiPreta [as T. DiPreta] (signed)
Inker(s): Tony DiPreta [as T. DiPreta] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Airboy
Character(s): Airboy; Lee; Birdie; Watu
Synopsis: Airboy exposes a Japanese spy substituted for a Chinese flier.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Bogus Battalion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Ulmer ?
Inker(s): Al Ulmer ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Iron Ace
Character(s): Iron Ace
Synopsis: Iron Ace flies medical supplies to a group of Americans besieged in the desert by Germans and Japanese.
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Pages: 10
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Herman the Talking Fish

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony DiPreta
Inker(s): Tony DiPreta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Skinny McGinty
Character(s): Skinny McGinty
Synopsis: Flying fish help Skinny foil a Japanese attack on San Francisco.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Return of Von Tundra

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Fujitani (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Fujitani (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): SkyWolf
Character(s): SkyWolf; Judge; Cocky; Turtle; Baron Von Tundra; Mr. Rossdale; Sammy
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: 2nd app. of Baron Von Tundra
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Eagles Don't Fail

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Death Takes a Plane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Sahle
Inker(s): Harry Sahle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Bald Eagle
Character(s): Bald Eagle; Death
Synopsis: Bald Eagle foils a Japanese hypnotism plot
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Pages: 7
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The Inventions of Dr. Von Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Cassone [as J. Cassone] (signed)
Inker(s): John Cassone [as J. Cassone] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Black Angel
Character(s): Black Angel; Adolf Hitler; Dr. Von Future (intro)
Synopsis: Black Angel foils a Nazi plot to use machines from the future to build a road across the English Channel
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Pages: 8
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The Suicide Bombers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Ulmer [as Ulmer] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Ulmer [as Ulmer] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flying Dutchman
Character(s): Flying Dutchman
Synopsis: The Dutchman discovers a plot by the Nazis to use Japanese suicide bombers.
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Pages: 8
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Fun -- Sports -- Thrills -- Games

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: ad for Knickerbocker Publications' games kit
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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Amazing Forecaster!

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: ad for Weather Man's Swiss Weather House
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover

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