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Issue: Air Fighters Comics #9 [9] Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1943
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Issues: #9 [9] of 22 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHillman
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/19/1943
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (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.
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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): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): Airboy
Character(s): Airboy [David Nelson II]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Brothers in Blood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Wood
Penciller(s): Tony DiPreta (signed)
Inker(s): Tony DiPreta (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): Airboy
Character(s): Airboy [David Nelson II]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Blind Man in the Blackout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Fraccio [as Fraccio] (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Fraccio [as Fraccio] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Iron Ace
Character(s): Iron Ace [Captain Robert Britain]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Australian Biffsniff

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony DiPreta (signed)
Inker(s): Tony DiPreta (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Skinny McGinty
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Heap Returns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Stein ?
Penciller(s): Dan Barry ?
Inker(s): Dan Barry ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): SkyWolf
Character(s): SkyWolf [Larry Wolfe]; The Heap [Baron von Emmelmann]; Frisco (café entertainer); Adolf Hitler; unnamed Nazi pilot (villain, death); unnamed Nazi Protector of the Prippet District (villain); other unnamed Nazis (villains, many die)
Synopsis: The Nazi Protector of Prippet District hears about the Heap capturing a Nazi plane and killing the enemy as well as Allied soldiers, so he offers 100,000 Reichsmarks to anyone shooting down this creature.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagRoy Thomas Presents The Heap #1 published November 2012
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: 2nd appearance of The Heap
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Jap Graveyard

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Hatchet Men In U.S. Skies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Sahle?
Inker(s): Harry Sahle?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bald Eagle
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Black Prince

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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: occult
Feature(s): The Black Angel
Character(s): The Black Angel [Sylvia Manners]; the Black Prince [Colonel Prince] (introduction); the Baroness Blood (villain)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAirboy #48 published April 1989
as The Black Prince [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This story features the 3rd appearance of the Baroness Blood.
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The Salamander Cometh

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony DiPreta?
Inker(s): Tony DiPreta?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flying Dutchman
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: 1st app. The Salamander

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