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Issue: Air Fighters Comics #2 [14] Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1943
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Issues: #2 [14] of 22 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHillman
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/27/1943
Volume: 2
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. 4.
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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): Fred Kida
Inker(s): Fred Kida
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Airboy
Character(s): Airboy [David Nelson II]; Valkyrie [Leselotte von Schellendorf]
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In Content Item: FlagValkyrie! #[nn] published January 1982
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Airboy Meets Valkyrie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Warren Kuhn ?; Ed Cronin ?
Penciller(s): Fred Kida [as Kida] (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Quackenbush [as Quackenbush] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Airboy
Character(s): Airboy [David Nelson II]; Birdie (Airboy's plane); Valkyrie [Leselotte von Schellendorf] (villain, introduction, reforms); Airmaidens (villains, introduction for all, all reform); Oberst (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains, introduction for all, many die)
First Line: Is Airboy a coward?
Synopsis: Valkyrie, whose heart is as black as the ace of spades, more than welcomes the chance to take on Airboy and succeeds in capturing him and Birdie. Not satisfied that she is the better pilot, the air maiden wants to battle Airboy, using his own plane against him. Some of the Airmaidens free Airboy and hide him, but they are later captured and all are sentenced to death. But Valkyrie, in love with Airboy, reforms, and she and her Airmaidens turn the tables on the Nazis and save the day.
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In Issue: FlagValkyrie #[nn] published December 2004
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Golden Age Airboy & Valkyrie #[nn] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagValkyrie! #[nn] published January 1982
as Airboy Meets Valkyrie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age of Comics #4 published September 1983
as Airboy Meets Valkyrie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAirboy #41 published July 1988
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #1122 (2019) in black and white
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Valkyrie and the Airmaidens.

Script credits added by Craig Delich, as suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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Zombies of the High Llama

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Giunta (signed)
Inker(s): John Giunta (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): SkyWolf
Character(s): Sky Wolf [Larry Wolfe]; Sky Wolf's Band [Cocky-Roche; the Judge; the Turtle]; High Llama (villain, actually a Japanese in disguise, death); the Llama's zombie followers (villains, all die)
Synopsis: An archaeological society of October 28, 2985 A.D. discovers the wreckage of the 20th Century in their travels, including some movie film highlighting the exploits of Sky Wolf and his band in 1943, fighting over the jungles of New Guinea. They are captured by the High Llama and his zombie followers, and are hypnotized to go out and fight against the British forces.
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #94 published October 2014
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The last panel blurb gives the title of next issue's story: "Prince of Evil."
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Swooner the Crooner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony DiPreta [as DiPreta] (signed)
Inker(s): Tony DiPreta [as DiPreta] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Skinny McGinty
Character(s): Skinny McGinty; Rudy Swooner; Col. Burpdale; Col. Burpdale's daughter
First Line: Hey, fellas--look at McGinty---he ain't eatin' again!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Nazi Robot Bombers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Iron Ace
Character(s): Capt. Britain [Iron Ace]; Magog
First Line: While sirens wail far below in the streets of London...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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How to Find a Marine

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl C. Hodges
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Bill Burke; Ensign Mallow; Red Williams
First Line: It was nearly dawn near the Solomons.
Synopsis: Bill Burke is in charge of a rescue mission to retrieve a pilot who was forced to bail out of his plane.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Solomon Islands; World War II
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The Plot to Destroy Mt. Rushmore

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Maurice Del Bourgo ?
Inker(s): Maurice Del Bourgo ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Bald Eagle
Character(s): Bald Eagle
First Line: Nightfall in the exercise yard of an internee camp, somewhere in the...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Judas Sacrifice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Cassone
Inker(s): John Cassone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): The Black Angel
Character(s): The Black Angel [Sylvia Manners]; Jeff (pilot, death); Schmidt's wife; The Nazis [Lt. Schmidt (death); Hans; others un-named] (villains, some die)
First Line: Evening in a London restaurant near the office of the air ministry...
Synopsis: Sylvia reads in the newspaper that the Nazis are crying foul over R.A.F. pilot Jeff bombing their schools and hospitals. But he denies that, claiming that photos of him attacking these targets was doctored. When the Nazis murder Jeff, the Black Angel steps in to square accounts.
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #94 published October 2014
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Dutchman's Ruse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Fujitani [as B. Fuje] (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Fujitani [as B. Fuje] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): The Flying Dutchman
Character(s): The Flying Dutchman; Major Kurt Rausbeck (villain, death); Lt. Rausbeck (villain, Rausman's brother, pilot); Major Streeter (villain, pilot); The Nazis (villains, many die)
First Line: An R.A.F. fighter base---somewhere in England---!
Synopsis: The Dutchman and Rausbeck have an aerial battle and the Dutchman wins, while Rausman dies. Cleverly, the Dutchman switches uniforms and planes so that Nazi forces believed that their hated enemy is dead. Now the Dutchman is flying with the enemy and causing destruction all along the way.
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #94 published October 2014
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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