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Issue: Airboy Comics #1 [25] Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1946
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Issues: #1 [25] 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: 01/10/1946
Volume: 3
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 14 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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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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FlagPS Artbooks Softee: Airboy #1 published January 2024
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Genres: aviation
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Amazing Forecaster Predicts the Weather 24 Hours in Advance

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Feature(s): The Weather Man
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Pages: 1
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Ad for "Swiss" Weather House and Good Luck Leaf for $1.69.
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The Deadliest Game

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Genres: adventure
First Line: Some people will bet on anything…
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Pages: 13
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The Doughnut Makers' Convention

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Genres: humorous
First Line: It all started because Mayor Skinny McGinty tried to help the doughnut makers…
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The Air Ace Memorial Mystery

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Genres: adventure
First Line: Let's look into the life of the little town of Hopedale…
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The Jonah

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First Line: For five hours the giant Consolidated airliner, Titanic was buffeted by a violent North Atlantic gale.
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Genuine Photo Master Candid Camera

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Feature(s): National Novelties
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Get a genuine Photo Master camera for $3.98 and a genuine Feather Lite Windproof Lighter and cigarette case for $2.98
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The Mystery of the Kent

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Genres: adventure, crime
First Line: Dr. Robert Crandell, London butcher, who broke out of Newgate Prison four years ago…
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Alfie and Ralphie
First Line: Say, Alfie - I could win that dancing prize...
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Girls Can't Resist This Kiss Me Necktie As It Glows in the Dark!

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Feature(s): Glow in the Dark Necktie Co.
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Ad for novelty tie for $1.49.
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The Fliers' Grail

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Genres: adventure
First Line: Down through the airways of the past, wings the Flying Dutchman - in search of the mysterious "Fliers' Grail"…
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Genuine "Texas Beauty" Specials!

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Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart.
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Get a genuine cowhide belt for $1.98 and a "Smart Saddle" leather zipper billfold for $2.98.
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Boys! Sportsman! Sensational New Wrist Type Luminous Dial Compass

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Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
Get luminous wrist compass for $1.98.
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Now - You Can Make $100 Worth of Valuable Plastic Objects

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Feature(s): Plastic Enterprises
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.
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