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Issue: Airboy Comics #12 [71] Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1950
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Issues: #12 [71] of 89 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagHillman
Brand: A Hillman PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/15/1949
Volume: 6
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1949, page 153, registration number B219807.
Additional story credits from Gary Watson, 9/4/2006.
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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
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ernest Schroeder
Inker(s): Ernest Schroeder
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Airboy
Character(s): Airboy [David Nelson II]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Artist verification by Roy Thomas in Volume 2 of the Heap, who states that Schroeder will do the covers for the rest of the Airboy run, as well as the art on Airboy and the Heap strips.
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The Coming of Zzed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ernest Schroeder
Penciller(s): Ernest Schroeder
Inker(s): Ernest Schroeder
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Airboy
Character(s): Airboy [David Nelson II]; Tex Calhoun; Zzed (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Writer and artist verification from Roy Thomas in Volume 2 of The Heap, based on interviews he had with Schroeder, in which Schroeder said he wrote and drew the Airboy covers and stories from #70 until the cancellation of Airboy in 1953.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jules Steiner
Penciller(s): Jules Steiner
Inker(s): Jules Steiner
Colorist(s): Jules Steiner
Letterer(s): Jules Steiner
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Head Wind
First Line: Gosh! What a windy day!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Lower half of page has a statement of ownership and management.
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The Real McCoy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Silverman
Penciller(s): Dick Rockwell ?; Dan Zolnerowich ?; Fred Kida ?; Al McWilliams ?
Inker(s): Reed Crandall ?; Dick Rockwell ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Kid McCoy; Tommy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Based on an actual story.

Pencils:
1) Original indexer: Although some panels have a Reed Crandall look the art may be Al McWilliams work.
2) Saltarella suggests Rockwell, Zolnerowich or Kida

Inks: Saltarella suggests Rockwell

Writer credit from Ed Silverman interview in Alter Ego magazine #120 (TwoMorrows, September 2013).
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Imported Poison

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily [as Baily] (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Baily [as Baily] (signed); Ed Winiarski (assist on page 2 and 3)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Promise of Captain Buckner

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Bandit of the Atlantic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Jenny
Inker(s): Bob Jenny
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Little People of the Wasau Woods

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ernest Schroeder ?
Penciller(s): Ernest Schroeder
Inker(s): Ernest Schroeder
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Heap
Character(s): The Heap [Baron Eric von Emmelman]; un-named Mayor of Wasau; un-named schoolmaster; Karl (villain); Hans (villain)
Synopsis: The innocent victims of the war.....the children, are rescued by the Heap and taken to safety in the Wasau Forest. Unfortunately, the townspeople believe that these "little people of the woods" come down at night and steal all of their crops. Believing that the townspeople are their enemies, the children strike back at anyone threatening them, and it's up to the Heap and schoolmaster to re-civilize these children.
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In Issue: FlagRoy Thomas Presents The Heap #2 published January 2013
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Writer credit by Roy Thomas.

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