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Issue: Airboy Comics #5 [76] Public Domain
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Publisher: FlagHillman
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 7
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
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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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The Monsters From the Ice!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Ernest Schroeder
Ernest Schroeder
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Subject Matter
adventure, aviation
Airboy
Airboy [David Nelson II]
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Miscellaneous
1
Art credits verified by Roy Thomas.
The Return of Zzed, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ernest Schroeder
Ernest Schroeder
Ernest Schroeder
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Subject Matter
adventure, aviation
Airboy
Airboy [David Nelson II]; Tex Calhoun; Zzed (villain)
Reprinting
FlagGolden-Age Men of Mystery #16 published August 1999
as The Return of Zzed, Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
15
This is the 3rd appearance of Zzed. Story continued from last issue. Writer credit by Roy Thomas.
The Wise Princess Mara

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The Battle of New York

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jon Small (signed)
Jon Small (signed)
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Subject Matter
informational
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Miscellaneous
8
True Story
From Bats to Oars

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Subject Matter
sports
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The Heart of a Race Horse

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Floyd Torbert [as Torb] (signed)
Floyd Torbert [as Torb] (signed)
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Subject Matter
sports
And It's a Fact
Pitching against a Bremerton, Washington Navy team...
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The Secret Essence of Life: Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ernest Schroeder ?
Ernest Schroeder
Ernest Schroeder
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Subject Matter
horror
The Heap
The Heap [Baron Eric von Emmelman] (origin re-told with details); Baron von Emmelman (flashback); un-named fisherman
While relaxing from war activities, Baron von Emmelman, while studying Egyptian papers, discovers that the Secret Essence of Life did exist, and could be found in two containers buried under each paw of the Sphinx. But the Baron is shot down before he can make it to Egypt. Years later, the Heap returns to the swamp in which he died and discovers the wreckage of his plane, but also the paper revealing the Secret Essence. He begins the journey, stopping to save a fisherman's life, who then gets a boat for the Heap to cross over to Africa.
Reprinting
FlagRoy Thomas Presents The Heap #2 published January 2013
FlagMen of Mystery Comics #48 published June 2004
as The Secret Essence of Life, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The story continues in the next issue. Writer credit by Roy Thomas.

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