Air comic books issue 11

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This issue features a different type of Airboy story: the origin of Airboy's plane told from the viewpoint of the plane in "…I Am Birdie." Script by Timothy Truman and art by Ben Dunn & Hilary Barta. Issue also has a one-page text feature on "The Flying Fool" and Sky Wolf in "I Don't Need My Grave – Part 1" in which Sky Wolf helps a friend threatened by drug smugglers. Script by Chuck Dixon and art by Bill Jaaska. Cover price $1.25.

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Stories by Joe Gill? Art by Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Vince Colletta, Gene Colan, Rocke Mastroserio, Dick Giordano and unknown. Featuring: "The Last Test"; "One Way Mission"; "The Cowboy Ace"; "Carrier Complex"; "The Mystery Ship?"; "Low Level Attack"; "Ploesti Can't Be Bombed"; "Night Raid"; "The Pilot with Dainty Feet"; "Last Mission"; "Someone's Watching the Store"; "Flight Fatigue"; and the 1-pager "The Hurricane Fighters"! Plus: 2-page text articles "Salute to MATS" and "May the Missile Miss!" 64 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Bill Molno, and Vince Alascia. The "newest" branch of the US military (officially created in 1947) is featured in war comics from Charlton. The crew of a WWII bomber struggles to keep it in the air after a 3000-mile mission, in a story with art by WWII veteran and comics legend Sam Glanzman. A fighter pilot lives the high life between WWII missions, developing a detachment from the war being fought on the ground. Maj. Endon is accused of atrocities during air combat over Korea, and must attend a hearing. The Glory War; Cease Fire!; The Flying Battleship; The Dream of Flight; 3,000 Mile Milk Run. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 10. January 1992. Written by John Coctoasten and illustrated by Valdir Fernandes. 6.5" x 10.25". 32 pages. Black and white. Adult. Cover price $2.95.

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8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Volume 11, Issue 5 - December, 1934. 8.5" x 11", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Vol. 11, No. 5. February 1939. Articles include: "You, Too, Can be an Army Aviator" by Charles Edward Chapel; "Frontier Busters" by Allen Finn; "Motorless Fright in America" by Lewin B. Barringer; and more. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 98 pages, BW/text with illustration and photos. Cover price $0.15.

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Writing and art by Barry Blair. Adult content variant of Leather & Lace. 34 pgs, B&W illustrations. Cover price $2.50.

Despite the US affiliation in the title, this was an original war comic from Canadian publisher Superior, focused on the then-new US Air Force. A Navy "frogman," or underwater special-forces operative, parachutes from a jet at the start of a dangerous mission. Air Force colonel Ralph undertakes a suicide mission. Captain Steve Larson decides to respond to a distress call, even though he's flying a bomber, not a fighter jet. Bloody Beach-head; Operation Suicide; Attack from Nowhere; May-day Call!; Chuck Torance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Mitch Byrd, inks by Ken Branch. Into the Fire, script by Roland Mann, pencils by Mitch Byrd, inks by Ken Branch; Jerry is still trying to clear his name; Rossman receives another visit from Tooth & Nail; Mandy and Keith take in Mardi Gra. 36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.50.

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Written by G. Willow Wilson. Art and cover by M.K. Perker. Blythe's first test flight in Clearfleet's new hyperprax plane doesn't go as she planned. Dogged by a strange illness, she arrives at Sky 1 disoriented and off her guard before meeting an old friend who has a secret she is totally unprepared to hear. But is he trustworthy? Blythe may find out too late... 32 pages, full color, MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.

Cover by Bob Powell. Art by Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #79. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured aviation adventure from the Korean War. The story of zeppelin attacks on London during World War I; A nonfiction piece about the history of flight covers the early years of lighter-than-air craft. Also featuring unusual ads for Hitler stamps left over from WWII Europe; Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis hand puppets; and live baby turtles (!). Action-packed Mike Battles cover by Bob Powell departs from the usual planes-in-flight approach. Mike Battles; Man Against the Sky!, Chapter 2; The Terror of the Big Cigars!; Rocky Beach; The Retread; Life Preserver. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Ed Cronin. Cover by Fred Kida. Stories by Harry Stein, Dan Barry, Fred Kida, Tony DiPreta, Bill Fraccio, Carl H. Hodges, John Cassone, and Tony DiPreta. Heroic action stories of war and airborne adventure—these are Air Fighters Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. "Agatha and the Hammerless Bell!" By Phil & Kaja Foglio. Adventure! Adventure, Romance, Mad Science! Heroes and villains fight for control of Mechanicsburg, as Agatha finally repairs the damaged machine that is Castle Heterodyne. Book Eleven of the three-time Hugo Award-winning, Eisner-Nominated series. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 152 pages, full color. Cover price $22.95.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. " B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War!" Written by Robert F Dorr. Art by Mark Rolfe. Ever present in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day, the B-24 Liberator proved to be the staple heavy bomber of the campaign. From its ignominious beginnings in the Allied rout in the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, the bomber weathered the Japanese storm with a handful of bomb groups, which played a crucial role in checking the enemy's progress firstly in New Guinea, and then actively participating in the 'island hopping' campaign through the south-west Pacific. Softcover, 98 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $22.95.

Volume 11 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Oh!great.

Ikki and his crew are now celebrities in the world of extreme skating, but now every team in town is trying to take them down. Do they have what it takes to adjust to stardom?

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. "Agatha and the Hammerless Bell!" By Phil & Kaja Foglio. Adventure! Adventure, Romance, Mad Science! Heroes and villains fight for control of Mechanicsburg, as Agatha finally repairs the damaged machine that is Castle Heterodyne. Book Eleven of the three-time Hugo Award-winning, Eisner-Nominated series. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 152 pages, full color. Cover price $48.95.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. "Bf 109D/E Aces 1939–41!" Art by John Weal. The period covered in this volume was considered to be the 'glory years' for the Jagdwaffe - fresh from the experience gained in the Spanish Civil War - and for the Bf 109 in particular. Many famous pilots scored their first kills in the classic dogfights staged over Poland, Western Europe, the Channel and finally southern England. Some 40 Knight's Crosses were awarded in 1940 alone. However, after sweeping all before them in support of the Blitzkrieg across continental Europe, the Bf 109E pilots were to suffer badly during the Battle of Britain, the result of poor tactics inflicted upon them by the Luftwaffe High Command, and their mount's less then generous range. Softcover, 96 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $22.95.

Volume 11 - 2nd and later printings. "Bf 109D/E Aces 1939–41!" Art by John Weal. The period covered in this volume was considered to be the 'glory years' for the Jagdwaffe - fresh from the experience gained in the Spanish Civil War - and for the Bf 109 in particular. Many famous pilots scored their first kills in the classic dogfights staged over Poland, Western Europe, the Channel and finally southern England. Some 40 Knight's Crosses were awarded in 1940 alone. However, after sweeping all before them in support of the Blitzkrieg across continental Europe, the Bf 109E pilots were to suffer badly during the Battle of Britain, the result of poor tactics inflicted upon them by the Luftwaffe High Command, and their mount's less then generous range. Softcover, 96 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $22.95.