Air comic books issue 9

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As Hirota and Valkyrie bust into Kronenberg's turf to rescue Airboy, someone else is also there and after Kronenberg in "Body Count." Script by Chuck Dixon and art by Stan Woch & Mark A. Nelson. Issue also has "China Hands – Part 1" in which Sky Wolf helps rescue a friend from a Communist prison camp. Script by Chuck Dixon and art by Larry Elmore. Cover price increases to $1.25. Cover price $1.25.

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Cover by Denis Beauvais. Mask, script by Gordon Derry, art by Denis Beauvais; Argon and his androids attempt to kill Tanith and Savashtar. 36 pgs., black and white. $1.70. Cover price $1.70.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Note: This issue is often confused with issue #49, which is also listed as #9 on the cover; the indicia on both comics is correct. Combat takes to the skies in the airborne incarnation of Charlton's Fightin' military series. The Battle of Britain and Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo are recreated in comics form. A routine reconnaissance mission over North Korea goes awry for Captain Jack Lacy. During WWI, Lt. Luke is assigned to take out German observation balloons. The Battle of Britain; The Birds That Hid in the Ground; Fear Fighters; Target for the Day; Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo; The Balloon Buster; Bombs Away! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Sal Trapani and Bill Molno. The "newest" branch of the US military (officially created in 1947) is featured in war comics from Charlton. Fighter pilots trying to get to Guadalcanal must first survive an attack on the airfield, in a story with art by WWII veteran and comics legend Sam Glanzman. Fighter pilots in Korea have a running "pool" based on their kills, despite official disapproval. A pilot develops a reputation as a calming voice for his squadron, but what happens after he is shot down? The Jungle Eagle; The Gamblers; Mission of the Macon; Col. Mikes Voice. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and others. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #96. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #1 in indicia. Airboy becomes a Jetboy when he gives Birdie jet power (then a new technology) to pursue the Flying Spartans. A former prince, now a mere clerk in the hotel that was his castle, forms a murderous plot to regain power and draws the attention of The Heap. A hunter is stalked by a tiger in the Indian jungle. Airboy; The Heap; The Outsider; The Man With the Nitro; Chin Grass; The Glass Planters; The Pursuer; Casey of Blarney. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Mort Lawrence, Bill Ely, John Daly and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #97. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #2 in indicia. Airboy is caught between an enemy dirigible and the 7th appearance of Valkyrie (misspelled as "Valkerie" throughout). Astronauts return to Earth with a monster from the planet Urania, and only The Heap can stop it. Drama unfolds on the midget-car racing circuit. Nice bad-girl cover featuring Valkyrie by Ernest Schroeder. Airboy; The Heap; A Man's Best Friend; The Faceless American; One-Inch Gamble; You've Got to Keep Driving; The Killer "Croc". 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ross Andru and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #98. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #3 in indicia. Airboy battles autopilot robots that have been commandeered by an enemy power. Okar, who can transform into a boar, terrifies everyone in his village except a wandering minstrel... and The Heap. A brief history of submarines. First cover appearance of the Heap. Airboy; The Heap; The Iron Fish; Cold Timber; The Return of Torrio; Big Boys of the Hills. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Mort Lawrence, Ross Andru and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #99. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #4 in indicia. Airboy battles froglike humanoids that live in a city at the bottom of a lake. The Heap encounters a supervillain called the Black Panther (years before the Marvel hero) - a man obsessed with ancient Rome and its violent, tyrannical rituals. Foreign hunters in Tibet are warned not to pursue the mysterious beast called Sher-ka. Airboy; The Heap; Science Wins Again; Bay of the Tresses; The Glass Mask; Camp Fires; The Black Prize. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Bill Ely, Gerald McCann, Ed Cronin and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #100. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #5 in indicia. Airboy goes undercover in a nuclear sub factory to catch a saboteur. A colonial lord in North Africa uses strange moonlight plants to return from the dead, drawing the attention of The Heap. A Balkan couple raises a boy who has been bitten by a werewolf. Airboy; The Heap: The Man of Moonlight; Money Facts; The Wolf Boy of Krakow; The Bag Man; The Crown of Coort. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Mort Lawrence and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #101. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #6 in indicia. Airboy battles an invasion of tentacled aliens and their strange crystalline weapon. The Heap aids a young Native American warrior and encounters the fabled creature known as the Thunderbird. Secret police seek a deep-cover American agent in a Soviet-bloc prison authority. Airboy; The Heap; Tightest Spot In Europe; Plumber With a Spear; Aero-Oddities; Ticket to America; The Answer of India. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Frank Frazetta and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #102. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #7 in indicia. Airboy discovers the tentacled aliens in their geometric ships have returned, and now they can mind-control human leaders. A cursed 16th-century gargoyle comes to life and terrorizes a French village every year at the same time, until The Heap arrives. A classic religious PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Airboy; The Heap; Sport Tabs; Strangers of the Rails; The Whisper of Egypt; The Last Sword of El Lobo; Prayer Works Wonders; Stand Still and Fight; Quiet Cash. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by George Evans, Floyd Torbert and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #103. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #8 in indicia. Airboy investigates the legends of Runway 13, where the ghost of a crashed flight appears every night. A black crab brings evil to Jacques, the fisherman who catches it, and everyone around him. A simple fisherman outwits a greedy feudal lord and his rigged trials by combat. Airboy; The Heap: The Great Black Crab of Brittany; The Answer of the Maelstrom; Did You Know That...; Somewhere in Africa; Clunyngton's Giant. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

cavemen/pterodactyl cover; The Heap

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and others. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #104. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #9 in indicia. A radioactive cloud transports Airboy 2500 years into the future, where he contends with savage barbarians and pteranodons. The Heap sets out to destroy an evil ship made of wood from the swamps where The Heap was created. The life of pioneering baseball pitcher Hoss Radbourn. Airboy; The Heap; The Spanish Rope-Maker; The Enemy Parrot; The Hoss of Providence. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and others. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #105. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #10 in indicia. Alien refugees from an interstellar war seek help from Earth and Airboy. The Heap intervenes when a warlord tries to turn a Japanese village's mechanical dragon to evil purposes. The story of the very first college football game. Airboy; The Heap; Sport Tabs; The Black Wingman; Balaklava Road Call; The First College Football Game. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blackhawk #56 9/1952, with the first ever War Wheel cover, appeared just two months before this issues of Airboy was release.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and others. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #106. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #10 in indicia. The Eboli aliens (from the previous issue) attack Earth with their gigantic wheel-shaped war machines. A survivor of the long-dead Thuggee death cult seeks revenge on the man who brought about its downfall. A murderous English soldier discovers the horrifying truth about toy soldiers from voodoo country. Airboy; The Heap; The Twanging String; The Lead Soldiers of Haiti; Money of Yesterday; The Outlaw Champion; Island Without Exit; The Big Texas Spread. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and others. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #106. Cover price $0.10.

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Moonstones of Doom (part 1), script and pencils by Barry Blair, inks by Guang Yap; Homer is reciting past tales for Gennin; Velvet Black tries to recruit Toshiro back into service aboard the Naganata; He searches a lost Cambodian temple for a cursed Gemstone. This issue is reprinting tales from the early small press run of Samurai. 36 pgs. $1.70. Cover price $1.70.

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Issue 9. December 1991. Written by John Coctoasten and illustrated by Valdir Fernandes. 6.5" x 10.25". 32 pages. Black and white. Adult. Cover price $2.50.

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

Has wraparound overlay. Written and illustrated by Ricard. 28 pages, B&W, Adults Only. Cover price $2.50.

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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.

Edited by Ed Cronin. Cover by John Giunta. Stories by Dan Barry, John Giunta, Tony DiPreta, Charles Werner, Bill Fraccio, Tony DiPreta, and Bob Fujitani. Heroic action stories of war and airborne adventure—these are Air Fighters Comics! Paper drive feature with Skinny McGinty, art by Tony DiPreta. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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 flier goes berserk after one too many wartime missions. A US airman must never reveal the details of his heroic but top-secret mission. Pilots who are related to each other share fortitude and flying ability. Combat Crazy; Off the Record Hero; Return to Victory; Dragons Luck; Kin Courageous. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by G. Willow Wilson. Art and cover by M.K. Perker. A chance encounter in Schiphol Airport reminds Blythe of the power of longing. But as she prepares to surrender the Device to Zayn, darker forces mass against her. To safely deliver the most important artifact in human history, she must choose between her old life and the destiny unfolding before her... 32 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.

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Cover art by Mitch Byrd. Sight for Sore Eyes, script by Roland Mann, pencils by Mitch Byrd, inks by Ken Branch; Cat confronts Rossman and reveals his identity to him; The newly trained team of Skull & Crossbones are given their names. 36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.50.

(A-1 Comics #67) Cover by Bob Powell. Art by Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #69. 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. Airman Rocky Beach meets a beautiful Soviet aviator who's a better pilot than he is; A nonfiction piece about the role of air ace John Lucian Smith during the Battle of Guadalcanal; Pilot Mike Battles is not happy to transport an all-female band of musicians, and unhappier still when one of them hijacks the plane. Captain Jet Powers; Ace in the Hole; Column in the Sky; Rocky Beach; Mike Battles. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Airboy, Iron Ace, Skinny McGinty, Sky Wolf (guest starring the Heap), the Bald Eagle, the Black Angel, and the Flying Dutchman. Edited by Ed Cronin. Stories by Dick Wood, Tony DiPreta, Bill Fraccio, Harry Stein, Dan Barry, Harry Sahle, and John Cassone. Heroic action stories of war and airborne adventure—these are Air Fighters Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. "Agatha and the Heirs of the Storm!" By Phil & Kaja Foglio. Adventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha has finally made it to her ancestral castle, but so has a whole crowd of her friends--and enemies! Worse, the lives of two them are in danger, unless she can get the Castle's power source back up and running-quick! Book Nine of the Hugo Award-winning series. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $22.95.

Volume 9 - 2nd and later printings. "Agatha and the Heirs of the Storm!" By Phil & Kaja Foglio. Adventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha has finally made it to her ancestral castle, but so has a whole crowd of her friends--and enemies! Worse, the lives of two them are in danger, unless she can get the Castle's power source back up and running-quick! Book Nine of the Hugo Award-winning series. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $22.95.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. " Mosquito Fighter/Fighter-Bomber Units of World War 2!" Written by Martin Bowman. Art by Chris Davey. The second volume in the trilogy of Combat Aircraft titles devoted to de Havilland's 'wooden wonder', this book focuses on the Mosquito fighter/fighter-bomber variants, and their users. From its earliest development phase, the aircraft was considered as much a fighter as a bomber, and this was duly reflected when the original 1940 Air Ministry order for 50 Mosquito bombers was modified to 20 bombers and 30 fighters. This volume is the first of its kind exclusively dedicated to the fighter/fighter-bomber variants of de Havilland's classic wartime aircraft. Softcover, 98 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $22.95.

Volume 9 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Oh!great.

Itsuki Minami is the toughest kid at Higashi Junior High School, easy on the eyes but dangerously tough when he needs to be. Plus, Itsuki lives with the mysterious and sexy Noyamano sisters. Life is never dull, but it becomes dangerous when Itsuki leads his school to victory over some vindictive Westside punks with gangster connections. Now he stands to lose his school, his friends, and everything he cares about. But in his darkest hour, the Noyamano girls come to Itsuki's aid. They can teach him a powerful skill that will save their school from the gangsters' siege - and introduce Itsuki to a thrilling and terrifying new world.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 224 pages, B&W. Rated T+

Cover price $10.95.

UK Edition. August 1939. Stories include "This Man Means Money" by Wilfrid Tremellen, "Terror by Night" by Will F. Jenkins, "Final Test" by Buckley Roberts, "The Sacred Pigeon" by J. Railton Holden, "Revenge of a Ripon" by Lt.-Cdr. M. O. W. Miller, and "Shadow of a Hero" by G. M. Bowman. 96 Pages, Text Only

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Vol. 9 #6 - Dec. 1945. Features "Last Days of the Luftwaffe" which provides technical information on the advanced aircraft the Germans were building and had planned. 9 1/2-in. x 12 1/2-in., 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.