Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) Vol. 9 #1

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.