Volume: 2
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1943-09-27
Editing: Ed Cronin (credited) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Air Fighters Comics (Hillman, 1941 series) #v2#2 [14] Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
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Airboy / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:war; aviation
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Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 4.

[Airboy Meets Valkyrie]
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Airboy / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Fred Kida (signed as Kida)
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:adventure; aviation; war
Characters:
Airmaidens (villains, introduction for all, all reform); Oberst (villain, introduction, death); The Nazis (villains, introduction for all, many die)
Synopsis:
Valkyrie, whose heart is as black as the ace of spades, more than welcomes the chance to take on Airboy and succeeds in capturing him and Birdie. Not satisfied that she is the better pilot, the air maiden wants to battle Airboy, using his own plane against him. Some of the Airmaidens free Airboy and hide him, but they are later captured and all are sentenced to death. But Valkyrie, in love with Airboy, reforms, and she and her Airmaidens turn the tables on the Nazis and save the day.
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Indexer Notes

First appearance of Valkyrie and the Airmaidens.

Script credits were added by Craig Delich, as suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Delich also suggested Warren Kuhn, but per Kuhn's 2018 obituary, he was in the Army during this time period (1943-1946) and his known Hillman work was a backup feature in the Airboy Comics and story in Real Clue Comics, both circa 1949 per Bails. Circa 1949 corresponds with his time in New York attending New York University (1946-1948) and Columbia University (1948-1950). So it is unlikely to be Kuhn here.

[Zombies of the High Llama]
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Sky Wolf [SkyWolf / Skywolf] / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
John Giunta (signed)
Inks:
John Giunta (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:aviation; war; adventure
Characters:
Sky Wolf's Band [Cocky-Roche; the Judge; the Turtle]; High Llama (villain, actually a Japanese in disguise, death); the Llama's zombie followers (villains, all die)
Synopsis:
An archaeological society of October 28, 2985 A.D. discovers the wreckage of the 20th Century in their travels, including some movie film highlighting the exploits of Sky Wolf and his band in 1943, fighting over the jungles of New Guinea. They are captured by the High Llama and his zombie followers, and are hypnotized to go out and fight against the British forces.
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Indexer Notes

The last panel blurb gives the title of next issue's story: "Prince of Evil."

[Swooner the Crooner]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Skinny McGinty / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Tony DiPreta (signed as DiPreta)
Inks:
Tony DiPreta (signed as DiPreta)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey, fellas--look at McGinty---he ain't eatin' again!
Characters:
Skinny McGinty; Rudy Swooner; Col. Burpdale; Col. Burpdale's daughter

[The Nazi Robot Bombers]
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Iron Ace / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:war; adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:While sirens wail far below in the streets of London...
  • Keywords:London; World War II
Characters:
Magog

How to Find a Marine
(Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Carl Hodges (credited as Carl C. Hodges)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It was nearly dawn near the Solomons.
Characters:
Bill Burke; Ensign Mallow; Red Williams
Synopsis:
Bill Burke is in charge of a rescue mission to retrieve a pilot who was forced to bail out of his plane.

Indexer Notes

Solomon Islands; World War II

[The Plot to Destroy Mt. Rushmore]
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Bald Eagle / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:war; adventure; aviation
Characters:
Bald Eagle

[The Judas Sacrifice]
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The Black Angel / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:aviation; war; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Evening in a London restaurant near the office of the air ministry...
  • Keywords:Germany; London; World War II
Characters:
Jeff (pilot, death); Schmidt's wife; The Nazis [Lt. Schmidt (death); Hans; others un-named] (villains, some die)
Synopsis:
Sylvia reads in the newspaper that the Nazis are crying foul over R.A.F. pilot Jeff bombing their schools and hospitals. But he denies that, claiming that photos of him attacking these targets was doctored. When the Nazis murder Jeff, the Black Angel steps in to square accounts.
Reprints (1)

[The Dutchman's Ruse]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Flying Dutchman / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Bob Fujitani (signed as B. Fuje)
Inks:
Bob Fujitani (signed as B. Fuje)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:aviation; war; adventure
Characters:
Major Kurt Rausbeck (villain, death); Lt. Rausbeck (villain, Rausman's brother, pilot); Major Streeter (villain, pilot); The Nazis (villains, many die)
Synopsis:
The Dutchman and Rausbeck have an aerial battle and the Dutchman wins, while Rausman dies. Cleverly, the Dutchman switches uniforms and planes so that Nazi forces believed that their hated enemy is dead. Now the Dutchman is flying with the enemy and causing destruction all along the way.
Reprints (1)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Airboy
  2. [Airboy Meets Valkyrie]
    Airboy
  3. [Zombies of the High Llama]
    Sky Wolf [SkyWolf / Skywolf]
  4. [Swooner the Crooner]
    Skinny McGinty
  5. [The Nazi Robot Bombers]
    Iron Ace
  6. How to Find a Marine
  7. [The Plot to Destroy Mt. Rushmore]
    Bald Eagle
  8. [The Judas Sacrifice]
    The Black Angel
  9. [The Dutchman's Ruse]
    Flying Dutchman
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Issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Dan Stevenson
  • Jim Van Dore
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