HILLMANÕS AIRBOY COMICS BEGAN PUBLICATION IN DECEMBER OF 1945, WITH VOLUME TWO ISSUES
ELEVEN, CONTINUING THE NUMBERING FROM THEIR AIR FIGHTERS TITLE. THE SERIES WAS INITIALLY
HELD ALOFT WITH SUCH EXCITING CHARACTERS AS AIR BOY, VALKYRIE, THE HEAP, LINK THORNE BY
SIMON & KIRBY, AND THE MYSTERIOUS RACKMAN
TO KEEP THE ADVENTUROUS AVIATORS OF AIRBOY COMICS IN THE CLOUDS HILLMAN HIRED SOME OF
THE BEST ARTISIC MECHANICS WORKING AT THE TIME INCLUDING FRED KIDA, JACK KIRBY, ARTHUR
PEDDY, BERNARD SACHS AND CARMINE INFANTINO.
HILLMAN HAD AN INTERSTING NUMBERING SYSTEM. AFTER THE TWELFTH ISSUE OF A TITLE WAS
PUBLISHED, THE FOLLOWING ISSUE WOULD BE GIVEN A NEW VOLUME NUMBER AND THE ISSUEÕS
NUMBERING WOULD REVERT BACK TO NUMBER ONE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
AIRBOY COMICS STANDS THE TEST OF TIME BY HAVING THAT RARE COMBINATION OF BOTH INTRIGUING
HEROES AND HEROINES AS WELL AS AN AMAZING ROSTER OF CREATIVE TALENT.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are seventy
years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but not every
panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when judging the
overall contents.