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| Arrgh! I am so accustomed to the high quality of postwar "Airboy" artists (Kida, Schroeder) that I was blindsided by the dreadful artwork of Maurice del Bourgo. I've never been a del Bourgo fan, but this job must even rank with his lesser work. And he returns for the Heap guest-shot. Urp. |
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| Publication | May 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | Airboy |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Kida | Inks: Fred Kida |
| Content | Genre: War; Aviation | Characters: Airboy [David Nelson II] |
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| Comic Story | The Blind Fliers Club (13 pages) |
| Featuring | Airboy |
| Credits | Pencils: Maurice Del Bourgo [as del] (signed) | Inks: Maurice Del Bourgo [as del] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Airboy [David Nelson II] |
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| Comic Story | Rip Van Dutchman (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Flying Dutchman |
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| Comic Story | The Dentist Bit, Part 2 (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Skinny McGinty |
| Credits | Script: Tony DiPreta | Pencils: Tony DiPreta | Inks: Tony DiPreta | Colors: Tony DiPreta |
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| Text Story | The Man Who Forgot (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: E. Dorris | Letters: Typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Return of the Heap (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Famed zoologist Professor Kringle purchases the remains of the Heap for $25,000 and puimps into the mass a serum which brings the Heap back to life, and who kills the professor's wife. When the authorities look into the matter, Kringle has the Heap kill them as well. Sky Wolf and Cocky attempt to track the professor and Heap down and destroy them. |
| Featuring | SkyWolf |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: SkyWolf [Larry Wolfe]; The Heap [Baron Eric von Emmelman]; Cocky Roach; two un-named Port Authority inspectors (both die); Elizabeth Kringle (the professor's wife); Professor Herman Kringle (villain, zoologist, death?); Manuel (villain, smuggler, skipper of the freighter "Lamson") |
| Notes | This is the 4th appearance of the Heap. |
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| Comic Story | Icarus II (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Iron Ace |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Iron Ace [Captain Robert Britain] |
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