Airboy Comic Books

Airboy debuted in Air Fighters Comics No. 2 ( cover-date Nov. 1942), an omnibus series featuring a variety of aviator heroes. The series was renamed Airboy Comics with vol. 2, No. 11 (Dec. 1945), and ran 89 issues, through vol. 10, No. 4 (May 1953).

In 1986, Eclipse Comics published a new Airboy series, updated to the modern era, starring the son of the original character. The 50-issue comic (15 July 1986 – Oct. 1989), which ran as a half-sized (16-page) bi-weekly through issue No. 33 (1 Nov. 1987) and monthly thereafter, reintroduced many of the supporting characters from the old series, such as Valkyrie and a Japanese fighter pilot named Hirota, and guest-starred many of the characters who had appeared as backups in the original comics. Chuck Dixon scripted with the occasional assistance of Tim Truman , with Truman, Ron Randall and Stan Woch the main illustrators.