{"id":63,"date":"2006-05-21T15:33:40","date_gmt":"2006-05-21T20:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=63"},"modified":"2017-04-01T21:09:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T02:09:48","slug":"golden-age-of-comic-books-may-21-2006-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2006\/05\/21\/golden-age-of-comic-books-may-21-2006-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Age of Comic Books &#8211; May 21, 2006 &#8211; #41"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books we discuss all things related to <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Airboy<\/strong><\/span> and<strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Heap<\/span><\/strong>.&nbsp; Both characters were published by Hillman periodicals and appeared in <em>Air Fighters Comics<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp; Airboy first appeared in <em>Air Fighters<\/em> volume&nbsp;1, #2 in 1942.&nbsp; The title was renamed <em>Airboy Comics<\/em> in 1945 with volume 2, #11.&nbsp;&nbsp; He last appeared in volume 10, #4 (May, 1953).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/426_4_0211.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"560\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2086\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/426_4_0211.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/426_4_0211.jpg 400w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/426_4_0211-107x150.jpg 107w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/426_4_0211-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Heap was a monster-like character that first appeared in Air Fighters Comics #3, but became very popular in his own right, at times taking over the cover of Airboy Comics from Airboy.&nbsp; He ran until the 1950&#8217;s when Hillman went out of business.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"334\" title=\"Airboy Comics, vol. 9, #3\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/0\/08\/Airboy-Heap.jpg\/250px-Airboy-Heap.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;margin: 1px;\"><br><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-4904471974338763\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"468x60_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"1838017730\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"\";\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:6\";\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br><\/div><div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-63\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2006\/05\/21\/golden-age-of-comic-books-may-21-2006-41\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-63\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2006\/05\/21\/golden-age-of-comic-books-may-21-2006-41\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2006\/05\/21\/golden-age-of-comic-books-may-21-2006-41\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2006\/05\/21\/golden-age-of-comic-books-may-21-2006-41\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books we discuss all things related to Airboy and The Heap.&nbsp; 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