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Post by Jesse on May 2, 2014 6:02:57 GMT -5
One of my all time favorite comic book runs in the Eclipse Comics Airboy by Tim Truman and Chuck Dixon. IDW is collecting the run and here's a really interesting CBR interview they did a couple months ago. The cover artwork for the second volume looks great.   More recently I started reading the Golden Age Age Airboy and Air Fighter Comics which are available free to download from The Digital Comic Museum which also collects tons of other public domain comic books. digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?cid=82Chuck Dixon returned to the character a few years ago with a five issue mini series Airboy Deadeye by Antarctic Press. The artwork has a manga style vibe and in it the original Airboy teams up with an ex kamikaze pilot he met during the war to fight a mad scientist who threatens to destroy Japan with a giant robot. It's seriously a lot of fun.  Any other fans of Airboy and the Airfighters comics? |
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Post by gothos on May 4, 2014 19:03:56 GMT -5
I enjoyed 'em; it's one of the best things Eclipse did. The "Eclipse Universe" didn't work out quite so well as the Airboy Universe, though every once in a while I think of giving their big crossover miniseries a reread.
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Post by Phil Maurice on May 4, 2014 22:04:13 GMT -5
One of my all time favorite comic book runs in the Eclipse Comics Airboy by Tim Truman and Chuck Dixon. More recently I started reading the Golden Age Age Airboy and Air Fighter Comics. Any other fans of Airboy and the Airfighters comics? Only tangentially if we're talking about the Hillman Periodicals Airboy. Highly coveted among collectors for the Charles Biro scripts and Fred Kida art, those Golden Age Airboy appearances featured Nazis and villainous Japanese soldiers in a sumptuous stew of propaganda that has come to be regarded as the hallmark of an era.
The handful of Airboy comics I own were bought for the back-up feature, The Heap, a tragic and mournful character, years ahead of its time. Much later, it would provide the inspiration for Marvel's Man-Thing and DC's Swamp Thing.
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Post by rick on May 4, 2014 22:21:42 GMT -5
Loved the Eclipse Airboy, straight out loathed the AP books. Ben Dunn is just the wrong artist for the strip.
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Post by rick on May 4, 2014 22:23:49 GMT -5
I was especially found of Sky Wolf, Airboy's old buddy from Air Fighters. his post-WWII exploits were exceptional adventure stories.  |
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Post by Jesse on May 4, 2014 22:30:05 GMT -5
The Sky Wolf back-ups in Airboy were great. I haven't read the mini series though. The handful of Airboy comics I own were bought for the back-up feature, The Heap, a tragic and mournful character, years ahead of its time. Much later, it would provide the inspiration for Marvel's Man-Thing and DC's Swamp Thing. McFarlane brought back The Heap but turned him into a garbage monster and I think it was only used for a single issue. |
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Post by Phil Maurice on May 5, 2014 0:03:25 GMT -5
McFarlane brought back The Heap but turned him into a garbage monster and I think it was only used for a single issue. What a shame. In an era of environmental consciousness, it seems the character would have tremendous potential, garbage or otherwise. No worries though, The Heap will outlive us all. |
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Post by Jesse on Jan 5, 2015 13:47:23 GMT -5
Has anyone read the Moonstone stories? I found this TPB collecting them but haven't heard anything about them.  |
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Post by hondobrode on Jan 5, 2015 14:40:10 GMT -5
I'd never heard of Airboy before Eclipse revived him, but that was a great series. Probably second best after Miracleman.
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Post by benday-dot on Jan 5, 2015 20:56:37 GMT -5
The handful of Airboy comics I own were bought for the back-up feature, The Heap,
a tragic and mournful character, years ahead of its time. Much later,
it would provide the inspiration for Marvel's Man-Thing and DC's Swamp
Thing.
I agree about the Heap. Those stories are hidden golden age gems. And they had some nice art by the likes of Dan Barry, Leonard Starr and even Carmine Infantino. As to Airboy... Fred Kida made that book a minor masterpiece. The lovely Valkyrie issues were collected a while back by Canton Press. And yes... the Eclipse run with Truman were great as well! |
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Post by foxley on Jan 5, 2015 22:47:16 GMT -5
Has anyone read the Moonstone stories? I found this TPB collecting them but haven't heard anything about them. They were pretty good. You got a nice cross-section of the old Hillman Air Fighters characters, including Iron Ace, Skywolf, Black Angel etc. I certainly don't begrudge the money I paid for them. |
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Post by Jesse on Jan 18, 2015 7:30:05 GMT -5
They were pretty good. You got a nice cross-section of the old Hillman Air Fighters characters, including Iron Ace, Skywolf, Black Angel etc. I certainly don't begrudge the money I paid for them. Thanks I'll have to check them out when I get the chance. Apparently Moonstone also released a comic featuring The Heap as well, which I'll also have to look out for.   |
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