airboy Archives

Best remembered today as the publisher of Airboy and other comics, Alex Hillman entered into the publishing business in the late 1920s, working for publishers including Heron Press, Inc and a publisher of academic texts.  By the early 1930s he was working for publisher William Godwin, Inc., soon becoming president of that firm He eventually[...]

Swayed by the courage of Airboy, she and the Airmaidens ultimately turned against the Nazis in her September 1943 debut to fight alongside Airboy One of the most memorable female characters of the Golden Age with an iconic cover by Kida, there are copies of several of her appearances up for auction in the 2024[...]

Airboy are some of the best pulp comics you can grab from the golden age, featuring some of the earliest and best action and sci-fi that was on the stands back then Debuting from Hillman Publications in the 1940s, Airboy Comics, formerly known as Air Fighters Comics, ran for 89 issues Four of them can[...]

Swayed by the courage of Airboy, she and the Airmaidens ultimately turned against the Nazis in her September 1943 debut to fight alongside Airboy One of the most memorable female characters of the Golden Age with an iconic cover by Kida, there are solid copies of her first two appearances in Air Fighters Comics V2#2[...]

Air Fighters Comics was the debut series for Hillman Periodicals, the publisher of a wide range of magazines that had been founded in 1939.  Hillman would go on to publish comic book titles ranging from crime and romance to westerns and superheroes.  But the second comic book issue the company ever published would remain its[...]

Swayed by the courage of Airboy, she and the Airmaidens ultimately turned against the Nazis in her September 1943 debut to fight alongside Airboy One of the most memorable female characters of the Golden Age with an iconic cover by Kida, there's a solid copy of her first appearance in Air Fighters Comics V2#2 (Hillman Fall,[...]

Swayed by the courage of Airboy, she and the Airmaidens ultimately turned against the Nazis in her September 1943 debut to fight alongside Airboy One of the most legendary and memorable female characters of the Golden Age with an iconic cover by Kida, there's a lovely copy of her first appearance in Air Fighters Comics[...]

When Airboy #2 was published, it caused a social media storm The comic showed the creators, or rather depraved versions of themselved, tripping with a fictitious comic book character and engaging in a variety of sexually debauched fashions. Including a trip to a bar frequented by drag performers The comic was criticised for using them as[...]

https://youtu.be/f7FVS0U407YVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: NEW COMIC REVIEWS! Airboy, Thought Bubble, Autumnlands, All-New All-Different Avengers, Descender (https://youtu.be/f7FVS0U407Y) The Super Awesome Comic Review Show returns to Bleeding Cool, recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They say: Foxi's Top 5 single issues for the week of Wednesday November 11, 2015. Books Featured: Image Comics : Thought[...]

The final issue of Airboy is out today from Image Comics That is if it hasn't been pulled from the shelves of course. I do hope not, as it concludes the very meta adventure that writer James Robinson and his artist Greg Hinkle have been on, whether real or drug induced, meeting the public domain character[...]

And Superman is, to be frank, a thoughtless boorish moron. It caused some controversy and discussion, the point raised that even having a moron say such things can give them credence. This past week saw the publication of Airboy #2 by James Robinson and Greg Hinkle, from Image Comics Which features similar discussions, for a longer period[...]

They say: Bringing you discussions of all the new exciting books in comicdom. Maxx, Foxi and OVC3 take you on a tour of the week's best single issues, then PREVIEWS Watch where they discuss the most exciting upcoming releases, and lastly a new trade paperback pick of the week! Books featured in this episode: Boom! Studios: The Spire #1 Image[...]

Who are Superman's true friends now? Who really is covering his back? More is explored this week with Action Comics #42! Don't miss our Question of the Week! We're talking DC Comics and we want to hear from you! Time Stamps For This Episode: 03:14 We Stand On Guard #1 04:10 Barb Wire #1 05:33 Action Comics #42 05:55 Secret Wars[...]

Maxx's Super Awesome Comic Review Show returns to Bleeding Cool, recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted by Maxx MacLennan. They say: Bringing you discussions of all the new exciting books in comicdom. Maxx & Foxi discuss their Top 5 new single issues for this week of June 3,2015, and then[...]

Yesterday we celebrated my daughter's preschool graduation. This video has every New DC You book, Secret Wars #3 and several new tie-ins, Groot #1, all three Star Wars, Airboy and Nonplayer #2 (I loved Airboy! James Robinson is back!) Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom, it's another crazy fun week Sorry,[...]

I'll write something more spoilery later I think, because there's something bigger going on… Archie #666 in the only crossover with Afterlife With Archie you are ever going to get… So, anyway, Airboy #1 is probably the best new comic out today, even if it is somehow based on an old comic And it takes the route[...]

This is an action packed issue filled with surprises released right off the heels of the announcement to adapt The Wicked + The Divine into a TV show produced by fellow comic book writers Matt Fraction (Hawkeye) and Kelly Sue DeConnick (Bitch Planet).Airboy #1 This is the debut issue for the new limited series created by[...]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moPz9rJzuGc[/youtube] Maxx's Super Awesome Comic Review Show returns to Bleeding Cool, recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted by Maxx MacLennan. They say: Bringing you discussions of all the new exciting books in comicdom. More comic talk this week than ever!  New graphic novels, the top 5 floppies, honorable mentions that didn't[...]

Airboy is the James Robinson/Greg Hinkle reboot of the character, which appears to be a fictionalised telling of the attempt to reboot the character starring the comic book's creators Very Adaptation… While Astronauts In Trouble from Larry Young and Charlie Adlard reprints and remasters the original series But a month later than planned we get Brian[...]

However in addition he announced Airboy with artist Greg Hinkle It's a semi-autobiographical tale of exploring the underside of San Francisco trying to figure out ideas for Airboy and then breaking through into Airboy's fictional word. So it is both a relaunch of the classic Airboy but also a new semi-autobiographical work. Compared to Fear and Loathing[...]