| Airboy | |
|---|---|
 The cover to Air Fighters Comics vol. 1, #7, featuring Airboy. Art by Fred Kida. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Hillman Periodicals (1942–1953) Eclipse Comics (1986–1989) |
| First appearance | Air Fighters Comics #2 (cover-dated Nov. 1942) |
| Created by | Charles Biro & Dick Wood (writers) Al Camy (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | David ("Davy") Nelson II David ("Davy") Nelson III |
Airboy is a fictional Golden Age aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II, before ending his initial run in 1953. The hero was the costumed identity of crack pilot Davy Nelson II, and created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood with artist Al Camy.[1]
The character disappeared from publications until a 1980s revival under Chuck Dixon that lasted for several years, focusing on the original Airboy's son, Davy Nelson III, and reviving much of the Hillman library of supporting characters before ending in 1989.
Since then the original Hillman creations and stories have fallen into the public domain; as a result Airboy and his supporting cast have appeared intermittently since under multiple publishers, sometimes updating his story to the present day or continuing previous adventures.