| The Skyman | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Skyman1.png) The Skyman #1 (1941, no month listed), art by Ogden Whitney. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Columbia Comics |
| First appearance | Big Shot Comics #1 (May 1940) |
| Created by | |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Allan Turner |
The Skyman is a fictional comic book superhero that appeared stories during the Golden Age of Comic Books. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Ogden Whitney, the character first appeared in the Columbia Comics omnibus title Big Shot Comics #1 (May 1940).[1] He is unrelated to the DC Comics character.
The Skyman was Allan Turner, who was raised by his uncle to become "outstanding in mind and body". A brilliant scientist, he had no superpowers but did have a flying wing-shaped airplane, dubbed the Wing, that flew by the power of Earth's magnetic poles. With this and money inherited from his late uncle's will, he fought crime. In 1944, he acquired an "Icarus-Cape", a huge pair of wings which allowed him to fly without an airplane.[2] His love interest was detective Fawn Carroll.[3]
According to Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, "Skyman fights ordinary criminals, saboteurs, mad scientists, cursed idols, Soviet scientists, Emma the Spy Queen, the Gremlin, and Nazis on the moon".[4]
- ^ Markstein, Don. "Skyman". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Mitchell, Kurt; Thomas, Roy (2019). American Comic Book Chronicles: 1940-1944. TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 58, 265. ISBN 978-1605490892.
- ^ Mougin, Lou (2020). Secondary Superheroes of Golden Age Comics. McFarland & Co. pp. 311–312. ISBN 9781476638607.
- ^ Nevins, Jess (2013). Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes. High Rock Press. pp. 244–245. ISBN 978-1-61318-023-5.