Airboy

A revival of the classic Golden Age aviator hero, this Airboy carries on the legacy of the original wartime pilot, taking to the skies in high-flying adventures published by Eclipse Comics beginning in 1986.

Few characters capture the scrappy, creator-driven spirit of Eclipse Comics quite like Airboy, who took flight in 1986 under the guiding hand of cat yronwode. A Copper Age revival steeped in the adventurous energy of that era's indie publishing boom, this Airboy shares the skies with a compelling cast — Valkyrie, Skywolf, Birdie, and others — across a run that has proven surprisingly enduring, stretching all the way into the 2020s. The debut issue is a genuine piece of Eclipse history, and appearances in crossover events like Total Eclipse speak to the character's place at the heart of that publisher's interconnected universe. If you have a soft spot for the bold, ambitious independent comics of the late '80s, Airboy is exactly the kind of discovery worth chasing down.