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The Black Angel

The Black Angel

15 appearances Β· Golden Age Β· 1942–2025
Who is The Black Angel?

The Black Angel is a Golden Age aviation heroine who debuted in Hillman Periodicals' wartime anthology alongside Airboy and other flying heroes. She operated as a daring aerial adventurer, with her stories drawn by Fred Kida amid the patriotic, action-packed atmosphere of World War II.

Few Golden Age heroines carry the mystique of The Black Angel, who took flight in the pages of Air Fighters Comics #2 back in 1942, brought to life by the skilled pen of Fred Kida for Hillman Periodicals. She soared into an era defined by wartime adventure and sky-high derring-do, sharing those action-packed pages with luminaries like Airboy and Iron Ace β€” elite company in one of the Golden Age's most celebrated aviation anthologies. Her adventures carried through Air Fighters Classics and even a dedicated Return of Valkyrie run, proof that her wings never quite folded. For collectors with a taste for the rare and the pioneering, The Black Angel is a genuine gem of the wartime comics era β€” a character whose legacy quietly endures across more than eight decades.

Air Fighters Comics
#2 [2]
β˜… First appearance
Air Fighters Comics #2 [2]
Nov 1942

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1989–2023

The Return of Valkyrie #[nn] 1989
The Return of Valkyrie #[nn]
Black Angel #[nn] 1996
Black Angel #[nn]
X-Amount of Comics: 1963 (WhenElse?!) Annual #[nn] 2023
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Appearances

Air Fighters Comics (1941)
The Steranko History of Comics (1970)
#2
Airboy-Mr. Monster Special (1987)
#1
The Airfighters Meet Sgt. Strike Special (1988)
#1
Air Fighters Classics (1987)
#2
The Return of Valkyrie (1989)
Black Angel (1996)
Hack/Slash: The Series (2007)
#29
X-Amount of Comics: 1963 (WhenElse?!) Annual (2023)
The Golden Age (2024)
#9