HILLMAN’S AIR FIGHTERS BEGAN PUBLICATION IN NOVEMBER OF 1941. A YEAR LATER IN NOVEMBER OF 1942 AIR FIGHTERS ISSUE #2 INTRODUCED AIRBOY, SKY WOLF, THE BLACK ANGEL, THE IRON ACE, THE BALD EAGLE, THE FLYING DUTCHMAN AND THE HEAP. TO KEEP THE ADVENTUROUS AVIATORS OF AIR FIGHTERS IN THE CLOUDS HILLMAN HIRED SOME OF THE BEST ARTISTIC “MECHANICS” WORKING AT THE TIME INCLUDING FRED KIDA, CHARLES BIRO, BOB FUJITANI, HARRY SAHLE, AL JAFFEE, JOHN CASSONE, AL CAMY AND MORT LEAV. HILLMAN HAD AN INTERSTING NUMBERING SYSTEM. AFTER THE TWELFTH ISSUE OF A TITLE WAS PUBLISHED, THE FOLLOWING ISSUE WOULD BE GIVEN A NEW VOLUME NUMBER AND THE ISSUE’S NUMBERING WOULD REVERT BACK TO NUMBER ONE FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THIS VOLUME COLLECTS THE BOOKS FROM VOLUME ONE, ISSUES #9-12 AND VOLUME TWO, ISSUES #1-4, WHICH ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF ISSUES #13-16. AIR FIGHTERS STANDS THE TEST OF TIME BY HAVING THAT RARE COMBINATION OF INTRIGUING HEROES AND HEROINES, AND AN AMAZING ROSTER OF CREATIVE TALENT. THIS VOLUME IS AVAILABLE IN HARD COVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK VOLUMES AS WELL AS IN BOTH FULL COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE EDITIONS.