Airboy was David Nelson II, the son of an expert pilot and an excellent young flyer himself. After becoming an orphan, Davy was raised in a monastery in Capistrano, California. He became friends with a well-respected Franciscan monk named Brother Francis Martier. David helped to inspire Martier to become interested in the design of precision aircraft, hoping it would be his contribution to the world. Martier worked obsessively, and secured a loan in order to create a prototype aircraft that flew by flapping its wings. However, Martier was killed while test-flying it, because its fuel lines had been sabotaged. Davy swore to rebuild the craft, and he did. Dawning a uniform, Davy soon named himself “Airboy” and his new plane “Birdie.” He helped the Allies during World War II, and soon earned the respect of enemy fliers. During and after the war, Airboy had many adventures, confronting such villains as intelligent rats, the mysterious Misery, the immortal Zzed, and his Nazi arch-nemesis Valkyrie, who would later become his ally and sweetheart. Another ally was fellow hero and aviator Skywolf. Airboy also went toe-to-toe with the monstrous Heap several times. Airboy’s plane was equiped with dual machine guns, wheels that could grasp other aircraft, and voice-activated remote control from a device hidden under Airboy’s lapel. It was able to hone in on Airboy’s location and may have had some limited degree of artifical intelligence. Airboy himself was an innovative mechanic and an ace fighter pilot. He was also a skilled fighter, able to defeat a Jiu-Jitsu World Champion from Japan in a no-holds-barred match.
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Description Airboy was David Nelson II, the son of an expert pilot and an excellent young flyer himself. After becoming an orphan, Davy was raised in a monastery in Capistrano, California. He became friends with a well-respected Franciscan monk named Brother Francis Martier. David helped to inspire Martier to become interested in the design of precision aircraft, hoping it would be his contribution to the world. Martier worked obsessively, and secured a loan in order to create a prototype aircraft that flew by flapping its wings. However, Martier was killed while test-flying it, because its fuel lines had been sabotaged. Davy swore to rebuild the craft, and he did. Dawning a uniform, Davy soon named himself “Airboy” and his new plane “Birdie.” He helped the Allies during World War II, and soon earned the respect of enemy fliers. During and after the war, Airboy had many adventures, confronting such villains as intelligent rats, the mysterious Misery, the immortal Zzed, and his Nazi arch-nemesis Valkyrie, who would later become his ally and sweetheart. Another ally was fellow hero and aviator Skywolf. Airboy also went toe-to-toe with the monstrous Heap several times. Airboy’s plane was equiped with dual machine guns, wheels that could grasp other aircraft, and voice-activated remote control from a device hidden under Airboy’s lapel. It was able to hone in on Airboy’s location and may have had some limited degree of artifical intelligence. Airboy himself was an innovative mechanic and an ace fighter pilot. He was also a skilled fighter, able to defeat a Jiu-Jitsu World Champion from Japan in a no-holds-barred match.
