Golden Age Appearances of Air Wave (1940-1955)
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Issue |
Cover Appearance? |
Comment |
Reprinted In |
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Detective #60 |
No |
"The Case of the Missing Evidence" - 1st Appearance, captures Snakes Scarlotti |
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Detective #61 |
No |
(no title) - I: Professor Gurn, vs. Professor Gurn |
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Detective #62 |
No |
(no title) - vs. Mr. Mystery (A crooked mayor in disguise) |
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Detective #63 |
No |
"The Case of Station X" - rounds up Von Krugg and gang at a phony radio station serving as the criminals' HQ |
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Detective #64 |
No |
"The Mystery of his Master's Voice" - vs. crooks operating out of a pet shop, I: Static, the parrot who becomes Air Wave's sidekick |
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Detective #65 |
No |
"The Machine Man" - vs. Professor Gurn, now in an exoskeleton |
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Detective #66 |
No |
"Adventure of the Shooting Spooks"- must clear Jordan's name and capture crooks dressed as ghosts |
Superman #245 |
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Detective #67 |
No |
"The of the Country Crooner" - helps Midwestern yokel get a singing job |
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Detective #68 |
No |
"The Case of the Talking Gun" - clears best friend's name |
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Detective #69 |
No |
"The Magic Cupboard" - vs. crooks hoarding food |
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Detective #70 |
No |
"Who Rubbed Out The Editor?" - captures murderer of newspaperman |
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Detective #71 |
No |
"The Voice From Nowhere" - vs. Baldy, a crook running a metal-hording scams |
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Detective #72 |
No |
"Larry Jordan vs. Air Wave" - Larry Jordan splits from Air Wave and fights him |
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Detective #73 |
No |
"The Final Round" - Helps out an old prize fighter being set up by crooks |
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Detective #74 |
No |
"The Man Who Avoided Metal" - breaks up ring of 5th columnists |
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Detective #75 |
No |
"The Voice of Conscience" - convinces gangsters to confess by broadcasting messages through their fillings |
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Detective #76 |
No |
"The Man Who Talked His Crimes" - rounds up Slugger and gang |
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Detective #77 |
No |
"The Case of the Soundless Crimes" - vs. Dr. Silence |
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Detective #78 |
No |
"Menace of the Mouse Traps" - rounds up Big Paul Anousi and gang |
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Detective #79 |
No |
"The Tenderfoot gets Tough" - captures Spur Saunders and his gang when they try to hijack the search for a gold mine out west |
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Detective #80 |
No |
"Static Steals the Show" - captures gang of jewel thieves |
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Detective #81 |
No |
"Old MacDonald Had A House" - capture crooks masquerading as farmers |
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Detective #82 |
No |
"Rogues Along the River" - captures crooks in a sub |
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Detective #83 |
No |
"The Case of the Runaway Plane" - captures Flash McClan and his gang at a model air show |
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Detective #84 |
No |
"Bandits on the Beam" - defeats crooks communicating via a radio network |
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No |
"Short Wave of Crime" - captures crooks coordinating crime by radio |
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Detective #86 |
No |
"Mr. Smith Gets The Bird" - Catches a parrot-owning crook when Static ends up at the animal hospital |
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Detective #87 |
No |
"Professor Long Sells Air Wave Short" - Allows a doubting professor to accompany him on minor case to see that Air Wave's technology is real |
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Detective #88 |
No |
"The Underworld Jam Session" - vs. "Snake-Eyes" Bentley |
World's Finest #212 |
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No |
"Man or Mouser" - vs. crooks with a trained cat. |
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Detective #90 |
No |
"Battles of the Fans" - vs. neighborhood thugs |
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Detective #91 |
No |
"Loot for Laughter" - vs. thieves after Maharajah's jewels |
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Detective #92 |
No |
"The Hardworking Hoodlum" - thwarts Hasty Herman's efforts to become a better criminal |
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Detective #93 |
No |
"Air Wave Joins the Underworld" - infiltrates gang as a Larry Jordan in disguise to capture the Big Boss and his gang |
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Detective #94 |
No |
"The Ride of the Valkyries" - new crooks with affectations for opera and modern art roll into down but are made short work of by Air Wave |
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Detective #95 |
No |
"The Phony Phantoms" - crooks "haunt" a house to run off a women and get at a mobster's hidden loot |
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Detective #96 |
No |
"Crime Goes into Mourning" - Air Wave captures crooks using magician's tricks to appear invisible and commit crime |
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Detective #97 |
No |
"Doubling in Danger" - crooks try to set Air Wave and Larry Jordan in conflict, unaware that they are one in the same |
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Detective #98 |
No |
"Sound Effects of Air Wave" - thwarts Ugly Pannes's efforts to woo a woman |
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Detective #99 |
No |
"Caution - Handle Without Care" - Breaks up dueling crooks debating conservative vs. risky approaches to crime |
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Detective #100 |
No |
"The Living Statue" -vs. crooks hiding among statuary in a museum |
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No |
"A Talking Doll" - captures crooks by using radio to talk through a doll |
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No |
"Of Mice and Muggs" - captures escaped convicts |
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No |
"The Candy Kid" - vs. crook smuggling emeralds in boxes of candy |
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No |
"The Swag That Stole Itself" - vs. crooks staging robberies with balloons |
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No |
"Polly Wants A Prize" - vs. crooks at bird show |
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No |
"No Miracles for Muggs" - rounds up crooks using fake magic |
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Detective #107 |
No |
"Calling Dr. Air Wave" - vs. Tiger and his gang |
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Detective #108 |
No |
"Second Childhood" - captures crooks running a fake personality-switch scam |
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Detective #109 |
No |
vs. Oscar Rainey - a crooked man running for mayor |
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Detective #110 |
No |
"Crime Gets the Gong" - helps a former safecracker reform and captures the crooks trying to lure him back in |
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Detective #111 |
No |
"The Case of the Unlucky Treasure Hunters" - defeats peg-legged Wolf Carson and his gang disguised as pirates |
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Detective #112 |
No |
"District Attorney Larry Jordan...Convict" - vs. "Cheaters" |
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Detective #113 |
No |
"The Radio Robbers" - vs. The Beam, a crook using radio waves to hijack vehicles and equipment to commit crimes |
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Detective #114 |
No |
"The Night Owl's Musicale" - thwarts crooks trying to steal the master copy of a hit record |
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Detective #115 |
No |
"Dead Men Can Tell Tales" - stops crooked swami exploiting family of slain solider, new costume with new emblem and no cape |
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Detective #116 |
No |
"Short Circuit Air Wave" - crooks try to interfere with Air Wave's radio transmissions |
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Detective #117 |
No |
"Three's a Mob!" - captures Lips, Fingers and Fly - three crooks with unique skills matching their names |
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Detective #118 |
No |
"Moon Rocketeers" - vs. crooks disguised as Moon-Men |
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Detective #119 |
No |
"The Talking Dog" -capture a crook in hiding at a local circus |
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Detective #120 |
No |
"Safe-Cracker by Proxy" - captures safecrackers hiding out in a haunted house |
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Detective #121 |
No |
"Happy Jail-Day to You!" - tracks crooks using a singing messengers service |
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Detective #122 |
No |
"The Uncandid Camera" - Stops Slugs Meeker using a photography shop to the fool the police. |
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Detective #123 |
No |
"The Voices of Spooky Sommers" - thwarts Duke Dugan's loan racket. |
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Detective #124 |
No |
"The Crime Express" - Air Wave captures crooks on a train during the conductor's retirement run |
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Detective #125 |
No |
"Prosecutor by Proxy" - Larry Jordan has to try a case by proxy when crooks give Air Wave a black eye |
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Detective #126 |
No |
"Felons in Furs" - capture fur coat thieves while a co-worker tries to boost his "will power" to impress a girl |
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Detective #127 |
No |
"Rogues and Red Hots" - thwarts crooks using stolen radio technology to commit crimes |
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Detective #128 |
No |
"The Bandits and the Bells" vs. Limpy, a crook with a lucky bell |
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Detective #129 |
No |
"Crime Spots on the Sun" - When sunspots disrupt Air Wave's radio waves, he has to improve to catch some crooks |
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Detective #130 |
No |
"Static Sees Doubles" - Air Wave creates a radio controlled double, which comes in handy when crooks figure out his secret identity |
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Detective #131 |
No |
"Polly Wants to Crack a Safe" - vs. the Parrot |
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Detective #132 |
No |
"Skates for Scoundrels" -rescues kids when they get mixed up with crooks in their courier service |
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Detective #133 |
No |
"Radio Hams to the Rescue" - a group of amateur radio enthusiasts help Air Wave clean up emergencies in Tuttleville |
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Detective #134 |
No |
"Calamity Incorporated" - crooks exploit a veteran with a silver plate in his skull which makes susceptible to manipulation |
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Detective #135 |
No |
"Unscrambled Proverbs" - Thwarts crooks at a radio station while a nasty shock makes Static the Parrot start quoting proverbs correctly |
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Detective #136 |
No |
"The City of Glass" - vs. "Flipper" Graw and his gang |
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Detective #137 |
No |
"Cycle of Crimes" - Captures crooks masquerading as a newspaper boy |