Fred Kida ( December 12 , 1920 -- April 3 , 2014 ) was a Japanese-American comic book and comic strip artist best known for the 1940s aviator hero Airboy and his antagonist and sometime ally Valkyrie during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books .
Fred Kida ( December 12 , 1920 -- April 3 , 2014 ) was an American comic book and comic strip artist . He was best known for the 1940s aviator hero Airboy and his antagonist and sometime ally Valkyrie during the Golden Age of Comic Books .