Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1951
Editing: ?
Cover Thumbnail for New Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1946 series) #69 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Henry Kiefer (signed as H. C. Kiefer) (painting)
Inks:
Henry Kiefer (signed as H. C. Kiefer) (painting)
Colors:
Henry Kiefer (signed as H. C. Kiefer) (painting)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction; war
Synopsis:
G.I. throws himself on a live grenade.

Issue Data

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page

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Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Also includes indicia.

List of all the real people featured in the issue.

Beyond the Call of Duty
(Table of Contents: 2)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:non-fiction; war
  • Job Number:H.C.#69-5111
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:An East Bridgewater, Mass. corporal died a hero in Korea...
Characters:
Gordon M. Craig
Synopsis:
A man throws himself on a grenade to save the rest of his squad.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Cover story.

Cited for Heroism
(Table of Contents: 3)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Berrill (signed as JAB)
Inks:
Jack Berrill (signed as JAB)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:drama; non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What's that child doing? Doesn't he realize the danger?
Characters:
Patricia Ann Dominick
Synopsis:
Patricia sees a neighbor boy fall into a well.

Indexer Notes

The artwork is signed in the last panel as JAB.

Cool under Fire
(Table of Contents: 4)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Moore (signed)
Inks:
Ed Moore (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:drama; non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:(Cough! Cough!) The house is on fire!
Characters:
James Stevens
Synopsis:
James helps his family get out of a burning apartment house.

Indexer Notes

Moore signs in the third panel of page two.

Race against a Raging River
(Table of Contents: 5)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:drama; non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Tippy! Tippy! Oh, golly! He'll drown!
Characters:
Leonard Sobecky; Mrs. Sobecky; Tippy
Synopsis:
Leonard saves his friend from drowning in the river.

Indexer Notes

Possible art identification by Ger Apeldoorn.

Newspaper Driver Makes News
(Table of Contents: 6)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:drama; non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Robert Borelli, newspaper truck driver of Parma, Ohio, was on his way to deliver the early edition one recent morning when he saw...
Characters:
Robert Borelli; George
Synopsis:
Robert sees a house on fire and wakes the family up, then hooks up a hose to keep the fire at bay.

Indexer Notes

Possible art identification by Ger Apeldoorn.

Boy Scout Training Saves Girl
(Table of Contents: 7)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:drama; non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Lessons that Andrew Clark, of Greenfield, Wis., learned as a boy scout, saved the life of a little girl when she fell into a water filled evacuation...
Characters:
Andrew Clark
Synopsis:
A boy scout saves a girl who fell into a water filled construction pit.

F Sharp Strikes Brave Note
(Table of Contents: 8)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:drama; non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A Louisiana swamp... a freezing cold winter day...
Characters:
Mrs. Samuel F. Sharp; Samuel F. Sharp
Synopsis:
Samuel F. Sharp saves two men from freezing water.

Thin Ice and Stout Heart
(Table of Contents: 9)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Moore (signed)
Inks:
Ed Moore (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:drama; non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:13-year-old Thomas Redmond of Buffalo, N.Y., had been playing with a friend in Cazenovia Park, and when it was time to go home, the boys chose the short-cut afforded by frozen Cazenovia Creek...
Characters:
Thomas Redmond
Synopsis:
A boy breaks through the ice and Thomas saves him.

Dies Saving Brother G. I.
(Table of Contents: 10)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:drama; non-fiction; biography; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Master Sergeant Lawrence J. Fitzsimmons, of New York, was fatally hurt in an attempt to save a fellow soldier...
Characters:
Lawrence J. Fitzsimmons
Synopsis:
Sergeant Fitzsimmons rushes into a burning building to save a G. I.

Memorable Memorial Day
(Table of Contents: 11)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:drama; non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Watch out --!!
Characters:
Gerald Rick; Donald Rick
Synopsis:
Four fishermen are capsized on Loess Lake and have to make it back to shore.
Reprints (2)

The Story of Robert Townsend
(Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
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Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Historians have long known that the extraordinary American spy of the Revolutionary War who called himself Samuel Culper, Jr., used an alias.
Characters:
Robert Townsend [Samuel Culper, Jr.]; John Andre; John Simcoe; William Tyron; Austin
Synopsis:
How Robert Townsend spied on the British and passed that information on to the American troops.

Honor Roll
(Table of Contents: 13)

Heroic True Life Story / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Berrill (signed as JAB)
Inks:
Jack Berrill (signed as JAB)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:drama; non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Scout of the Month award winner...
Characters:
Mrs. Mamie Wallingford; Ernest Dennis; John H. Hibour; Walter D. Clemont

Indexer Notes

Four one-panel cartoons of different heroic deeds.

Conflagration!
(Table of Contents: 14)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:drama; non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mrs. Carl Ruth of Worcester, Mass., left her basement apartment for a few minutes to see an upstairs neighbor--
Characters:
Mrs. Carl Ruth; Carl Ruth Jr.
Synopsis:
Mrs. Ruth's oil stove explodes endangering her children.

Cool Calm and Collected
(Table of Contents: 15)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:drama; non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Two Pennsylvania parents left their 15-year-old daughter, Margaret Emel, to care for their younger children, as they drove to nearby Lock Haven, to purchase food supplies for their island home...
Characters:
Margaret Emel; Mr. Emel; Mrs. Emel
Synopsis:
Margaret figures out how to keep her siblings safe during a flood.

The Watchman
(Table of Contents: 16)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Moore (signed)
Inks:
Ed Moore (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:drama; non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There...We'll have to keep you here a few days for observation...
Characters:
Stanley Tarnowski
Synopsis:
Stanley sees a house on fire and saves the woman inside.

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Famous Funnies Patterns / advertisement / 1 page

Prize-Winning Doll of the Year
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Baby Blue Eyes Doll / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. Beyond the Call of Duty
    Heroic True Life Story
  4. Cited for Heroism
    Heroic True Life Story
  5. Cool under Fire
    Heroic True Life Story
  6. Race against a Raging River
    Heroic True Life Story
  7. Newspaper Driver Makes News
    Heroic True Life Story
  8. Boy Scout Training Saves Girl
    Heroic True Life Story
  9. F Sharp Strikes Brave Note
    Heroic True Life Story
  10. Thin Ice and Stout Heart
    Heroic True Life Story
  11. Dies Saving Brother G. I.
    Heroic True Life Story
  12. Memorable Memorial Day
    Heroic True Life Story
  13. The Story of Robert Townsend
  14. Honor Roll
    Heroic True Life Story
  15. Conflagration!
    Heroic True Life Story
  16. Cool Calm and Collected
    Heroic True Life Story
  17. The Watchman
    Heroic True Life Story
  18. ["1899 - Junior date special with slanted detail, lines that accent a young figure."]
    Famous Funnies Patterns
  19. Prize-Winning Doll of the Year
    Baby Blue Eyes Doll
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  • Chris Boyko
  • Keith Chandler
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  • Michael Hoskin
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Keith Alan Morgan
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  • Tony R. Rose
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