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Heroic #64 1951
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | January 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Indexed from a scan from Digital Comic Museum (digitalcomicmuseum.com). |
| Credits | Script: Bill Everett (signed) | Pencils: Bill Everett (signed) | Inks: Bill Everett? | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Pencils: Three dashes V three dashes I three dashes TT. |
| Contents | Heroic Hall of Honor (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Eastern Color's foreword text reads: "Heroic Hall of Honor: Men and women chosen by this publication for their daring actions in hazardous tasks", listing 26 individuals whose stories are told in this issue. |
| Featuring | Heroic Hall of Honor |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | Rescued From 10.000 Tons of Death! (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Diana and her Mom are strolling down by the docks looking for their cousin, who is an officer on an incoming ship, when the little girl falls off a plank into the water, and in danger of being crushing by a shifting ship. 130 crew members put their backs to work holding back the ship while Joseph Zappulla is lowered down to rescue the girl. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Everett [as Everett] (signed) | Inks: Bill Everett [as Everett] (signed) | Job #: H.C. #64-511 |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Joseph Zappulla; John Balzano; Guiseppe Gambino; Diana; Diana's un-named mother; un-named Pier Superintendent |
| Notes | Art credits verified by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo per Blake Bell. |
| Comic Story | Boy to Man in Seconds (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Joe is told by a group of his friends that a small boy has fallen into the water and is about to drown. He jumps in and pulls the boy out and performs artifical respiration on the lad for 15 minutes until medics arrive. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Harold LeDoux (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Joseph Feldman; un-named drowning boy; un-named mother of the boy |
| Comic Story | Hero at 7 (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Little Marta wants to go swimming while her brother John fishes. However, Marta begins to drown and John saves her. The act is recognized by the Governor of the State in an official letter to John. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Bailey |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: John Rhodes; Marta Rhodes; Mrs. Rhodes; Bob; un-nmaed Chairman of the Red Cross; Governor Frederick J. Payne; Miss Robbins (Governor's secretary) |
| Notes | Note: The Who's Who does not list any artist by the name of Bill Bailey. |
| Comic Story | Fast Action Heroine (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | While hanging up her wash outside one day, Rose Renzi happened to see a 2-year-old child draped over a second story balustrade. Rushing over, she arrives in time to catch the falling child and preventing its death. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Ruth Atkinson [as R. Atkinson) (signed) | Inks: Ruth Atkinson [as R. Atkinson] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Rose Renzi; un-named baby |
| Notes | Inker credit added by Craig Delich 2012-10-27. |
| Comic Story | American Humane Association - Gold Medal Winner (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Robert saves the life of a black and white dog from a quarry and receives the Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Bronze Medal and a check for his efforts. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Jerry Fasano [as Fasano] (signed) | Inks: Jerry Fasano [as Fasano] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Robert Lotterhand; Falla (Robert's dog) |
| Notes | Art credits added by Craig Delich 2012-10-27. |
| Comic Story | Inferno (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | An oil stove on the porch of a house explodes, causing a fire which threatens the life of a 3-month-old girl in her stroller. Ronald Orzel risks death by pulling the flaming stroller away from the porch and assisting in putting out the flames engulfing the baby's blanket. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Harry G. Peter | Inks: Harry G. Peter |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Ronald Orzel |
| Notes | Art credits verified by Craig Delich 2012-10-27. |
| Comic Story | Swimming Lessons Save a Life (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Buddy and Marion go swimming, but Marion takes off on his own, warned by Buddy not to attempt the swim alone. Buddy later jumps in to follow Marion, spots his struggling in the water, and then tows him some 200' to safety. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Alfonso Greene (signed) | Inks: Alfonzo Greene (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Buddy Martin; Marion |
| Comic Story | Boyscout Turns Cowboy (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Boy Scout Jack Gause and his two pals are playing cowboy one day when one of the boys falls into a deep pool of water, and is near drowning when quick-witted Jack pulls him out and administers artificial respiration to save his life. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Benulis |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Jack Gause |
| Notes | Pencils: Ger Apeldoorn states Bill Benulis (dancing panels). The Who's Who does not list Benulis as working at Eastern Color. |
| Comic Story | Tenderfoot Hero (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tenderfoot Scout Richard Paturel saves the life of a buddy of his who has fallen from a raft into the river by pulling the boy out and performing artificial respiration. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Richard Paturel |
| Comic Story | Miracle Rescue (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ken DiPaolo, recovering from blindness caused by an accident six months earlier, is walking along the river bank of the Mystic River in Massachusetts when he spies a child drowning in the water. He dives in and brings the child to shore and performs artificial respiration on him to save his life. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Bailey |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Kenneth DiPaolo; Al DiPaolo (Ken's brother); Helen; Mr. Zygmunt; Mrs. Zugmunt; un-named baby of the Zygmunts |
| Notes | The Who's Who does not list a Bill Bailey. |
| Comic Story | A Man at Four (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two young boys are playing in an old playhouse when one of them gets his neck caught in the rafters. Fast thinking by Gary is getting the assistance of the boy's mother aids in the saving of her son's life. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Harold LeDoux (signed) | Inks: Harold LeDoux (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Gary Bartlett; un-named friend of Gary; un-named mother of the child |
| Notes | Inker credit added by Craig Delich 2012-10-27. |
| Text Story | The Yellow Dog (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Big Rick, a 38-year veteran guide, watched as a bear severely injured his dog, Nugget. Not wanting to have a dog around that could be a liability, Rick gives the dog to an old trapper friend of his, Eric. Eric then used the dog to track down dangerous wolverines. After that, the old trapper saw no use for the dog until one day a giant brown bear attacked Eric in his cabin, and, though severely injured, the dog held off the bear long enough for Eric to kill it. A few years later, when Eric died, the dog somehow made his way back to Big Rick, who later died in 1926. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Fact; Adventure | Characters: Big Rick [Richard] Gordon (guide, death); Nugget (dog, death); Eric Jensen (trapper, death) |
| Notes | Story title added by Craig Delich 2012-10-27. |
| Comic Story | Bandit Patrol (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | When a payroll messenger from an engraving company is beat up and robbed, two alert Policemen spot the get-away car, stop it and apprehend the criminals, for which they were awarded medals and an award. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Alfonso Greene (signed) | Inks: Alfonzo Greene (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: John R. Smith; Frank Claus; un-named thief (villain) |
| Notes | Inker credit added by Craig Delich 2012-10-27. |
| Comic Story | Man Overboard (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Larry and his buddy are out fishing one day when they spot a man in the water near his boat. Larry dives in with his clothes on and rescues him. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Lawrence Gafney; Cinder (a cat); un-named fisherman |
| Comic Story | Brothers Dive in (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Robert and Francis saves the life of a little boy who had been hunting grasshoppers when he fell into a river and nearly went over the dam! |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Script:?; Francis DeGere | Pencils: Harry G. Peter | Inks: Harry G. Peter |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Robert DeGere; Francis DeGere; un-named child |
| Notes | Francis tells this story in his own words. Writer credits and inker credit added, and art credits confirmed by Craig Delich 2012-10-27. |
| Comic Story | Miracle (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ohio State Senior James Scheiman spots the hand of a young boy going down in the water for the last time, rescues him off the bottom and applies artificial respiration for 10 minutes until medical personnel can arrive on the scene. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Robert Peterson (signed) | Inks: Robert Peterson (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: James Scheiman |
| Notes | Inker credit added by Craig Delich 2012-10-27. |
| Comic Story | Poison Gas (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A Philadelphia housewife and husband escape the acrid fumes of leaking refrigerator gas, and alert their sons to also escape. After having left the house, one of the sons hears their 78-year-old grandfather yelling for help and one of the sons save him. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Peterson (signed) | Inks: Bob Peterson (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Un-named Philadelphia family; un-named grandfather |
| Notes | Inker credit added by Craig Delich 2012-10-27. |
| Comic Story | Lunch Hour Heroine (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Secretary Claire Brickley, on her lunch break, spots a little girl drowning in Boston Commons Frog Pond, and wades in, fully clothed, to rescue the girl. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Powell? |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Claire Brickley; un-named little girl |
| Notes | The Who's Who does not list Powell as having worked for Eastern Color. |
| Comic Story | Mother's Courage Saves Four! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Irene is on her way home to her trailer court when she spots a trailer on fire with children inside, and risking her life, rescues both younger children still inside after the older siblings escaped. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Ruth Atkinson [as R. Atkinson] (signed) | Inks: Ruth Atkinson [as R. Atkinson] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Irene Strickland; un-named neighbor; Tommy; un-named little girl |
| Notes | Inker credit added by Craig Delich 2012-10-27. |
| Comic Story | Rescue at the Creek by Nancy Wilde, Madison, Wisc. (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ronnie decides to show off for his sister, Eleanor, by going into a creek whose depth was deeper than he thought. Without thinking, Nancy dived in to save him. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Script: Nancy Wilde (signed) | Pencils: Bill Bailey? |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Nancy Wilde; Ronnie; Eleanor |
| Notes | The Who's Who does not list a Bill Bailey. Writer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-10-27. |
| Comic Story | Playmate Saves Chum! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | When one of her playmates falls through the ice at Weasel Brook, Julie saves her and is commended by the Police. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Harold LeDoux (signed) | Inks: Harold LeDoux (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Julie Feeley |
| Notes | Inker credit added by Craig Delich 2012-10-27. |
| Comic Story | Lifesaver… Age Six! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Buddy saves his sister from drowning in a rain-filled cistern. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Harry G. Peter | Inks: Harry G. Peter |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Buddy [Paul] Zimber; Ruth Zimber; Mrs. Zimber |
| Notes | Inker added and art credits confirmed by Craig Delich 2012-10-27. |
| Comic Story | Their Son was Truly Brave! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Taylor saves his friend Tommy from drowning in a deep pool formed by a broken water main. But his mother, not believing the story finally became a believer when Tommy's mother showed up at their house and presented Taylor with a new wallet. |
| Featuring | Heroic True Life Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Ruth Atkinson [as R. Atkinson] (signed) | Inks: Ruth Atkinson [as R. Atkinson] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: Taylor Bacchus; Mrs. Bacchus; Tommy; un-named mother of Tommy |
| Notes | Inker credit added by Craig Delich 2012-10-27. |
| PSA | The Classroom Secret (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A PSA from the National Citizens Commission for the public schools, in which children all earn money for a secret school project: giving a surprise party for their teacher. |
| Credits | Pencils: Jerry Fasano [as Fasano] (signed) | Inks: Jerry Fasano [as Fasano] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Alice; Joe |
| Notes | Found on the inside back cover. |
| Advertisement | Famous Funnies Patterns (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Advertisement for three assorted female dress patterns that can be ordered by readers to include two different striking bolero outfits combining two fabrics with charm, and a frock cut along princess lines, all available in assorted sizes. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the back cover. |
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