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Heroic #43 - Diff Ver
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | July 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | Painted cover. |
| Advertisement | Boys! Girls! Get 'em Now! Fireworks for July 4th (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Several fireworks packages offered by mail, including sparklers, firecrackers, ROman candles and other items. |
| Featuring | Acme Sales Company |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Foreword/Afterword | In This Issue... (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A list of the men and women featured in this issue. |
| Featuring | Heroic Hall of Honor |
| Advertisement | Bang! Now You Can Buy Fireworks |
| Synopsis | Fireworks by mail, different from the ad on inside front cover. |
| Featuring | Banner Fireworks Mfg. Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | This is a vertical ad that covers the left third of the page. |
| Comic Story | Lady of Daring |
| Synopsis | A recounting of Mary Wiggins' career as a stunt pilot and stunt driver. |
| Featuring | Mary Wiggins |
| Credits | Script: Ben R. Allen [as Stookie Allen] | Pencils: Ben R. Allen [as Stookie Allen] | Inks: Ben R. Allen [as Stookie Allen] | Letters: Ben R. Allen [as Stookie Allen] |
| Content | Characters: Mary Wiggins |
| Notes | This feature is vertical and takes the right two-thirds of the page. |
| Comic Story | Rescue by Helicopter (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The U.S. Coast Guard rescues the survivors of a plane crash. |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Guardineer | Inks: Fred Guardineer |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Lt. Guy Kleisch |
| Comic Story | The Impossible Mile (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Lifesavers battle floods and bad roads to deliver an iron lung. |
| Featuring | Roanoke's Volunteer Lifesavers |
| Credits | Pencils: Sid Greene (signed) | Inks: Sid Greene (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Roaoke Lifesavers |
| Comic Story | Detective versus Killer (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Detective Patton enters an apartment building to apprehend a killer. |
| Featuring | George Patton |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: George Patton |
| Comic Story | The XII Scout Law (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A scoutmaster uses the Jamboree to teach two youths about respect of religion. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mike Roy [as Roy] (signed) | Inks: Sam Burlockoff [as Burly] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dr. James E. West |
| Comic Story | A Miner Faces Death (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A miner save a co-worker fro being crushed. |
| Credits | Pencils: Si Pearlstein (signed) | Inks: Si Pearlstein (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Joseph Cannizzaro |
| Advertisement | Their Maine Chance (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for bicycle tires. |
| Featuring | Fisk Bike Tires |
| Advertisement | Bob Feller Says, Boys and Girls..." (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Popsicles and a note that prizes are awarded for wrappers. Also ad for the Posicle Pete Fun Book. |
| Featuring | Popsicle Pete |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Bob Feller; Popsicle Pete |
| Text Story | One Way to Safety (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two painters are rescued from the bottom of a 50,000 gallon tank. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Noel W. Phillips; Ernal C. Terry; |
| Comic Story | Fight for Life (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nina Wilkins nurses a wounded man while they cross a stormy bay. |
| Featuring | Nina Wilkins |
| Credits | Pencils: Allen Ulmer (signed) | Inks: Allen Ulmer (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Nina Wilkins |
| Advertisement | New Easy Way Teaches Guitar (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for a guitar-playing course and a book of 53 songs. |
| Featuring | Jim Major |
| Credits | Pencils: Bernard Baily | Inks: Bernard Baily |
| Comic Story | Detective Harold Moore, N. Y. City (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A short account of the career of Detective Harold Moore. |
| Credits | Script: Ben Allen [as Stookie Allen] (signed) | Pencils: Ben Allen [as Stookie Allen] (signed) | Inks: Ben Allen [as Stookie Allen] (signed) | Letters: Ben Allen [as Stookie Allen] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
| Comic Story | Rescue by Air (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A pilot rescues four boys adrift on a raft. |
| Featuring | Frederick Landa |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Frederick Landa |
| Comic Story | The Labrador Doctor (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A doctor braves ice and snow to treat a patient. |
| Featuring | Doctor Grenfell |
| Credits | Pencils: Sol Brodsky (signed) | Inks: Sol Brodsky (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dr. Grenfell |
| Comic Story | Mountain Rescue (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | James Irwin sets a hiker's broken leg. |
| Featuring | James Irwin |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: James Irwin |
| Comic Story | Richard C. Gill (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Profile of Richard Gill. |
| Featuring | Medical Hero |
| Credits | Pencils: August Lenox | Inks: August Lenox | Letters: August Lenox |
| Advertisement | New! Amazing Auto-Magic Picture Gun (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for a projection toy. Advertised as a Krypto-Ray Gun in some DC titles. |
| Featuring | Allen Sales Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement | The Insult That Turned a Chump into a Champ (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Charles Atlas body-building ad. |
| Featuring | Charles Atlas |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Advertisement | Good Luck to You Boys! Girls! Women! Men! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for birthstone rings. |
| Featuring | Dean Studios |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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