| Additional Information |
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| Publication | September 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Title from the story |
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| Cover | Fire Bell Tolls Death |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Non-fiction |
| Notes | Title from the story |
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| Synopsis | A list of heroes who appear in the comic. |
| Featuring | Heroic Hall of Honor |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Fire Bell Tolls Death (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Cole is killed when part of a burning building falls on him. |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Non-fiction | Characters: Fire Captain Cole (narrator, deceased) |
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| Comic Story | Patrolman Miller Man of Steel (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Patrolman Miller is wounded in a shootout with a robber. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime | Characters: Patrolman Leo Miller |
| Notes | Art identification by Ger Apeldoorn. |
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| Comic Story | George S. Patton (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | In 1916, Captain Patton single-handedly defeats a band of Mexican bandits and captures their leader. |
| Featuring | When They Were Young! |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Military | Characters: Cervantes; General John J. Pershing; Captain George S. Patton; Jack |
| Notes | Saltarella thinks this Thompson story is by Ben, not his brother Jimmy who also worked on this title. |
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| Comic Story | Brooklyn Hero "Ex G.I. Sergeant" (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | When their building catches on fire, Harold Basuino saves his family. |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Non-fiction | Characters: Harold Basuino; Mr. Basuino; Mrs. Basuino |
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| Comic Story | Tow Line to Safety (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sixteen-year-old William saves three boys who have fallen through ice on a lagoon. |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Non-fiction | Characters: William Fitzgerald; Dennie |
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| Text Article | The Ghost of an Indian Princess (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of a haunted ship that sank in 1597. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Non-fiction |
| Notes | Saltarella suggests that "Ayem" might be "A. M." and might be Alan Mandel. Keith Chandler confirms this suggestion. |
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| Featuring | "Pepsi"... the Pepsi-Cola Cop |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pepsi; Bozo; Pete |
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| Cartoon | "Doctor Sherlock" (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The story of Dr. Charles Norris, New York's chief medical examiner from 1918 to 1935. |
| Featuring | Copper! |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime | Characters: Dr. Charles Norris (medical examiner) |
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| Comic Story | A Fortunate False Alarm! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Joseph Mugavin finds his family overcome by gas, he turns off the gas and pulls a fire alarm. |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Non-fiction | Characters: Joseph Mugavin; Eleanor Mugavin |
| Notes | Saltarella points out that this story is also signed "Thompson" but appears to be by a different artist.
Keith Chandler : This is BEN Thompson. His upper case sigature, with the larger 'S', gives it away. |
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| Comic Story | Balto the... Heroic Husky (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | In 1925, Balto leads a dog sled team to Nome with diptheria antitoxin. |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Non-fiction; Animal | Characters: Balto (a husky) |
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| Comic Story | Against the River (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nell Williams pilots a riverboat from St. Louis to Red Fork to rescue people stranded by a flood. |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Non-fiction | Characters: Nell Williams; Josh; Jeb |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : There is a signature on the third panel of the third page, but it is illegible. My best guess would be 'Sinnott', but this is too early to be long-tern Atlas/Marvel artist Joe Sinnott. |
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| Comic Story | George Washington Special Scout (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | During the French and Indian War, young George Washington takes a dangerous assignment delivering a dispatch from Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia to the French. His Indian guide for the return trip, however, is a French agent instructed to kill him. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Historical | Characters: George Washington |
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| Comic Story | Handicap Ignored! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Richland High's star player has an artificial leg. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Remo Sterling Cline; Coach Littau |
| Notes | Saltarella suggests this is the same "Thompson" as the first story. |
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| Cartoon | Scientific Sherlock Edward Oscar Heinrich (1 page) |
| Featuring | Copper! |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime | Characters: Prof. Edward Oscar Heinrich (criminal-case consulant) |
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| Comic Story | Strike the Flag (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Young Hopson wins a sea battle for the British against the French. |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Non-fiction | Characters: Admiral Hopson (as a boy) |
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| Comic Story | Lock Picking Under Water (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Locksmith Charles Courtney is enlisted to open the safe of a sunken ship. |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Non-fiction | Characters: Charles Courtney |
| Notes | Saltarella again suggests this is the same "Thompson" as the first story. |
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