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New Heroic Comics
Date | Number: 60 | Lang: English (en)
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   By Waindan
Thanks for having me on the forum and thank you for putting this here! The "Heroic Mailman" is my grandfather. I have been unable to find a physical copy (I have extremely aged pages from the original) but this is just beautiful.
  
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PublicationMay 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly
NotesPrevious indexer credited Alex Toth, but A. Thompson was the regular cover artist for this series.
 
ContentGenre: Adventure
NotesPrevious indexer credited Alex Toth, but A. Thompson was the regular cover artist for this series.
 
AdvertisementWhat You Can Do about Pimples (1 page)
CreditsPencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset
NotesFactual advertisement for product sold by Dornol Products in New York that battles various facial problems. Found on the inside front cover. The indicia indicates the President of Famous Funnies, Inc. as William J. Pape and William R. Pape as the Treasurer. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-11-7.
 
SynopsisEastern Color wording: "Men and women chosen by this publication for their daring actions in hazardous tasks", listing the names of 19 individuals whose stories are told in this issue.
FeaturingHeroic Hall of Honor
CreditsLetters: typeset
ContentGenre: Non-fiction
 
Comic StoryHero of the High Seas (3 pages)
SynopsisAfrican-American sailor Perry volunteers to assist an injured man aboard the Trawler "Phantom" at the risk of his own life.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: James L. Perry (Chief Pharmacist' Mate); un-named injured sailor
NotesPencil credit added by Craig Delich 2012-11-7. Story is based on this issue's cover portrayal.
 
Comic StoryQuagmire! (2 pages)
SynopsisTwo men driving near Oakes Pond in Bloomfield, New Jersey, spot a young boy sinking in the mud of a recently drained pond and assist in saving him from certain death.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Angelo Posechia; George Kraus; unnamed 11-year-old boy
 
Comic StoryBus Driver Hero (2 pages)
SynopsisBus driver O'Mara is on his morning run when a toddler on a tricycle rides out in front of his bus, and only the quick wits of O'Mara saves the boy's life.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
CreditsPencils: Ray Thornley? | Inks: Ray Thornley?
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Thomas J. O'Mara; un-named toddler
NotesArtist credits by Craig Delich 2012-11-7.
 
Comic StoryRiver Rescue (2 pages)
SynopsisWorker William Hanley spots a 10-year-old pupil at Quinsigamond School falling into the water and going under, so he dives into the water and saves the boy's life.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: William Hanley; Richard; Richard's unnamed sister
NotesThe name Sam Decker was a pen name used separately and in tandem by both Sam and Louis Glanzman.
 
Comic StoryCrack-Up! (2 pages)
SynopsisGetting ready to retire for the night, Harry Bolland of Orange, New Jersey, hears a car plow throgh a gate and into a lake in a nearby park, and dashes out, jumps in and rescues the people inside.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Harry Bolland
 
Comic StoryCourage Cheats the Smoke (2 pages)
SynopsisLate one afternoon a fire breaks out in the three-story Ellis home. Young James runs out to safety, but his brother John is still inside. With remarkable courage, the mother of the trapped boy rushes in to save her son.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Mrs. Wilbur Ellis; John Ellis; James Ellis
 
Comic StoryThe Crippled Crime Buster (4 pages)
SynopsisRookie Patrolman Powers, on leave with a serious back injury, comes upon the robbery in progress, and, with risk to life and limb, pursues the crook and brings him to justice, for which he received the News Hero of the Month Award and was received before the New York City Police Department Honor Board.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: John A. Powers, Jr. (Policeman); un-named crook (villain)
 
Comic StoryPotomac Rescue (2 pages)
SynopsisLt. Fairall is alerted by fellow firemen that three young boys are trapped on a sandbar beneath a bridge and face certain death. Fairall leads the attempt to rescue the lads and is awarded the Silver Medal for his actions.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Lt. Meade C. Fairall
 
Comic StoryGravel-Pit Pool Hero (2 pages)
SynopsisWith his pal going down a second time, Eddie Easton dives into a large gravel-pit pool to rescue a friend of his, who is then given artificial resuscitation by a passer-by.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Eddie Easton
NotesCorrected story title by Craig Delich 2012-11-7.
 
Comic StoryHeroic Mailman (2 pages)
SynopsisMailman Long spots a drowning man beneath Howard Bridge in Charleston, Massachusetts, and throws him a life preserver. When the man refuses to take hold of it, Long jumps in and rescues him. For his effort, mailman Long receives medals and awards.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Daniel M. Long (mailman)
 
Character profileArlene Bailey
SynopsisTroop No. 30 Intermediate Girl Scout Bailey was recommended for the award of the Silver Cross for Lifesaving when she saved the life of an 11-year-old girl whose dress had caught fire.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Arlene Bailey
NotesWriter and letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-11-7.
 
SynopsisThe kids visit the aquarium and watch a puffer fish trying to teach his offspring how to blow. One kid gets the idea to give the adult fish a piece of bubble gum to illustrate this to his sibling.
ContentCharacters: Pud
NotesIllustrated advertisement for Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-11-7.
 
Text StorySteeplejack (2 pages)
SynopsisSteeplejack Kemp, working on a chimney, suddenly has his scaffold break from under him, and he desperately swings to a ledge for safety. However, he has no way down nor do his rescuers have any way up to him. One attempt was made by an airplane, but, when that fails, the Coast Guard was called in, and they succeed in the rescie by use of a rocket gun.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
CreditsLetters: typeset
ContentGenre: Adventure; Non-fiction | Characters: James Kemp
 
Comic StoryLucky Hunch (3 pages)
SynopsisFrancis cuts short a trip to see his aged mother. As he rushes home to find his home engulfed in smoke and flame. He crashes through a window, awakens his wife and friend, rescuing them, and then must re-enter to save the life of his daughter.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Francis I. O'Laughlin; Mrs. O'Laughlin; Diane O'Laughlin; Lillian
 
Comic StorySupreme Sacrifice (2 pages)
SynopsisA 14-year-old girl of Riverside, New Jersey, gives her own life to save that of a drowning young boy struggling in the water.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: June Sickler (death); unnamed boy
 
Comic StoryCity Hero (2 pages)
SynopsisA Department of Sanitation worker in New York risks life and limb to rescue four young children left in their apartment by their mother who went shopping, who have accidently set fire to curtains.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
CreditsPencils: Ray Thornley? | Inks: Ray Thornley?
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Louis Mastrangelo; unnamed mother; unnamed children
NotesArtist credits added by Craig Delich 2012-11-7.
 
Comic StoryDockside Rescue (3 pages)
SynopsisThe quick thinking and wits of Boy Scout Emile Berube saves the lives of two drowning boys.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Emile Berube; John Stears; Ronald Stears; Mrs. Stears
NotesEverett art credits confirmed by Blake Bell and Doc Vassallo.
 
Comic StoryMatch Fire (2 pages)
SynopsisMrs. Leonard displays exceptional courage and presence of mind when she rescues her two young sons, who, left alone in an upstairs playroom, find a box of matches and accidently cause a fire.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
CreditsPencils: Ray Thornley? | Inks: Ray Thornley?
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Mildred Leonard; Tom Leonard; unnamed son of Mrs. Leonard
NotesArtist credits by Craig Delich 2012-11-7.
 
Comic StoryA Present for Mother (2 pages)
SynopsisAfter his mother puts young Tommy to bed, Eugene Grimes checks on how his half-brother is doing in his Mom's bedroom, and discovers that Tommy has fallen through a floor, only held safely by the boy's shoelace.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Eugene Grimes; Tommy (Eugene's half-brother); un-named mother of Eugene and Tommy
 
Comic StoryNight of Terror (3 pages)
SynopsisA young woman, out with her boyfriend on evening around midnight, suddenly leaves the car and boyfriend, and decides to take a walk along a sheer cliff. Her footing gives way, and she falls down the side of the cliff until she gets a handhold. When the police arrive, they call in two lifeguards, who help to rescue the girl before she falls to her death.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Richard Conroy; unnamed man; unnamed woman
NotesWriter and artist credits [full name Morris S. Weiss] added by Craig Delich 2012-11-7.
 
Comic StoryPete Summers...and the Runaway Bus (3 pages)
SynopsisThe lives of 14 members of the Henrietta, Missouri boys basketball team are saved from certain death by the actions of bus driver Pete Summers, when the bus they all are riding in has issues with ice and snow.
FeaturingHeroic True Life Story
ContentGenre: Non-fiction | Characters: Pete Summers; un-named basketball coach
NotesArt identification by Ger Apeldoorn.
 
Advertisement"While they last......." (1 page)
CreditsLetters: typeset
NotesIllustrated advertisement from the Charles McManus Company in Vermont for U.S. military war surplus items, such as signaling mirrors, haversacks, pistol belts, cartridge belts, musette bags and much more. Found on the inside back cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-11-7.
 
AdvertisementDirect from factory to you! (1 page)
CreditsLetters: typeset
NotesIllustrated advertisement from Niresk Industries in Chicago, offering readers the opportunity to purchase for $4.95 a 10-piece stainless steel, diamond tested, hollow ground knife set.
 
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