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| Date | | Number: 56 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Heroic Comics 56 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Drama |
| Pencils | A. Thompson (painting) (signed) |
| Inks | A. Thompson (painting) (signed) |
| Colors | A. Thompson (painting) (signed) |
| Contents | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Heroic Hall of Honor |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Notes | List of "heroes" featured in this issue. |
| Comic Story | Hallahan Reports (3 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Crime |
| Characters | Bill Hallahan |
| First Line | Faced with an emergency... |
| Comic Story | Night of Terror (3 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Military |
| Characters | Ensign J. H. MacDonald |
| Pencils | Robert Webster ? |
| Inks | Jerry Fasano ? |
| First Line | Any sign of that flying boat? |
| Notes | Possible art identification from the JVJ hand-written file card suffixed to the copy at |
| Comic Story | Child Hero Man Size! (3 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction |
| Characters | Robert Bott; Carol Bott; their grandmother |
| Pencils | Harry Peter ? Seymour Pearlstein ? |
| Inks | Harry Peter ? Seymour Pearlstein ? |
| First Line | A sudden belch of flame... |
| Notes | Possible art identification of Peter by Ger Apeldoorn. Pearstein alternative suggestion by Keith Chandler. |
| Comic Story | Flaming Peril (2 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction |
| Characters | Kenneth Britton; Bertha Britton; their mother |
| Pencils | Ed Moore ? |
| Inks | Ed Moore ? |
| First Line | One day, last Novermber |
| Comic Story | Survivor (4 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Military |
| Characters | Randolph Clausen; Richmond P. Hobson; Admiral Sampson |
| Pencils | Sam Glanzman (signed) |
| Inks | Lew Glanzman (signed) |
| First Line | The story of Randolph Clausen, hero of Santiago... |
| Notes | Louis Glanzman used "L.S. Decker" as one of his pseudonyms. |
| Comic Story | Seconds to Spare (2 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction |
| Characters | Clarence V. Lewis |
| Pencils | Jay (see notes) |
| Inks | Jay (see notes) |
| First Line | It read like a chapter of "The Perils of Pauline"... |
| Notes | Saltarella says "Jay" is possibly Johhny Craig. Ger Apeldoorn says Jay Disbrow. Keith Chandler comments that the flowing art has little in common with Disbrow's style. |
| Comic Story | Flash Fire! (2 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction |
| Characters | Patrolman Joseph J. Cooney |
| First Line | Patrolman Joseph J. Cooney of Forest Hills... |
| Comic Story | Death Defeated (2 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction |
| Characters | Billy Ekroos; his sister; their mother; Bud Abbott; Lou Costello |
| First Line | An exploded oil stove... |
| Comic Story | Acrobatic Rescuer (2 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction |
| Characters | Fireman Henry J. Rhiel |
| Pencils | Alfonso Greene (signed) |
| Inks | Alfonso Greene (signed) |
| First Line | "One of the most daring rescues..." |
| Text Story | Dr. Paul Macy Research Scientist |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction |
| Comic Story | Young Courage! (2 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction |
| Characters | Patrick O'Hare |
| Pencils | Ed Moore ? |
| Inks | Ed Moore ? |
| First Line | When his pal fell into a deep drainage ditch... |
| Text Story | Jimmy Day — Fate's Right Hand Man (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction; Sports |
| Characters | James Day |
| First Line | The Subway Company's James Day... |
| Comic Story | New York's Gunmen Feared v (1 page) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Biography; Crime |
| Characters | Captain Pat. McVeigh |
| Pencils | Gil Kane ? |
| Inks | Gil Kane ? |
| First Line | One of his most brilliant achievements... |
| Notes | Possible art identification by Saltarella. Ger Apeldoorn states "Very Caniffy in a Infantino/Charles Raab sort of way." |
| Comic Story | There is No Greater Glory (2 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction |
| Characters | Uncle Pete |
| Pencils | Jay (see notes) |
| Inks | Jay (see notes) |
| First Line | Uncle Pete, seventy-four-year- old New Orleans snowball vendor... |
| Notes | Saltarella says "Jay" is possibly Johhny Craig. Ger Apeldoorn says Jay Disbrow. |
| Comic Story | Collision (3 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction |
| Characters | Robert P. Hale |
| Pencils | Jerry Fasano |
| Inks | Jerry Fasano |
| First Line | When it came to courage... |
| Notes | Art identification from the JVJ hand-written file card suffixed to the copy at |
| Comic Story | Major Kenneth B. Smith (1 page) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Biography; Military |
| Characters | Major Kenneth B. Smith |
| Pencils | Ed Moore (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Moore (signed) |
| First Line | Greater love hath no man... |
| Comic Story | Jaguar-Man (2 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Jungle |
| Characters | Sacha Siemel |
| Pencils | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Inks | Stookie Allen (signed) |
| First Line | This restless wanderer of the South American jungles... |
| Comic Story | Task Force Frigid (1 page) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Military |
| Characters | Raymond Kenyon |
| Pencils | Ed Moore (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Moore (signed) |
| First Line | Floating groundward during maneuvers in Alaska... |
| Comic Story | Walter Schubert's Race with Death (1 page) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction |
| Characters | Walter Schubert |
| Pencils | Jay (see notes) |
| Inks | Jay (see notes) |
| Notes | Art identification from the JVJ hand-written file card suffixed to the copy at https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=18921. |
| Comic Story | Saved By a American Red Cross Service Volunteer (2 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction |
| Characters | Mrs. Anna Ackroyd |
| First Line | Here is the story of Mrs. Anna Ackroyd... |
| Notes | There are initials (between a foot and a tire) in the final panel, which might read 'E.M.'. Ed Moore may be inferred, but the art style is not him. |
| Comic Story | Date with Danger (2 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction |
| Characters | Martin Smith; Junior |
| Pencils | Ed Moore (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Moore (signed) |
| First Line | Martin Smith, writer... |
| Comic Story | Fire and Fury (3 pages) |
| Feature | Heroic True Life Story |
| Genre | Drama; Non-fiction |
| Characters | Charles Redner; Dorothy Redner; their two children |
| Pencils | Ed Moore |
| Inks | Ed Moore |
| First Line | Keep calm! We'll get out! |
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