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Issue: War Heroes #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1944
 
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Albert Delacorte (Chief Editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
war
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Miscellaneous
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War in the Pacific

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational, war
Map of the Pacific showing strategic areas such as the Marshall Islands and Paramushiru.
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Inside front cover; black and white. Map and text.
Correspondent at Tarawa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Burris Jenkins
Burris Jenkins
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational, war
Pete Zurlinden
Adventures of Marine combat correspondent Pete Zurlinden during the assault on the island of Tarawa.
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Panels with typeset text underneath.
Chaplain of the Fighting 69th

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Burris Jenkins (splash panel); ? (rest of story)
Burris Jenkins (splash panel); ? (rest of story)
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational, war
Father Meany
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Blood in the Cockpit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Burris Jenkins (splash panel); ? (rest of story)
Burris Jenkins (splash panel); ? (rest of story)
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational, war
Gordon Hodde
Marine Warrant Office Gordon Hodde downs three Japanese Zeros in a firefight over Kahili, then lands his plane despite being badly wounded.
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Panels with typeset text underneath.
Hobo on a U-Boat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Burris Jenkins (signed) (splash panel); Tom Hickey [as Sgt. Tom Hickey] (signed) (rest of story)
Burris Jenkins (signed) (splash panel); Tom Hickey [as Sgt. Tom Hickey] (signed) (rest of story)
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational, war
Archie Gibbs
After his ship is torpedoed by the Germans, merchant seaman Archie Gibbs is rescued by a ship that is also torpedoed. Gibbs is picked up by a German submarine. Gibbs makes friends with some of the crew with gifts of cigarettes and after four days is dropped off into the sea near a Venezuelan river boat.
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Miscellaneous
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Panels with typeset text underneath.
A Leatherneck's Birthday

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Burris Jenkins (splash panel); ? (rest of story)
Burris Jenkins (splash panel); ? (rest of story)
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational, war
Eddie Long
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4
Panels with typeset text underneath.
Blazing Burial

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational, war
"Pat" Patterson
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Miscellaneous
2
Panels with typeset text underneath.
A Hero Forgets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Burris Jenkins (signed) (splash panel); ? (rest of story)
Burris Jenkins (signed) (splash panel); ? (rest of story)
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?
Subject Matter
informational, war
Bob Hilsky; Admiral XXX Nimitz (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
6
Action at Buna

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
war
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Text story with two illustrations.
The Lone Wolf of Guadalcanal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Burris Jenkins (signed) (splash panel); ? (rest of story)
Burris Jenkins (signed) (splash panel); ? (rest of story)
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?
Subject Matter
informational, war
Cecil LeRoy "Jake" Jacobson
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Miscellaneous
6
3 Japs with One Bullet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational, war
Nick Sileo
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Miscellaneous
3
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The Hill

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
war
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When the Kid's Luck Failed

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Burris Jenkins (signed)
Burris Jenkins (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
war
Bernard "Lucky" Heidemann
After being wounded by the Germans, Bernard "Lucky" Heidemann spends hours reading the bible while waiting for help to arrive.
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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover; black and white; half-text, half-art.
[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Burris Jenkins
Burris Jenkins
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typeset
Subject Matter
war
Bob Schindler
That Jap shell, relates Bob Schidler...
Bob Schindler, Coast Guard Boatswain's Mate 1st Class, relates what happens when he is caught in an explosion caused by a Japanese shell hitting his ship, the "Little."
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Back cover. Half-text, half-art. Bottom lines are promotions for buying War Bonds.

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