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Issue: Heroic Comics #25 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1944
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Issues: #25 of 23 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: The Eastern Color Printing Company
On Sale Date: 1944
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Nazi sub
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Magic Carpet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Helmar Schmidt
First Line: Ah! This is the life!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: True-life story
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Winner Takes All

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Lt. Charles H. Hiutchins
First Line: Here is a story...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Saltarella who also says Louis Cazeneuve is a possibility.

Keith Chandler : This is pure Kiefer.
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He Broke a Rule to Break a Zero

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? ( spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Lt. Raymond Kramme
First Line: Someties it pays to overlook a rule.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tarawa Is Ours

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
First Line: For 76 hours United States Naval and Marine forces fought...
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Pages: 4
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"Mercy Leap" to Germany

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): S/Sgt. Tyre S. Weaver
First Line: High above blacked out Germany...
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Pages: 4
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Lieut. David C. Waybur Tank Smasher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Lieut. David C. Waybur
First Line: Although trapped and seriously wounded..
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Saltarella. Keith Chander : Yes, pure Kiefer.
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Two Strikes but Not Out

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? ( spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Commander James S. Freeman
First Line: The men of the S. S. Alchiba...
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Pages: 1
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5 - U.S. Marines vs 75 Japs!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Sgt. Bernard Brown
First Line: Five American Marines and a combat patrol...
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Pages: 3
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Think Twice Before You Crumble a Piece of Paper - It's Ammunition for Victory

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
Character(s): Hydroman (unnamed); Hitler; Tojo
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Hydroman drops bundles of paper on Hitler and Tojo.
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Learn Something about Your War Bonds from This Fellow!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for war bonds.
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The Lama Who Had No Face

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Music Master
Character(s): The Music Master [John Wallace]; Ken Anders; Phil Markham; The Faceless Lama of Shang-Ta
First Line: From out of the East...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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He Changed Their Plans

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? ( spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Tech. Sgt. Herman Sacknoff
First Line: They had it all planned.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hydroman and Rainbow Boy
Character(s): Hydroman [Bob Blake]; Rainbow Boy [Jack Walton]; Vito (crook)
First Line: East coast shipping is suddenly demoralized...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Saltarella. Confirmed by Keith Chandler.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Man O Metal
Character(s): Man O Metal [Pat Dempsey]; Joe Kelsey
First Line: When the prosperous little country of Trivania...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pencils were previously credited to H. G. Peter, but this looks like the similarly-styled Seymour Pearlstein, who signed a story in the previous issue.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Wead (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation, war
Feature(s): Flyin' Jenny
Character(s): Flyin' Jenny Dare; Spinner Martin; Cyril
First Line: Losing altitude fast...
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Reprint Notes: from Flyin' Jenny Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1941-11-16 [minus first three panels], 1941-11-23 [panels 1-3 and 5 only], 1941-12-07 [panels 1,5-6 and 9 only]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3

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