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Issue: New Heroic Comics #56 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1949
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Issues: #56 of 59 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A.C.M.P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Famous Funnies Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A.C.M.P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 24 (22 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
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Heroic Hall of Honor
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: List of "heroes" featured in this issue.
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Hallahan Reports

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Bill Hallahan
First Line: Faced with an emergency...
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Pages: 3
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Night of Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Ensign J. H. MacDonald
First Line: Any sign of that flying boat?
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Pages: 3
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Child Hero Man Size!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Robert Bott; Carol Bott; their grandmother
First Line: A sudden belch of flame...
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Possible art identification of Peter by Ger Apeldoorn. Pearstein alternative suggestion by Keith Chandler.
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Flaming Peril

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Kenneth Britton; Bertha Britton; their mother
First Line: One day, last Novermber
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Pages: 2
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Survivor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Randolph Clausen; Richmond P. Hobson; Admiral Sampson
First Line: The story of Randolph Clausen, hero of Santiago...
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Louis Glanzman used "L.S. Decker" as one of his pseudonyms.
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Seconds to Spare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Jay]
Inker(s): ? [as Jay]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Clarence V. Lewis
First Line: It read like a chapter of "The Perils of Pauline"...
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Disclose 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.
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Flash Fire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Patrolman Joseph J. Cooney
First Line: Patrolman Joseph J. Cooney of Forest Hills...
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Death Defeated

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Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Billy Ekroos; his sister; their mother; Bud Abbott; Lou Costello
First Line: An exploded oil stove...
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Acrobatic Rescuer

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Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Fireman Henry J. Rhiel
First Line: "One of the most daring rescues..."
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Dr. Paul Macy Research Scientist

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Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
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Pages: 0.5
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Young Courage!

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Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Patrick O'Hare
First Line: When his pal fell into a deep drainage ditch...
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Jimmy Day — Fate's Right Hand Man

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, non-fiction, sports
Character(s): James Day
First Line: The Subway Company's James Day...
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New York's Gunmen Feared v

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, crime, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Captain Pat. McVeigh
First Line: One of his most brilliant achievements...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Possible art identification by Saltarella. Ger Apeldoorn states "Very Caniffy in a Infantino/Charles Raab sort of way."
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There is No Greater Glory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Jay]
Inker(s): ? [as Jay]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Uncle Pete
First Line: Uncle Pete, seventy-four-year- old New Orleans snowball vendor...
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Saltarella says "Jay" is possibly Johhny Craig. Ger Apeldoorn says Jay Disbrow.
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Collision

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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Robert P. Hale
First Line: When it came to courage...
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Pages: 3
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Major Kenneth B. Smith

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Genres: biography, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Major Kenneth B. Smith
First Line: Greater love hath no man...
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Jaguar-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: jungle, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Sacha Siemel
First Line: This restless wanderer of the South American jungles...
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Pages: 2
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Task Force Frigid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: military, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Raymond Kenyon
First Line: Floating groundward during maneuvers in Alaska...
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Pages: 1
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Walter Schubert's Race with Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? Jay
Inker(s): ? Jay
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Walter Schubert
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Pages: 1
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Saved By a American Red Cross Service Volunteer

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Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Mrs. Anna Ackroyd
First Line: Here is the story of Mrs. Anna Ackroyd...
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Pages: 2
Disclose 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.
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Date with Danger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Martin Smith; Junior
First Line: Martin Smith, writer...
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Pages: 2
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Fire and Fury

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Charles Redner; Dorothy Redner; their two children
First Line: Keep calm! We'll get out!
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Pages: 3

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