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Issue: New Heroic Comics #61 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1950
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Issues: #61 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure, biography, drama
Character(s): Shep
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Disclose Notes: Painting from the story "Shep Saves A Life". True life story. Determination of artist as H. G. Peter is highly suspect.

Keith Chandler : I suppose I see in the charging bull elements of classic Wonder Woman stories, but otherwise there is no indication this is by Peter.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Heroic Hall of Honor
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Human Life Net

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Arthur Lustbader
First Line: The alertness of cab driver Arthur Lustbader...
Synopsis: Cab Driver Arthur Lustbader hero
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Quick Action

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Alan Luke
First Line: Golly, these new ice skates glide like a dream!
Synopsis: Alan Luke saves an ice skater
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Shep Saves a Life

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Shep
First Line: In danger of being gored to death...
Synopsis: Dog hero story
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Rescued From an Icy Grave

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): John Krzynowek
First Line: Hold still, man!
Synopsis: John Krzynowek a marine saves a life
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Hero at 63

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Eben Taylor
First Line: Eben Taylor and his little neighor...
Synopsis: Senior citizen Eben Taylor saves a life.
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"Live" Catch

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Leroy McPherson
First Line: As others helplessly watch the drowning man...
Synopsis: African-American Leroy McPherson saves a life
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Off-Duty Fire-Fighter

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Fireman Dennis H. Greer; Frances Greer
First Line: Help!
Synopsis: Firefighter Dennis H. Greer saves a life
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Modest Medic

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Christopher Shaughnessy
First Line: Crawling beneath a subway train...
Synopsis: Christopher Shaughnessy former Army Medical Corps saves a life
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Disclose Notes: Art credit from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
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Out of the Depths

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Genres: drama
Character(s): Joe Evans
First Line: The evening was hot and sultry...
Synopsis: Mine cave in story
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Scout of the Month!

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Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Thomas Mulroney
First Line: Oh, boy!
Synopsis: Scout is Thomas Mulroney.
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The Call of Duty

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Richard L. Allen
First Line: The intersection of Seventh Street...
Synopsis: Schoolboy patrolman Richard L. Allen saves a life
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Disclose Notes: Glanzman sometimes used the nom de plume 'Decker', hence the initials.
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Try Try Again

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Eugene Cooper
First Line: Eugene Cooper, 8, and his sister, 4...
Synopsis: African-American Eugene Cooper saves a drowing victim.
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Collison At Sea

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Ronald R. Weiner
First Line: Braving passages filled with acrid, choking smoke...
Synopsis: Coast guard engine room crewman Ronald R. Weiner saves a life
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Relative Prevents Tragedy

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Forrest J. Dow
First Line: The timely arrival of Forrest J. Dow...
Synopsis: Forrest J. Dow saves his stepfather's life.
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Deep Water

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): John E. Moeckel
First Line: Exemplifying Scout training...
Synopsis: Boy scout John E. Moeckel saves a swimmer from drowning
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Crash at Dawn

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Fred Pieper
First Line: Residents in the area of W. Fond du Lac Ave...
Synopsis: Fred Pieper rescues a car crash victim
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Multiple Rescue

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): William Quinn
First Line: I -- I can't get 'em up!
Synopsis: William Quinn rescues people from a gas filled house.
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I Must Stay Awake

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Glenis Goulding
First Line: Mustering every ounce of grit...
Synopsis: Glenis Goulding wakes her family after buildup of Carbon Monoxide in their house
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Mill Pond Rescue

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): John T. Murphy
First Line: Responding to desperate pleas for help...
Synopsis: John T. Murphy rescues a drowning senior citizen.
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Veteran Saves Drowning Tot

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): Alexander McCullock
First Line: Tragedy was averted...
Synopsis: Alexander McCullock saves a drowing child
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Fire Trap

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Genres: adventure, biography, drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
Character(s): William Cahill; James McManus; Bernard McFadden
First Line: When the flames roared through the old wooden building...
Synopsis: 3 teenagers save a senior citizen from a fire
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Lunch-Hour Hero!

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Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic True Life Story
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