Heroic Comics (1940 Famous Funnies) comic books 1944-1946

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Cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Alexander Kostuk, K. Menzer, Jimmy Thompson, H.C. Kiefer, Harry G. Peter, Chas. G. Loeb, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. The supervillain the Major starts a fire to cover a bank robbery, but Man o' Metal isn't fooled; Flyin' Jenny sinks a boat to prevent spies from stealing an experimental plane; Music Master and Downbeat investigate a murder with many suspects. Music Master and Man o' Metal were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. True Stories of War Heroes; Hydroman; The Music Master; One Door from Death; Man O' Metal; He Got a Mouthful; Flyin' Jenny. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Jimmy Thompson, H.C. Kiefer, Harry G. Peter, Charles G. Loeb, Frank Wead, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. Man O' Metal investigates strange hauntings in a coal mine and discovers diamonds; A PSA for wartime scrap-metal drives featuring The Music Master; Music Master learns the Nazis are testing a secret sonic weapon. Music Master and Man o' Metal were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. True Stories of War Heroes; Hydroman; The Music Master; Warrior in Underwear; Man O' Metal; I Faced a One-Man Firing Squad; Destination: Death; Flyin' Jenny. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Seymour Pearlstein, Ben Thompson, Frank Wead, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. Man o' Metal is captured by an ancient Aztec death-cult; A PSA for wartime scrap-paper drives featuring The Music Master; Hydroman discovers a network of caves beneath New York that criminals are using to topple skyscrapers. Music Master and Man o' Metal were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. True Stories of War Heroes; Hydroman; The Music Master; Smack Snares Sub; Man O' Metal; Sweet Revenge; Flyin' Jenny. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Allen Ulmer, Harry G. Peter, Frank Wead, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. Hydroman and Rainbow Boy track down the Phantom Pirate who is attacking ships on the eastern seaboard; A PSA for wartime scrap-metal drives featuring Hydroman; Music Master battles The Lama Who Had No Face. Music Master and Man o' Metal were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes; this was the final appearance of Rainbow Boy until his revival in the 2000s. True Stories of War Heroes; Hydroman; The Music Master; He Changed Their Plans; Man O' Metal; Ammunition for Victory; Flyin' Jenny. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Newt Alfred. Stories and art by Allen Ulmer, Ed Murphy, Frank Wead, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. Man o' Metal visits a dude ranch and encounters modern-day rustlers; Rivals want to get rid of Flyin' Jenny and replace her with a male test pilot; Music Master tackles an impostor who has his same music-based powers. Music Master and Man o' Metal were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. True Stories of War Heroes; Hydroman; The Music Master; Warrior Without a Gun; Man O' Metal; A Heroic Helmsman; Flyin' Jenny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Alfonso Greene, Ed Murphy, Frank Wead, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. Man o' Metal investigates trouble in Oil Country; Hydroman advocates saving paper, in a PSA for wartime scrap drives; Flyin' Jenny competes with Spinner to win a Navy contract. Man o' Metal was listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. True Stories of War Heroes; Hydroman; Waste Paper Goes to War!; Man O' Metal; I'm Sorry I Invented the Pocket!; Flyin' Jenny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Harvey K. Fuller. Stories and art by Frank Wead, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. The final appearance of heat-activated hero Man o' Metal; Flyin' Jenny test-flies a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) plane; Music Master tackles The Mad Fiddler. Music Master and Man o' Metal were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. True Stories of War Heroes; Hydroman; The Music Master; In the Face of Fire; Man O' Metal; The Alchemist's Curse; Flyin' Jenny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ed Murphy, C. W. Winter, Frank Wead, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. Vitaman (who resembles the restaurant mascot Big Boy) gains super-strength when he takes B vitamins; Flyin' Jenny and Spinner compete in Navy trials; Music Master pursues a stolen necklace. Music Master was listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. True Stories of War Heroes; Vitaman; The Music Master; Cafeteria Lunch; Hydroman; Where Others Fail; Flyin' Jenny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Harvey K. Fuller. Stories and art by Alphonso Greene, Alex Toth, Charles Bange, Woody Gelman, C. W. Winter, Frank Wead, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. A war story featuring early art by comics legend Alex Toth; Flyin' Jenny's rivals frame her for sabotage to disqualify her from the Navy trials; A shooting at a violin concert leads Music Master and Downbeat to an international crime ring. Evocative painted cover by Harvey K. Fuller. Music Master was listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. True Stories of War Heroes; Vitaman; The Music Master; Red Cross in England; Kid From Brooklyn; Where Others Fail; Flyin' Jenny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harvey K. Fuller. Stories and art by Don Rico, Wade Dent, Harvey K. Fuller, Charles Bange, Woody Gelman, C. W. Winter, Frank Wead, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. Flyin' Jenny gets the goods on Blackdart and Spinner in her final adventure in Heroic Comics; A true tale about weather forecasting during World War II features future President Dwight Eisenhower; In the Music Master's last appearance, he faces a sinister juggler who distracts people while his gang commits crimes. Music Master was listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. True Stories of War Heroes; Vitaman; The Music Master; Death Looked Over His Shoulder; Kid From Brooklyn; What do You Know About Weather; Flyin' Jenny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Harvey K. Fuller. Stories and art by H. G. Peter, Ed Murphy, Wade Dent, Alex Toth, Woody Gelman, C. W. Winter, and George Carlson. As the original superhero fad loses traction, Heroic Comics switches to true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A war story featuring early art by comics legend Alex Toth; An educational guide to maps and cartography; A puzzle story by beloved "Jingle Jangle Tales" cartoonist George Carlson. True Stories of War Heroes; Yankee King; What Do You Know About Maps; Kid From Brooklyn; The Focus Cat; Vitaman; Johnny Elf Reads Big News. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Harvey K. Fuller. Stories and art by Harvey K. Fuller, Charles Bange, Woody Gelman, C. W. Winter, and Alex Toth. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. War stories featuring early art by comics legend Alex Toth; An educational guide to physics and leverage; The Kid From Brooklyn becomes a boxer, but crooked promoters want him to throw a fight. True Stories of War Heroes; The Kid's Got Nerve; What Do You Know About Leverage; Kid From Brooklyn; Race Against Death; Vitaman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Harvey K. Fuller. Stories and art by Alphonso Greene, Harvey K. Fuller, C. W. Winter, and Henry C. Nicholas. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. Vitaman must find three gorillas to win a radio-show contest. The crew and passengers of the Mary Celeste vanish mysteriously mid-journey. A crooked promoter tries to get the Kid From Brooklyn beaten up, but it backfires when the Kid fights back. True Stories of War Heroes; The Mystery of the "Mary Celeste"; Kid From Brooklyn; Vitaman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Harvey K. Fuller. Stories and art by Harvey K. Fuller, Seymour Pearlstein, Wade Dent, Charles Bange, Woody Gelman, C. W. Winter, and Alex Toth. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. Stories featuring early art by comics legend Alex Toth; A story (and cover) portraying an attack by a ferocious panda, back when the giant creatures were poorly understood; An educational guide to atomic energy, also a new science at the time. Facing Death in a Panda's Mouth; Park Ave. Hero; The Young Are Brave; The Switchboard Heroine; What Do You Know About Atomic Energy; The Heroic Traffic Cop; Kid From Brooklyn; Vitaman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Mario Colavito. Stories and art by Henry C. Nicholas, H.C. Kiefer, Charles Bange, Harvey K. Fuller, Graham Hunter, C. W. Winter, Stookie Allen and Alex Toth. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. The story of young Abe Lincoln, featuring early art by comics legend Alex Toth; Clyde Eddy and his ragtag crew become the first to successfully navigate the Colorado River during its high-water stage; The final adventure of Vitaman, the last hero left from Heroic Comics' early superhero period. The Lifesaving Lineman; Wolf Catcher; When They Were Young; What Do You Know About Helicopters?; The Phantom Ship of Maine; Copper!; Rescue By Force; Clyde Eddy Beats the Raging Colorado; Race Against Death; Vitaman. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Alex Toth and others. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. The story of young Stonewall Jackson, featuring early art by comics legend Alex Toth; A boy sounds the alarm after a building catches fire; Attorney Andrew Hamilton becomes America's first defender of Freedom of the Press. Substitute Heroine; ...That Another Might Live; A Scout Is Prepared; Mailman Hero; 8 Year Old Hero; Copper!; Message Garcia; When They Were Young; Andrew Hamilton; Frank Eric Drake; The Little Men That Werent There; K-9 Courageous. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Ulmer. Stories and art by Sid Greene, Gus Schrotter, Jack Ehret, Stookie Allen and Alex Toth. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. Gunnar Kasson and his dog Balto lead a team of sled dogs to Nome, Alaska with the cure for a diphtheria outbreak. A young George Washington faces intrigue and danger on a mission during the French and Indian War. Locksmith Charles Courtney takes a dangerous job to open the safe on a sunken ship. Fire Bell Tolls Death; Patrolman Miller, Man of Steel; Brooklyn Hero "Ex G.I. Sergeant"; Tow Line to Safety; The Ghost of an Indian Princess; Copper!; A Fortunate False Alarm!; When They Were Young; Balto the Heroic Husky; Against the River; George Washington, Special Scout; Handicap Ignored!; Strike the Flag; Lock Picking Under Water. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sid Greene, Ben Thompson, Mike Roy, Sam Burlockoff, Henry C. Kiefer, Stookie Allen and Alex Toth. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. The early adventures of future American legends Thomas Edison and Nathan Hale; Stories featuring early art by comics legend Alex Toth; The life of American explorer Sacajawea. He Could Not Swim; Ambassador to Chinatown; Roanoke's Volunteer Lifesavers; When They Were Young; The Brink of Death; Detective Extraordinary; Come What May...; Sacajawea; Trapped!; The Heroic Policeman and the Flames of Death; Smoke Eater; Private Hero. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.