Heroic Comics (1940 Famous Funnies) comic books 1947-1949

Painted cover by Al Ulmer. Stories and art by Sid Greene, Robert Webster, Stookie Allen and Graham Ingels. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. A comics biography of boxing legend Jack Dempsey; A story featuring early art by EC artist Graham Ingels; A daring rescue off the coast of Coney Island, New York. The Man Pickpockets Feared; Telephone Co. Vail Medal Award; Greater Love Hath No Man; Preparedness Pays; Touch-Down Tom Dwyer; Copper!; Rescue Off Coney Island; Battle Against Death; Jack Dempsey Fights for Life; Blaze of Glory; Danger Mud; Florence Heggie: Dog Saver; Al Manfre; Trapped by Fire. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Graham Ingels. Stories and art by Sid Greene, Seymour Pearlstein, Sam Burlockoff, Chu Hing, Stookie Allen and Alex Toth. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. Two deckhands rescue a woman who fell off the Staten Island Ferry; A dynamic painted cover featuring early art by EC legend Graham Ingels; A quick-thinking paratrooper saves a plane after his parachute disables the propeller. Ferryboat Rescue; The Man Without Fear; A Real Miss America; Five Year Old Hero; Firefighting Fisherwoman; First to Die; Drama in Midair; Fighting Fireman!; The Slowest Flight in History; Vet. Warren Berg Rescues a Plane; American Legion Hero Medal Award; Switchboard Heroine Julia Berry; Child Overboard; Death Rode on the Running Board; Rescue at Sunset Lagoon; Cheating the Susquehanna. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $105.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #0180290002

Stories and art by Fred Guardineer, Sid Greene, Seymour Pearlstein, Ray Burley, Fred Ray, Ben Thompson, Stookie Allen and Alex Toth. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A Boy Scout rescues a baby from a runaway horse; A story with early art by comics legend Alex Toth also features a rare (for the time) heroic portrayal of an African-American; A man rescues four people after their boat overturns. Boy Scout "Gold Medal Award"; Snatched From a Quarry Grave; Fire, Chicago; Flash Fire Fighter; The Long Lake Heroes; The Fearless Fireman; Caught on One Leg; Journey Into Oblivion; Tragedy Strikes Underground; Battle Against the Sea; A Scout is Brave; Downstream Current; Destruction in Vermont; Copper. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Fred Guardineer, Sid Greene, Seymour Pearlstein, Mike Roy, Allen Ulmer, August Lenox, Stookie Allen and Sol Brodsky. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. Pioneering female stunt pilot and stunt driver Mary Wiggins. The U.S. Coast Guard rescues the survivors of a plane crash with a helicopter, then a new innovation. A pilot rescues four boys adrift on a raft. Lady of Daring; Rescue by Helicopter; The Impossible Mile; Detective Versus Killer; The XII Scout Law; A Miner Faces Death; One Way to Safety; Fight for Life; Detective Harold Moore, N. Y. City; Rescue by Air; The Labrador Doctor; Mountain Rescue; Richard C. Gill. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $150.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) File Copy. Label #0912246012

Painted cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Fred Guardineer, Sam Glanzman, Seymour Pearlstein, Stookie Allen and Alex Toth. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. Amputee ice skater Chad Detrick makes a comeback on the ice. A nurse risks her life to rescue patients from a burning clinic, featuring early art by comics legend Alex Toth. A youth saves a friend from electrocution in a train shed. Grandpop Goes Into Action; Roanoke's Volunteer Lifesavers Wholesale Rescue; Operation Emergency!; Fancy Skater on One Leg!!; Bicycle Mountie; Mercy Flight; Life Saving Scout; Alley Duel; Perilous Journey; Nurse Without Fear; Cattle Detective Roy S. Lobdell; Danger! Live Wire; Saved by a Surfboard. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Allen Ulmer. Stories and art by Fred Guardineer, Mort Lawrence, Sid Greene, Mike Roy, Sam Burlockoff, Seymour Pearlstein, Stookie Allen and Alex Toth. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A New York firefighter rescues a woman from a seventh-story ledge; A story featuring early art by comics legend Alex Toth; A mutt springs into action when his owner gets mugged. Leap for Life!; River Madness; In Recognition of Unusual Acts of Valor!; Heroic Girl Scout; Vail Medal Award; The Race Against Death; Extortion Doesn't Pay; Canine Courage; Paralyzed by Fear; He's Poison to Criminals; Courage in the Face of Danger; Heroism in Flames; Bronx Hero; Sandhog; River Rescue; Hurled to "Safety"; The Heroic Tenderfoot; Crime at the School Crossing; Scout. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mike Roy, Sam Burlockoff, Seymour Pearlstein, and Alex Toth. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A teen swims two miles for help after his friends' canoe overturns; A story featuring early art by comics legend Alex Toth; A man accepts the difficult job of moving an elephant cross-country. Go Down for the Bicycle; Rescue at Bontoc; Telephone Heroine; An American Red Cross Boy; Heroine Saves 11; Swim to "Safety"; Hero Refuses Reward; Printer and the Policeman: "Heroes Both"; United States Medal for Lifesaving on R.R.; Nine Year-Old Heroine; Hot to Handle; The Desperate Emergency; Safety First!!; Bresnick Swims for Help; Hoboken to New York the Hard Way; No Can Do; Medal for Heroic Service. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Allen Ulmer. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, Fred Guardineer, Allen Ulmer, Sid Greene, Sam Burlockoff, Stookie Allen and Alex Toth. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A pilot attempts to land a bomber with damaged landing gear; Stories featuring early art by comics legends Graham Ingels and Alex Toth; A ski instructor thinks fast after an avalanche. Not Even a Scratch; Run-In with Crime; Bicycle Hero; Sea Scout Emrich: Hero on a Golf Course; Avalanche!; Never Take a Dare; Guardian Angel; Buried Alive!; Invictus: Bloody... But Unbowed; Frozen by Electricity; Tunnel to Safety; All Hail the King; Man Overboard!; Heroism at Sea; Cheating Fire; The Drowning Boy; Nothing to It. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Mike Roy, Allen Ulmer, Sid Greene, Sam Burlockoff, and H.C. Kiefer. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. An Army pilot ditches his disabled plane at sea rather than risk crashing in a populated area. An elderly man pulls two boys from a frozen pond. An injured forest ranger goes for help after his firefighting plane crashes. Lieut. Gainer Faces Death; The FitzG's; Citation for Courage; Probationary Patrolman; A Hero At 65; The Real Test; Danger Under the Bridge; Fearless Forest Ranger; Ordeal in a Well: Quick Action; Pawnbroker's Hobby; Freedom Train; Crackup; Jungle Hunter. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN 6.0 $59.00 View scans

Painted cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, Paul Reinman, Frank Giacoia, Stookie Allen, and Fred Guardineer. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. An African-American Boy Scout rescues children from a burning house; A Coast Guard pilot rescues a sailor at sea with appendicitis; A steelworker braves deadly gas to rescue trapped men. Heroic Scout; Riptide; The Farmer Stakes a Life, His Son; I Was Going Down for the Last Time; The Missionary and the Murderous Motilones; Stricken at Sea; The Hero Who Used His Head; Now and Then; Five Hammer Taps on a Bulkhead: Manolete, Spain's Greatest Matador; Captain Charles Baker; Mine Rescue; Courageous Housewife; Cabby Turns Sleuth. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, Ann Brewster, Henry Kiefer, Ruth Atkinson, and Gil Kane. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. Lifeguards use a catamaran to rescue a pilot after a plane crashes off the Long Island coast. A man risks his life to save a teen from a riptide. A 13-year-old girl must steer a ship to shore after the skipper is incapacitated. Rescue by Catamaran; Rooftop Battle 60 Feet Above the Ground; Scoutmaster; Plane Repaired, Lives Saved; The Reluctant Hero; Harlem River Rescue; Hydrogen Explosion; Reige Nabs a Thug; The Phantom Fur Robberies: The Town Vanished; Not So Dumb Animals; Cited for Heroism; Skipper at Short Notice; Temporarily Out of Order. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, Fred Guardineer, Jimmy Thompson, Ruth Atkinson, and Al Williamson. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A soldier on leave keeps his cool and rescues people from the Hartford circus fire. A story featuring early art by EC legend Al Williamson. A Boy Scout pulls two kids from an icy pond. Catastrophe; Fire; Sub. Pomodon to the Rescue; Death in the Balance; Thin Ice On Shell Bank Creek...; Handy with a Gun; In Time To Save a Life; Butch Gives the Alarm; Out of the Fog: Holocaust; A Little Light Duty; Quick Thinking Saves a Life; Tornado; Two Time Hero. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $5.40

Painted cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, Harry G. Peter, Jimmy Thompson, Bill Everett, Henry Kiefer and Al Williamson. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. After a train wreck, a Red Cross nurse reassures fellow survivors while pinned in the wreckage herself. Stories featuring early art by comics legends Bill Everett and Al Williamson. A boy pulls a playmate from train tracks, and later receives the first Young American Medal of Honor. River Rescue; Men Against the Lake; Heroes; What Teacher Taught Him; Escaping Gas; The Marines Have Landed; Patrolman John Anderson; Rescue Dawn; Comrades in Death; Double Duty; The Brave Tenderfoot; Ingenuity Cheats the Flames; Double Trouble; Red Cross Heroine Sally Ann Ortega; A Miracle on the River; Race Against Death; Two Time Hero. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, A. Thompson, and Alfonso Greene. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A man is trapped in a deep well after cement pipes collapse on him. A weightlifter prevents a collapsing tent pole from injuring circus patrons. Teen boys extinguish a house fire. Inferno!; Once A Hero; Life vs Death; Follow the Leader; Rescue from a Well Hole; River Rescuers Inc; Rescued Too Late; Four Lives To His Credit!; Big Top Hero; Not a Chance!; Undertow; Boy Hero; Chills for Bonny; Twin Heroes; Excitement Plus; Fire; Where-There's Smoke...There's Fire. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by A. Thompson. Stories and art by Ed Moore and Phil Berube. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A teen makes a dangerous leap from a bridge to save a drowning man; A cartoonist saves a woman from a shark attack; A passing spectator rescues a firefighter from a burning building. Plunge for Life; Death Trap; Mile a Minute Rescue; Without Hesitation; Human Torch; Perilous Rescue; The Hero in the Wings; Gold Medals for Boy Heroes; Joey Oakes; Inferno; Harry Greb; Reel Life Rescue; The Lifesaver Who Couldn't Swim; Kate Shelley Stops the Limited; The Blanket Rescue; Houseboat Heroines; Citizen Saves Fireman; Life Saving Scout; Courage Conquers Fear. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by A. Thompson. Stories and art by Ed Moore, A. Thompson and Phil Berube. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. Gag cartoonist Art Helfant becomes a hero on the battlefield during World War I. A woman rescues her baby from a burning house. A man is struck by a runaway truck after pushing his kids out of danger. Her Babys Life at Stake; Down for the Last Time; Where There's Smoke; Life's Blood; Scout Training Saves a Life; The Fire Backfired; Runaway Truck; Teenage Heroine; Hero Turned Cartoonist; No Greater Love...; Of Such Things Are Heroes Made; S-O-S!; Peril; The Customers Weren't Always Right; The Milkman Delivers!; Whirlpool; Fire at Dawn; Gas Trap; Terror. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $130.00 View scans Paper: Off white File Copy. Label #0911806017

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $7.49

Painted cover by A. Thompson. Stories and art by Ed Moore, Stookie Allen, Louis Glanzman and Sam Glanzman (credited as Sam Decker). Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A man races to get his young daughter out of a car stalled on train tracks. An ice-cream vendor sacrifices his life to save kids from a runaway truck. A Red Cross volunteer saves a boy on her way to work, as depicted on the cover. Hallahan Reports; Night of Terror; Child Hero Man Size!; Flaming Peril; Survivor; Seconds to Spare; Flash Fire!; Death Defeated; Acrobatic Rescuer; Dr. Paul Macy, Research Scientist; Young Courage!; Jimmy Day — Fate's Right Hand Man; New York's Gunmen Feared Captain Pat McVeigh; No Greater Glory; Collision; Major Kenneth B. Smith; Jaguar-Man; Task Force Frigid; Walter Schubert's Race with Death; Saved By a American Red Cross Service Volunteer; Date with Danger; Fire and Fury. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by A. Thompson. Stories and art by Ed Moore, Alex Kostuk, Phil Berube, Augie Scotto and Ruth Harris. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A teen saves a friend from a frozen river, two decades after his father and grandfather saved another man from drowning; A little girl rescues her brother and herself from a house fire; A focus on the activism of boxing champ Jack Dempsey. A particularly nice painted cover by A. Thompson. Heroes Run in the Family; Icy Rescue; Hooves of Horror; Terror in the Night; Ducking on Duck Island; Soldier Rescues Sailor; Jack Dempsey, Champion of the Ring and Champion of Tolerance!; Child Heroine; The Philadelphia Mission; Riptide; Death Defying Dive; Commended for Public Service; Canyon Rescue; Babysitters Can Be Heroines Too; Smoke; Elevator Firetrap. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.