Real Heroes (1942) comic books 1942-1944
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Published Mar 1942 by Parents' Magazine Institu.$28.00
View scansStories and art by George J. Hecht, Natalie Purvin Prager and Dan Fanshaw. Biographies in comics form, featuring famous figures as well as heroes of the everyday. Toussaint Louverture leads Haiti to freedom; Native American leader Sitting Bull becomes a symbol; Vaudeville legend Eddie Foy takes the stage with his children, the Seven Little Foys. Can Fishing Be Heroic?; John Paul Jones; Gellert the Loyal Dog of Wales; The Avenger, Major Raoul Lufbery; Toussaint Louverture; Everyday Hero: John D. Craig; Real Heroes Quiz; Sitting Bull; Real Heroes Hall of Fame; Eddie Foy; Snatched From Death; Girl in Command; Glenn Cunningham; Super-Strategist. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Sep 1942 by Parents' Magazine Institu.2 bids
Current bid: $6.00
Time left: 4d 3h 9m- 1/2" Spine split from bottom. Water spotting.
Stories and art by John Daly, Jim Potter, George J. Hecht, Natalie Purvin Prager, August Froelich, Bob Oksner, Ed Smalle, Chad Grothkopf, Ben Thompson, Corrine Dillon, Sam Glankoff, and Jesse Marsh. Biographies in comics form, featuring famous figures as well as heroes of the everyday. Lou Gehrig becomes a champion baseball player for the New York Yankees, before his life is tragically cut short by the nerve disease ALS. Francis Marion's guerrilla tactics against British forces earn him the name The Swamp Fox. Winkie, a carrier pigeon for the RAF, gets help for his crew after their plane crashes. PT Boat Hero Lt. John D. Bulkeley; Swamp Fox Marion; Chief of the Chetniks; Iron Man Lou Gehrig; Winkie; Tanya Russian Girl Guerrilla; Real Heroes Quiz; Moorer Sends an S.O.S.; Real Heroes Hall of Fame; The Blind Man Who Saw; Reel Real Heroes; Commander Ellsberg: Hero of the Sea; Little Devils of China; Custer Makes His Last Stand; Lost R.C.A.F. Patrol; What Kind of Man Is a Hero? 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Mar 1943 by Parents' Magazine Institu.4 bids
Current bid: $37.00
Time left: 4d 3h 10m$19.50
View scan- 3/4" Spine split.
Yank with the Fighting French starring John F. Hasey. Mom Chung and Her 509 Fair-Haired Sons starring Dr. Margaret Chung. Ship Builder No. 1 featuring Henry J. Kaiser. Army Miracle Man featuring Brehon Somervell. Panda Man featuring Floyd Tangier-Smith. Man of the People featuring Lord Tweedsmuir. Most Valuable Player in the American League featuring Joe "Flash" Gordon. Murder by Moonlight featuring Abraham Lincoln. Navy's Ace Raider featuring William F. Halsey. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published 1944 by Parents' Magazine Institu.$20.00
View scan- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Stories and art by Sam Glankoff and others. Biographies in comics form, featuring famous figures as well as heroes of the everyday. African-American explorer Matthew Henson becomes the first man at the North Pole; Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto; A heroic dog rescues soldiers with a lifesaving message. Day for the Irish; Law Comes to Dodge City; Rough Ride; Key to the Future; Violin Virtuoso; Newsreel Wong; Real Heroes Quiz; Breakfast for a Bomber; Real Heroes Hall of Fame; Star-Struck; Reel Real Heroes; North to the Pole; Pete Gray; Double Rescue; K-9 Courier; Night Raid. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.