Heroic Comics (1940 Famous Funnies) comic books 1948-1950

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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Painted cover by A. Thompson. Stories and art by Ed Moore, H. G. Peter, Phil Berube, Bernard Branner and Alfonso Greene. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A woman's quick thinking keeps a friend from going overboard during a boating accident. A mother saves her four children from a house fire, in a story with art by comics legend Harry Peter. Cartoonist Bert Christman, creator of the Scorchy Smith newspaper strip, joins the Flying Tigers and is killed in combat during WWII. Scout Lore Proves Its Worth; Crash At the Crossing; Modest Heroine; Dog of Daring; Thin Ice Rescue; Triple Trouble; Manhunt; Rescue in the Mud; Animal Rescue; Tense Moment; Policeman Hero!; Flash Fire; A Narrow Escape; Split-Second Action; A Dog's Best Friend; Blaze at Noon; The Siege; 11 Yr Old Boy Hero; Rescue By Human Chain; Cartoonist Hero; Firl Byers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Bill Everett. Stories and art by Ed Moore, H. G. Peter, Alfonso Greene, Sid Couchey and Harold LeDoux. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. Two passersby pull three people from a submerged car; A girl rescues her siblings from a house fire; A woman risks her life to save two boys from an icy pond. Duo Rescues Trio; Radio Honors Hero; Double Rescue; Baby Sitter Doesn't Sit Still; Race with Death!; Ski Savior; 3rd Rail; Wet Hero; Cool During Hot Blaze; Eggbeater Saves a Sailor; Toss to Catcher Strikes Out Fire; Brooklyn Rescue; Buddies; Lives Saved Enough Reward; Poison Smoke!; Girl "13" Proves Lucky to Boy; Icy Danger; Human Chain; Boys, Bike & Bandit; Danger Thin Ice. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.