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

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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.

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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.

Painted cover by Henry Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, H. G. Peter, Phil Berube, Ruth Atkinson, Ruth Harris, and Sam Glanzman. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. Two boys carry a snakebit playmate through the woods to get medical treatment. An athlete performs feats of strength to rescue a girl who fell out of a window, in a story with art by comics legend Sam Glanzman. The story of the U.S. Marine Corps artifact the Mameluke Sword, symbol of an African ruler's gratitude. Human Torch; When Playmates Are Helpmates; Tragedy on Jamaica Bay; Calm During the Storm; Double Reward; Good Neighbors; Danger in Shallow Water; Operation Sandbar; Lifesaving Neighbor; Snake Bite; Cheating Death on Wheels; The Mameluke Sword; River Rescue; Runaway; A Dog's Life; Newsboy Hero; Heroic Sea Scout; Beyond Her Depth; The Tea Towel Tourniquet; Rescue from Mud; Trapeze Wire Rescue; Mid-Air Rescue; Modest Hero! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Alex Toth. Stories and art by Ed Moore, H. G. Peter, Phil Berube, Jerry Fasano, Bill Everett, Mo Weiss and Sam Glanzman. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. An African-American sailor risks his life to save an injured man aboard another ship; The Coast Guard uses a "rocket gun" to rescue a stranded chimneysweep; A bus driver avoids an icy accident and saves a boys basketball team. Painted cover by comics legend Alex Toth. Hero of the High Seas; Quagmire!; Bus Driver Hero; River Rescue; Crack-Up!; Courage Cheats the Smoke; The Crippled Crime Buster; Potomac Rescue; Gravel-Pit Pool Hero; Heroic Mailman; Arlene Bailey; Steeplejack; Lucky Hunch; Supreme Sacrifice; City Hero; Dockside Rescue; Match Fire; A Present for Mother; Night of Terror; Pete Summers and the Runaway Bus. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by H. G. Peter. Stories and art by Ed Moore, H. G. Peter, Alfonso Greene, Jerry Fasano, Bill Everett, Ruth Atkinson, Fred Guardineer and Sam Glanzman. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A dog named Shep saves a life; A man makes a daring catch to save a falling person; A girl awakens her family and saves them from a carbon monoxide leak in their home. Human Life Net; Quick Action; Shep Saves a Life; Rescued From an Icy Grave; Hero at 63; "Live" Catch; Off-Duty Fire-Fighter; Modest Medic; Out of the Depths; Scout of the Month!; The Call of Duty; Try Try Again; Collision At Sea; Relative Prevents Tragedy; Deep Water; Crash at Dawn; Multiple Rescue; I Must Stay Awake; Mill Pond Rescue; Veteran Saves Drowning Tot; Fire Trap; Lunch-Hour Hero! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $62.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to off white File Copy. Label #0625261006

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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.

Painted cover by Bill Everett. Stories and art by Ed Moore, H. G. Peter, Alfonso Greene, Bill Everett, Harold LeDoux and Sam Glanzman. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A Chicago cop performs feats of strength to rescue a girl who fell out of a window. A 7-year-old girl awakens her family and saves them from a Christmas inferno. A man uses his own body to prevent a car from plummeting over a cliff. Saves Own Reward; Father Rescues Family; Outstanding Hero; Fatal Fire Foiled; Double Trouble; Christmas Heroine; Listen to Your Parents; For Saving a Life; Buzzy Buzzes Police; Marine Turned Cop; All In the Line of Duty; Soldier Savior; A Credit to His School, to His Scouts; Salute to an Old Sailor; Boy Scout Skill Saves Schoolboy; Recommended for Heroic Comics Hall of Honor; Paul's Pull Out Playmate; Frenzy; Hero at 77. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.