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Issue: Heroic Comics #38 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1946
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Issues: #38 of 23 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Eastern Color Printing Company
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: New Heroic Comics on cover; Heroic Comics in indicia.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Fire Bell Tolls Death

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, informational, non-fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title from the story
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Heroic Hall of Honor
Synopsis: A list of heroes who appear in the comic.
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Pages: 1
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Fire Bell Tolls Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Fire Captain Cole (narrator, deceased)
First Line: A blazing inferno vs. pure--raw courage...
Synopsis: Captain Cole is killed when part of a burning building falls on him.
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Pages: 3
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Patrolman Miller Man of Steel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Patrolman Leo Miller
First Line: New York's finest...
Synopsis: Patrolman Miller is wounded in a shootout with a robber.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Ger Apeldoorn.
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George S. Patton

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, military, non-fiction
Feature(s): When They Were Young!
Character(s): Cervantes; General John J. Pershing; Captain George S. Patton; Jack
Synopsis: In 1916, Captain Patton single-handedly defeats a band of Mexican bandits and captures their leader.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Saltarella thinks this Thompson story is by Ben, not his brother Jimmy who also worked on this title.
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Brooklyn Hero "Ex G.I. Sergeant"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Harold Basuino; Mr. Basuino; Mrs. Basuino
First Line: Harold Basuino may have peeled off his uniform...
Synopsis: When their building catches on fire, Harold Basuino saves his family.
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Pages: 4
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Tow Line to Safety

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): William Fitzgerald; Dennie
First Line: Snatching four frightened lads...
Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old William saves three boys who have fallen through ice on a lagoon.
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Pages: 3
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The Ghost of an Indian Princess

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, informational, non-fiction
First Line: In all the long annals of the sea...
Synopsis: The story of a haunted ship that sank in 1597.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Saltarella suggests that "Ayem" might be "A. M." and might be Alan Mandel. Keith Chandler confirms this suggestion.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Pepsi"... the Pepsi-Cola Cop
Character(s): Pepsi; Bozo; Pete
First Line: Help! Help!! Bozo's escaping!
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Pages: 1
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"Doctor Sherlock"

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Copper!
Character(s): Dr. Charles Norris (medical examiner)
First Line: Dr. Charles Norris, New York's Chief Medical Examinier from 1918...
Synopsis: The story of Dr. Charles Norris, New York's chief medical examiner from 1918 to 1935.
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Pages: 1
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A Fortunate False Alarm!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Joseph Mugavin; Eleanor Mugavin
First Line: Eaarly on the morning of Dec. 26, 1945...
Synopsis: When Joseph Mugavin finds his family overcome by gas, he turns off the gas and pulls a fire alarm.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Saltarella points out that this story is also signed "Thompson" but appears to be by a different artist.

Keith Chandler : This is BEN Thompson. His upper case sigature, with the larger 'S', gives it away.
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Balto the... Heroic Husky

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, informational, nature, non-fiction
Character(s): Balto (a husky)
First Line: I wish I owned Balto!
Synopsis: In 1925, Balto leads a dog sled team to Nome with diptheria antitoxin.
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Pages: 4
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Against the River

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Nell Williams; Josh; Jeb
First Line: There are few wraths as great...
Synopsis: Nell Williams pilots a riverboat from St. Louis to Red Fork to rescue people stranded by a flood.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : There is a signature on the third panel of the third page, but it is illegible. My best guess would be 'Sinnott', but this is too early to be long-tern Atlas/Marvel artist Joe Sinnott.
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George Washington Special Scout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): George Washington
First Line: Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia...
Synopsis: During the French and Indian War, young George Washington takes a dangerous assignment delivering a dispatch from Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia to the French. His Indian guide for the return trip, however, is a French agent instructed to kill him.
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Pages: 4
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Handicap Ignored!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Remo Sterling Cline; Coach Littau
First Line: Eighteen-year old Remo Sterling Cline...
Synopsis: Richland High's star player has an artificial leg.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Saltarella suggests this is the same "Thompson" as the first story.
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Scientific Sherlock Edward Oscar Heinrich

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Copper!
Character(s): Prof. Edward Oscar Heinrich (criminal-case consulant)
First Line: A little Professor of Chemistry...
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Pages: 1
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Strike the Flag

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, informational, non-fiction, war
Character(s): Admiral Hopson (as a boy)
First Line: Some big men have had very small beginnings...
Synopsis: Young Hopson wins a sea battle for the British against the French.
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Pages: 2
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Lock Picking Under Water

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, informational, non-fiction, war
Character(s): Charles Courtney
First Line: A "locksmith" may be a drab title...
Synopsis: Locksmith Charles Courtney is enlisted to open the safe of a sunken ship.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Saltarella again suggests this is the same "Thompson" as the first story.

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