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Issue: Heroic Comics #27 Public Domain
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Publisher: FlagEastern Color
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Indicia Publisher: Eastern Color Printing Company
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Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 17 (15 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
war
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Miscellaneous
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It is of interest that The Music Master is not listed as being featured in this issue.
Makes Monkey Face; Dumb Japs Spare Him!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
non-fiction, war
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Miscellaneous
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The Snafu Maru

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
war
Three miles from Cape Gloucester...
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Miscellaneous
3
Chips, Wonder Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
nature, war
Chips (a dog); John E. Wren; Mrs. Wren; Nacy Wren; Gail Wren; Private John A. Rowell (Army dog trainer)
Before his induction as a private...
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Miscellaneous
3
What Do You Know About Torpedoes?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
military, non-fiction
Torpedo man has this mark on his sleeve
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Miscellaneous
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Enough Is Not Too Much

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
war
Lt. Nathan Gordon
Lt. Nathan Gordon didn't know...
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Miscellaneous
3
Cook is Human, Don't Cuss Him; Army Orders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, military
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Miscellaneous
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Yankee Hospitality

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
non-fiction, war
Occasionally there is a bright side...
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Miscellaneous
2
Major "Pappy" Boyington

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
non-fiction, war
Major "Pappy" Boyington
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Miscellaneous
3
Hitting the Silk - at 40,000. ft.

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
military, war
Lt. Col. W. R. Lovelace
Any air crew member who has to bail out of a plane...
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Miscellaneous
3
Waste Paper Goes to War!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero, war
Hydroman [Bob Blake]
Bob, we've got to do something...
Bob is ordered to do something about the "wanton waste of scrap paper" so he turns into Hydroman to educate people about the problem.
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Miscellaneous
1
Although the character Hydroman appears in this sequence, his name does not appear in the text and he is not the feature.
I'm Sorry I Invented the Pocket!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
opinion
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for War Bond sales.
Flying Buzz Saw

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
war
Lt. Jack Bade
As his crippled plane plunges towards the ocean...
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Miscellaneous
2
The Land Mine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
war
Most treacherous of war's weapons...
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Miscellaneous
3
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Hydroman [Bob Blake]; Sam Waldine; Police Chief Lambert; Professor Zander; Mokko (crook)
Nobody heard the broadcast for, although it went on the air as usual, it was "stolen"...
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Miscellaneous
6
Vultures of the Oil Country!!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Man O' Metal
Man O' Metal [Pat Dempsey]; Red Blaine (crook); Jim Casey
Gold has been the root of murderous treachery for ages...
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Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Wead
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Subject Matter
adventure, aviation, war
Flyin' Jenny
Flyin' Jenny Dare; Spinner Martin; Cyril
Spinner's pencil made dents in the pad...
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from Flyin' Jenny Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1942-01-18 [panels 7-10 only - panels 7 and 8 reversed], 1942-01-25 [panels 1-2 and 10-11 only], 1942-02-01 [panels 3 and 5 omitted], 1942-02-15 [panels 5-9 only], 1942-02-22 [panels 2-6 only]
Miscellaneous
4
Panels are extensively reshaped and recolored.

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