Heroic Comics (1940 Famous Funnies) comic books 1948

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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, 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.