(January 1943)

Eastern Color, 1943 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The Eastern Color Printing Company
Editing
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
R. Webster (signed) (painting)
Inks
R. Webster (signed) (painting)
Colors
R. Webster (signed) (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
war
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1943 series) #16
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Lieut. Nininger, Jr. (Table of Contents: 1)

True Stories of War Heroes / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bataan's battling West Pointer
Genre
war
Characters
Lieut. Nininger, Jr.

Lieut. Welch (Table of Contents: 2)

True Stories of War Heroes / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When the surrise attack occurred...
Genre
war
Characters
Lieut. Welch

Major Luther Caldwell Heidger (Table of Contents: 3)

True Stories of War Heroes / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Daring Doctor of Mercy
Genre
war
Characters
Major Luther Caldwell Heidger

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Hydroman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ben Thompson (signed)
Inks
Ben Thompson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Off to the circus...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hydroman [Bob Blake]; West (circus owner); Sando (the strong man)

Indexer Notes

GS: Rainbow Boy

The Demented Apparition (Table of Contents: 5)

The Music Master / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stephen Douglas ?
Pencils
Art Seymour ?
Inks
Art Seymour ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A proposed benefit concert...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Music Master [John Wallace]

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by Bails' Who's Who.

Bails has Seymour working at Eastern in 1944, but this story would have been prepared late in 1942.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Rainbow Boy / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ben Thompson
Inks
Ben Thompson
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This issue Rainbow Boy battles a murderous gang of air mail thieves!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Rainbow Boy [Jack Walton]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Daredevils of Destiny / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Rentfrow (credited)
Pencils
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Inks
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sgt. A. B. Lynch and Corp. R. F. Jeffrey...
Characters
Sgt. A. B. Lynch; Corp. R. F. Jeffrey
Reprints
  • from Daredevils of Destiny Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

A single Sunday page is enlarged and reshaped to fit two comic book pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Man O' Metal / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Peter
Inks
Harry Peter
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Captured by a group of men...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Man O' Metal [Pat Dempsey]

Hold Flight Five! (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
L. J. McCabe (credited)
Pencils
? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
"Brick" Kiley fixed his gaze on the engineer...
Characters
"Brick" Kiley

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Flyin' Jenny / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Russell Keaton (signed)
Pencils
Russell Keaton (signed)
Inks
Russell Keaton (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Basil Bragg didn't come back!
Genre
adventure; aviation; war
Characters
Flyin' Jenny Dare; Rick; Basil Bragg (villain); Cyril
Reprints
  • from Flyin' Jenny Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1941-03-30 - 1941-04-20 [minus final panel]

Indexer Notes

Panels are enlarged and reshaped.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Lieut. Nininger, Jr.
    True Stories of War Heroes
  3. 2. Lieut. Welch
    True Stories of War Heroes
  4. 3. Major Luther Caldwell Heidger
    True Stories of War Heroes
  5. 4. ["Off to the circus..."]
    Hydroman
  6. 5. The Demented Apparition
    The Music Master
  7. 6. ["This issue Rainbow Boy battles a murderous gang of air mail thieves!"]
    Rainbow Boy
  8. 7. ["Sgt. A. B. Lynch and Corp. R. F. Jeffrey..."]
    Daredevils of Destiny
  9. 8. ["Captured by a group of men..."]
    Man O' Metal
  10. 9. Hold Flight Five!
  11. 10. ["Basil Bragg didn't come back!"]
    Flyin' Jenny
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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