New Heroic Comics #40

(January 1947)

The Man Pickpockets Feared (Table of Contents: 1)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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At one time Brooklyn was terrorized by pickpockets...

Genre

drama; crime

Characters

Detective George Patton; Edward Patton

Telephone Co. Vail Medal Award (Table of Contents: 2)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Graham Ingels

Inks

Graham Ingels

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Letters

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On March 12, 1936, an ice jam turned the Houstatonic River into a raging flood.

Genre

drama

Characters

John T. Steck

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Saltarella and Ger Apeldoorn.

Greater Love Hath No Man (Table of Contents: 3)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Ben Thompson (signed as Thompson); Ben Thompson (signed as Thompson)

Inks

Ben Thompson (signed as Thompson); Ben Thompson (signed as Thompson)

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Courageously shoving a six year old boy from the path of an onrushing automobile...

Genre

drama

Characters

Trolley Motorman James O'Dowd

Preparedness Pays (Table of Contents: 4)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Graham Ingels

Inks

Graham Ingels

Colors

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Letters

?

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One evening, Boy Scout Bill Zimmerman, on his delivery route...

Genre

drama

Characters

Boy Scout Bill Zimmerman

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Saltarella.

Touch-Down Tom Dwyer (Table of Contents: 5)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Grit in the face of danger...

Genre

drama

Characters

Tom Dwyer

Rescue Off Coney Island (Table of Contents: 6)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

Frank Frazetta

Colors

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It was a cold April morning...

Genre

drama

Characters

Patrolman David Cohen

Battle Against Death (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Frank Frazetta ? (2 spot illustrations)

Inks

Frank Frazetta ? (2 spot illustrations)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

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Deep in the southlands in Mississippi...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Lyman (camp leader); Jimmy Caddock

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

Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Jacob Hays (Table of Contents: 9)

Copper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stookie Allen (signed)

Pencils

Stookie Allen (signed)

Inks

Stookie Allen (signed)

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First American Detective

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Jacob Hays

Jack Dempsey Fights for Life (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Allen Ulmer ?

Inks

Allen Ulmer ?

Colors

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Letters

?

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There's a kid doing nothing!

Genre

drama; sports

Characters

Jack Dempsey; Cardinal Spellman

Indexer Notes

Tentative art identification by Saltarella.

Blaze of Glory (Table of Contents: 11)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Fred Guardineer

Inks

Fred Guardineer

Colors

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Dashing into a blazing barn...

Genre

drama

Characters

Patty Fink

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Ger Apeldoorn.

Danger Mud (Table of Contents: 12)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Three boys become stuck in mud...

Genre

drama

Characters

William Janicek

Florence Heggie: Dog Saver (Table of Contents: 13)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Sid Greene (signed)

Inks

Sid Greene (signed)

Colors

?

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Sympathy for man's best friend...

Genre

drama

Characters

Florence Heggie

Al Manfre (Table of Contents: 14)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Robert Webster (signed as R Webster)

Inks

Robert Webster (signed as R Webster)

Colors

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Letters

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Al Manfre, who, in his early youth...

Genre

drama

Characters

Al Manfre

Trapped by Fire (Table of Contents: 15)

Heroic True Life Story / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sid Greene (signed)

Inks

Sid Greene (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

On a quiet afternoon...

Genre

drama

Characters

Captain Julian S. Wise; Andy Hodges; H. R. Deaton