([July-September] 1942)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Quarterly
On-sale date
1942-05-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Editing
?
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
was ongoing series

Issue Notes

Month of publication not listed in the comic. Month from Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide.
Copyright, 1942, by Dell Publishing Company, Inc.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.

War Heroes (Table of Contents)

General Douglas MacArthur / cover / 1 page (report information)

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?
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Genre
war
Characters
General Douglas MacArthur
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Foreword (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

General Douglas MacArthur Supreme Commander (Table of Contents: 2)

General Douglas MacArthur / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Pencils
Tom Hickey (signed)
Inks
Tom Hickey (signed)
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?
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?
Genre
war
Characters
General Douglas MacArthur

Hero of the Heron (Table of Contents: 3)

Lieutenant William L Kabler / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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?
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?
Genre
war

The Medal of Highest Honor (Table of Contents: 4)

Sergeant Jose Calugas / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Dan Gormley (signed)
Inks
Dan Gormley (signed)
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?
Letters
?
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Signed in last panel.

Men of Honor (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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?
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?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; war

Heroes of Wake Island (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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?
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?
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?
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?
Letters
?
Genre
war

Human Torches (Table of Contents: 7)

Sgt. Thomas B. Miller / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Will Rowland (credited)
Inks
Will Rowland (credited)
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?
Letters
?
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999 lists Will Rowland as an artist, not a writer.

The Attack on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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?
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?
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?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
war

Mosquito Boat Heroes (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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?
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?
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?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war

Colin Kelly (Table of Contents: 10)

Captain Colin Kelly / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Bob Jenney [as R. Jenney] (signed)
Inks
Bob Jenney [as R. Jenney] (signed)
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?
Letters
?
Genre
war

Victory at Midway Island (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Jim Chambers (signed)
Inks
Jim Chambers (signed)
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?
Letters
?
Genre
war

Into the Jaws of Death (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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?
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?
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?
Genre
war

America's One Man Attack (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Chambers (signed)
Inks
Jim Chambers (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war

Sergeant Leslie Smitten (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Jenney (credited)
Inks
Bob Jenney (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war

U.S. Army Insignia (Table of Contents: 15)

illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

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?
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?
Genre
non-fiction; war

Indexer Notes

U.S. Army insignias for commissioned and non-commissioned officers. On inside back cover in black and white.

U.S. Navy Insignia (Table of Contents: 16)

illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

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?
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?
Genre
non-fiction; war

Indexer Notes

U.S. Navy insignias for commissioned line officers and petty officers. On inside back cover in black and white.

Decorations (Table of Contents: 17)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction; war

Indexer Notes

Different military medals.
Back cover.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. War Heroes
    General Douglas MacArthur
  2. 1. Foreword
  3. 2. General Douglas MacArthur Supreme Commander
    General Douglas MacArthur
  4. 3. Hero of the Heron
    Lieutenant William L Kabler
  5. 4. The Medal of Highest Honor
    Sergeant Jose Calugas
  6. 5. Men of Honor
  7. 6. Heroes of Wake Island
  8. 7. Human Torches
    Sgt. Thomas B. Miller
  9. 8. The Attack on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands
  10. 9. Mosquito Boat Heroes
  11. 10. Colin Kelly
    Captain Colin Kelly
  12. 11. Victory at Midway Island
  13. 12. Into the Jaws of Death
  14. 13. America's One Man Attack
  15. 14. Sergeant Leslie Smitten
  16. 15. U.S. Army Insignia
  17. 16. U.S. Navy Insignia
  18. 17. Decorations
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