Heroic Comics
#19
(July 1943)
Eastern Color,
1943 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Eastern Color Printing Company
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer (signed as
H. C. Kiefer) (painting) - Inks
- Henry Kiefer (signed as H. C. Kiefer) (painting)
- Colors
- Henry Kiefer (signed as H. C. Kiefer) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- war
- Keywords
- war heroes
Eugene Moore
True Stories of War Heroes / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Living proof of the "kind of stuff" Marines are made of...
- Genre
- biography; war
- Characters
- Private Eugene O. Moore
Barney Ross
True Stories of War Heroes / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alan Mandel (signed as Mandel)
- Inks
- Alan Mandel (signed as Mandel)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- biography; war
- Characters
- Barney Ross
Lieut. Yarbrough
True Stories of War Heroes / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rescues marooned officer off icy Alaskan coast...
- Genre
- biography; war
- Characters
- Lieut. Eugene T. Yarbrough
[no title indexed]
Hydroman / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- While playing golf with a wealthy friend...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hydroman [Bob Blake]; Rainbow Boy [Jay Watson]; J. B. Waller (industrialist)
- Synopsis
- After defeating a plot to ship exploding golf balls to America's industry leaders, Hydroman joins Rainbow Boy to defeat an alien invasion
- Reprints
-
in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #72 ([September] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Rainbow Boy, immediately following this one.
[no title indexed]
Rainbow Boy / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Both Rainbow Boy and Hydroman have sped to the aid of the beseiged metropolis...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Rainbow Boy [Jay Watson]; Hydroman [Bob Blake]; General Gruno
- Synopsis
- Hydroman and Rainbow Boy stave off an alien invasion.
- Reprints
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #72 ([September] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
The story concludes from the Hydroman feature which immediately precedes it.
[no title indexed]
The Music Master / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey John, I just saw Ilona headed for the shack, she was drenched....
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Music Master [John Wallace]; Downbeat; Ilona; Hans Miller (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Music Master battles fifth columnists who have set up a phony charity for "the war effort".
- Reprints
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #77 ([February] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
script credit suggested by the Who's Who
Art was previously credited to Ben Thompson, but the style here is harder and more angular.
You Can't Sink Us
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Emanuel Demby (signed)
- Pencils
- Harry Peter ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- Harry Peter ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You Can't Sink Us!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Ensign Stanley Lagerloff
[no title indexed]
Man O' Metal / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Abandon ship! Run for your lives!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Man O'Metal [Pat Demspsey]; Craig Dempsey; Bart Rand (villain)
- Reprints
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #77 ([February] 2009)
-
Three's No Crowd
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Maybe the Gradys won't win the war...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Peggy Grady; Martin Grady; Steve Grady
[no title indexed]
Flyin' Jenny / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Russell Keaton (signed)
- Pencils
- Russell Keaton (signed)
- Inks
- Russell Keaton (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cyril catches his foster father off balance...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation; war
- Characters
- Flyin' Jenny Dare; Cyril; Rick; Otto (villain)
- Synopsis
- Cyril is in trouble again, and Jenny heads out to rescue him when a hurricane strikes, and she is forced to return to base. After the storm, and fearing the boy is lost, Jenny takes to the skies again and this time spots Cyril being menaced at sea by sharks.
- Reprints
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #94 ([October] 2014) [in black and white]
- from Flyin' Jenny Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1941-06-29 - 1941-07-20 [panel six omitted]
-
- Keywords
- Volunteer (Jenny's plane)
Indexer Notes
Story continued next issue.
Panels are extensively reshaped and recolored.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Eugene Moore
True Stories of War Heroes -
2.
Barney Ross
True Stories of War Heroes -
3.
Lieut. Yarbrough
True Stories of War Heroes -
4.
["While playing golf with a wealthy friend..."]
Hydroman -
5.
["Both Rainbow Boy and Hydroman have sped to the aid of the beseiged metropolis..."]
Rainbow Boy -
6.
["Hey John, I just saw Ilona headed for the shack, she was drenched...."]
The Music Master -
7.
You Can't Sink Us
-
8.
["Abandon ship! Run for your lives!"]
Man O' Metal -
9.
Three's No Crowd
-
10.
["Cyril catches his foster father off balance..."]
Flyin' Jenny
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Merlin Haas
- Bob Hughes
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Daniel Thingvold
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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