Heroic Comics
#23
(March 1944)
Eastern Color,
1943 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Eastern Color Printing Company
- Editing
- Harold A. Moore
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer (painting)
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer (painting)
- Colors
- Henry Kiefer (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- war
Attention! (Mister) Yamamoto
True Stories of War Heroes / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At a South Pacific airfield...
- Characters
- Daniel Boone (in spirit); Harding (flier); Richards (flier)
Leathernecks Pull Surprise Attack at Viru Harbor
True Stories of War Heroes / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The tragic fall of Singapore...
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Saltarella (December 2016).
Ben Warmer, Demon Aerial Gunner
True Stories of War Heroes / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The German Luftwaffe is invinsible!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Staff Sergeant Benjamin Warmer
Indexer Notes
Possible art identification by Saltarella (December 2016). Suggested Mac Raboy on pencils and inks.
Keith Chandler : An interesting suggestion, but given Raboy's painstaking and turtle-paced art production, coupled with a full complement of Captain Marvel Junior stories and covers appearing in Fawcett comics at the same date, and the uncharacteristic hard-angled faces in this story, I sincerely doubt it.
Return to Life
True Stories of War Heroes / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doctors had pronounced Sergeant Walter J. Bodt dead...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sergeant Walter J. Bodt
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Saltarella (December 2016).
Beyond the Call of Duty
True Stories of War Heroes / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 2 American 'B-24' Liberators dive into objectives to "shorten the war"
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Saltarella (December 2016).
[no title indexed]
The Music Master / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Death, disaster, and destruction sweep across America...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Music Master [John Wallace]; Downbeat; Tango (Downbeat's pet dog); Joe (train engineer, death); von Frosch (villain, death); Wurfel (villain, death?); un-named Nazis (villains, many die)
- Synopsis
- A mysterious train accident on the outskirts of Coronaville interests the Music Master, especially because farm animals found near the scene were either dead or deaf. He discovers the Nazis are using a secret weapon, called the Sound-o-Graff.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Coronaville; Sound-o-Graff
in Indexer Notes
Script credit suggested by Bails' Who's Who and Bill Black.
Warrior in Underwear
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Charles Loeb (credited as Charles G. Loeb)
- Pencils
- Harry Peter (spot illustration)
- Inks
- Harry Peter (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It seems a long time...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sergeant Thomas E. Hailey
The Music Master Gets in the Scrap!
The Music Master / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! What's that noise?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Music Master [John Wallace]; Downbeat
- Synopsis
- Illustrated PSA for the scrap drive.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich 2013-2-13.
[no title indexed]
Hydroman / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hydroman pits his strength and powers...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hydroman [Bob Blake]; Rainbow Boy [Jack Walton]; Police Chief Lambert; Professor Zander; Doctor Lamson (villain)
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Saltarella.
[no title indexed]
Man O' Metal / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The 'Black Diamond Mine', best anthracite producer...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Man O' Metal [Pat Dempsey]; Wade Ferris (President of Magatex Steel Company); Nels (coal miner); Toad Harper (villain, local union boss)
- Synopsis
- Wade Ferris sends for Pat Dempsey because he is concerned that his business is about to be wrecked because of the coal shortage, and that a plot is afoot to do just that! When Pat appears as a new miner wanting work, he hears about the ghosts of Indians in the mine, but later discovers that the mine may be full of diamonds.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art credits by Bill Black. Suggested Harry G. Peter on pencils and inks.
Keith Chandler : Henry Kiefer's inks are evident, probably over Peter's pencils.
I Faced a One Man Firing Squad
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? ( spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- P F C Michael Scambulluri, formerly of Albany...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- P F C Michael Scambulluri
[no title indexed]
Flyin' Jenny / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Frank Wead (credited)
- Pencils
- Russell Keaton (credited)
- Inks
- Russell Keaton (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How will I ever thank you for saving Cyril's life?
- Genre
- adventure; aviation; war
- Characters
- Flyin' Jenny Dare; Cyril; Rick Davis; Spinner Martin (test pilot)
- Reprints
- from Flyin' Jenny Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1941-10-05 - 1941-10-12 [first four panels only]
Indexer Notes
Panels are extensively enlarged, reshaped and recolored.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Attention! (Mister) Yamamoto
True Stories of War Heroes -
2.
Leathernecks Pull Surprise Attack at Viru Harbor
True Stories of War Heroes -
3.
Ben Warmer, Demon Aerial Gunner
True Stories of War Heroes -
4.
Return to Life
True Stories of War Heroes -
5.
Beyond the Call of Duty
True Stories of War Heroes -
6.
["Death, disaster, and destruction sweep across America..."]
The Music Master -
7.
Warrior in Underwear
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8.
The Music Master Gets in the Scrap!
The Music Master -
9.
["Hydroman pits his strength and powers..."]
Hydroman -
10.
["The 'Black Diamond Mine', best anthracite producer..."]
Man O' Metal -
11.
I Faced a One Man Firing Squad
-
12.
["How will I ever thank you for saving Cyril's life?"]
Flyin' Jenny -
13.
Destination: Death
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Tony R. Rose
- Keith Chandler
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
- Craig Delich
- Daniel Thingvold
- Per Sandell
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