Heroic Comics #25

(July 1944)

Magic Carpet (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ah! This is the life!

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Helmar Schmidt

Indexer Notes

True-life story

Winner Takes All (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here is a story...

Genre

war

Characters

Lt. Charles H. Hiutchins

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Saltarella who also says Louis Cazeneuve is a possibility.

Keith Chandler : This is pure Kiefer.

He Broke a Rule to Break a Zero (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Someties it pays to overlook a rule.

Genre

war

Characters

Lt. Raymond Kramme

Tarawa Is Ours (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Allen Ulmer

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

For 76 hours United States Naval and Marine forces fought...

Genre

war

"Mercy Leap" to Germany (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Allen Ulmer (signed as Al Ulmer)

Inks

Allen Ulmer (signed as Al Ulmer)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

High above blacked out Germany...

Genre

war

Characters

S/Sgt. Tyre S. Weaver

Lieut. David C. Waybur Tank Smasher (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Although trapped and seriously wounded..

Genre

war

Characters

Lieut. David C. Waybur

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Saltarella. Keith Chander : Yes, pure Kiefer.

Two Strikes but Not Out (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The men of the S. S. Alchiba...

Genre

war

Characters

Commander James S. Freeman

5 - U.S. Marines vs 75 Japs! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Allen Ulmer (signed)

Inks

Allen Ulmer (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Five American Marines and a combat patrol...

Genre

war

Characters

Sgt. Bernard Brown

Think Twice Before You Crumble a Piece of Paper - It's Ammunition for Victory (Table of Contents: 9)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

advocacy; superhero

Characters

Hydroman (unnamed); Hitler; Tojo

Indexer Notes

Hydroman drops bundles of paper on Hitler and Tojo.

Learn Something about Your War Bonds from This Fellow! (Table of Contents: 10)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Letters

typeset

Genre

advocacy

Indexer Notes

Ad for war bonds.

The Lama Who Had No Face (Table of Contents: 11)

Music Master / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stephen Douglas ?

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From out of the East...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Music Master [John Wallace]; Ken Anders; Phil Markham; The Faceless Lama of Shang-Ta

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by Bails' Who's Who.

He Changed Their Plans (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

They had it all planned.

Genre

war

Characters

Tech. Sgt. Herman Sacknoff

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Hydroman and Rainbow Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

East coast shipping is suddenly demoralized...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hydroman [Bob Blake]; Rainbow Boy [Jack Walton]; Vito (crook)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Saltarella. Confirmed by Keith Chandler.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Man O Metal / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Seymour Pearlstein ?

Inks

Seymour Pearlstein ?

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

When the prosperous little country of Trivania...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Man O Metal [Pat Dempsey]; Joe Kelsey

Indexer Notes

Pencils were previously credited to H. G. Peter, but this looks like the similarly-styled Seymour Pearlstein, who signed a story in the previous issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Flyin' Jenny / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Wead (credited)

Pencils

Russell Keaton (signed)

Inks

Russell Keaton (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Losing altitude fast...

Genre

adventure; aviation; war

Characters

Flyin' Jenny Dare; Spinner Martin; Cyril

Reprints

• from Flyin' Jenny Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1941-11-16 [minus first three panels], 1941-11-23 [panels 1-3 and 5 only], 1941-12-07 [panels 1,5-6 and 9 only]