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Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	May 1945
Frequency	Every Other Month
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Richard E. Hughes (uncredited)

Cover Details - "Private Johnny Fuentes"

Genre	Fact
Pencils	Alex Schomburg (signed)
Inks	Alex Schomburg (signed)
Letters	Ed Hamilton

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Real Life Comics No. 23"

Synopsis	"The Coast Guard is Alwwys Ready!" with Illustration and Table of Contents
Script	Richard E. Hughes ? (as "The Editor")
Letters	Typeset

7 page story "Jose Rizal Hero of the Phillippines"

Characters	Jose Rizal; Jose Rizal's father;
Synopsis	Jose Rizal led the first struggle for independence in the Philippines in the 1890s.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Charles M. Quilan (signed)
Inks	Charles M. Quilan (signed)
Letters	Ed Hamilton

5 page story "Private Johnny Fuentes The Armed Forces' Youngest hero"

Characters	Johnny Fuentes; Sgt. Monahan
Synopsis	13 year old french boys joins US Army and fights at Anzio.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Ken Battefield ?
Letters	Ed Hamilton

7 page story "The Battling Beggars"

Characters	William De La Marck; Margaret of Parma; William of Orange; Duke of Alva
Synopsis	The Dutch Patriots of the 1500s.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Ken Battefield ?
Letters	Ed Hamilton

4 page story "Iron Man of the Hon"

Characters	John Huelsdonk
Synopsis	John Huelsdonk killed more than 200 cougars in western Washington state.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Ken Battefield ?
Letters	Ed Hamilton

2 page text story "A Loaf of Bread"

Script	Lorraine Beim
Pencils	Charles M. Quinlan ?
Inks	Charles M. Quinlan ?
Letters	?; typeset
Notes	Only known story in comics by Lorraine Beim (1909-1951) writer of popular children's books.

6 page story "Commander James. A. Hershfield U.S.C.G."

Characters	James A. Hershfield
Synopsis	James A. Hirshfield aboard the Coast Guard Cutter , Campbell, fights it out with Six U-Boats.
Genre	Fact
Letters	Ed Hamilton
Notes	James A. Hirshfield (1902-1993) in the United States Coast Guard from 1924-1962, retiring as a Vice Admiral.

3 page story "Blip The Story of A Gun!"

Characters	Sergeant Haas; Lieutenant Gibbs; Hendrix
Synopsis	The story of a 37-Millimeter Tank-Buster.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Ken Battefield ?
Letters	Ed Hamilton

7 page story "Pedro Menendez First Settler of Florida"

Characters	Pedro Menendez; Ribault
Synopsis	Pedro Menendez moved to Florida in 1565 to serve as the Governor and founded St. Augustine.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Charles M. Quinlan (signed)
Inks	Charles M. Quinlan (signed)
Letters	Ed Hamilton

6 page story "Chief Radioman Geroge R. Tweed The Man the Japs Couldn't Find!"

Characters	George R. Tweed
Synopsis	George Tweed was on Guam from 1939 -1941, and then took to the jungles when the Japanese conquered Guam. He was rescued in July 1944, after 31 months.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Ken Battefeld ?
Letters	Ed Hamilton