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Real Heroes (1942) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Real Heroes (1942) 1
    • Trimmed
    • TRIMMED. Spine damaged (book removed from a bound volume). Staples added (not manufacturing).
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    The Most Important Man on Earth featuring Franklin D. Roosevelt. Heroine of the Battle of Monmouth featuring Molly Pitcher. White Raja : The First White Ruler of Sarawak featuring James Brooke. Ace of Aces featuring Edward Vernon Rickenbacker. He Ought to Get a Medal text article. The French Cavalier who First Explored the Mississippi featuring La Salle. Angel of Hull House featuring Jane Addams. Everyday Hero featuring George Hicks. The Man Who Wouldn't Be Licked featuring Theodore Rosen. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Real Heroes (1942) 2

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    Stories and art by George J. Hecht and others. Biographies in comics form, featuring famous figures as well as heroes of the everyday. Aerialist Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope - and then does it again; Mary Mugford rescues her husband from an enemy man-of-war during the Revolutionary War; After their ship is sunk, two British soldiers survive adrift for 70 days before rescue. The Stuff of Which Heroes Are Made; Chief G-Man; Defying Death Above Niagara; Fighter For Freedom; The Bravest of the Brides; Everyday Hero Normal Alley; Heroes of the Wires; The Fight For Texas Independence; Hero of the Lost Battalion; Nathan Hale; To Against the Sea; The First Ace of WWII. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Real Heroes (1942) 3

    Stories and art by George J. Hecht, Natalie Purvin Prager and Dan Fanshaw. Biographies in comics form, featuring famous figures as well as heroes of the everyday. Toussaint Louverture leads Haiti to freedom; Native American leader Sitting Bull becomes a symbol; Vaudeville legend Eddie Foy takes the stage with his children, the Seven Little Foys. Can Fishing Be Heroic?; John Paul Jones; Gellert the Loyal Dog of Wales; The Avenger, Major Raoul Lufbery; Toussaint Louverture; Everyday Hero: John D. Craig; Real Heroes Quiz; Sitting Bull; Real Heroes Hall of Fame; Eddie Foy; Snatched From Death; Girl in Command; Glenn Cunningham; Super-Strategist. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Real Heroes (1942) 4

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt illo by Chad Grothkopf. Britain's Top Man featuring Winston Churchill. Harold R. Stark feature. George C. Marshall feature. Canadian Air Ace featuring Billy Bishop. Real Heroes Hall of Fame text story. Chinese Hero No. 1 featuring Chiang Kai Shek. The Story of the Red Cross, art by Bill Everett. William Donovan feature. Flying Saucer featuring John J. Towers. Mr. Bug Goes to Town ad. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Real Heroes (1942) 5

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    Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Lew Glanzman, George J. Hecht, Natalie Purvin Prager, E. C. Stoner, John Prentice, Norman Nodel, Chad Grothkopf, Alex Kotzky, John Daly, Jim Ray, Harley Griffiths, Sam Glankoff, Art Pinajian and Gus Schrotter. Biographies in comics form, featuring famous figures as well as heroes of the everyday. A tale of Naval heroism from real-life Navy vet Sam Glanzman; Australian bush nurse and physical therapy pioneer Sister Elizabeth Kenny; Biblical hero Gideon. Casey Jones and the Wreck of the 382; Sailor to the Rescue; Rebel of 1676; Australian Bush Nurse; Northwest Mounties; Simon Kenton; Real Heroes Quiz; Frank Luke Balloon Buster; Real Heroes Hall of Fame; Gideon the Sword of Israel; Reel Real Heroes; Cordell Hull: Good Neighbor; Propaganda Puss; Stonewall Jackson: How He Earned That Nickname; Heroes Are Made, Not Born. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Real Heroes (1942) 6

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    Stories and art by John Daly, Jim Potter, George J. Hecht, Natalie Purvin Prager, August Froelich, Bob Oksner, Ed Smalle, Chad Grothkopf, Ben Thompson, Corrine Dillon, Sam Glankoff, and Jesse Marsh. Biographies in comics form, featuring famous figures as well as heroes of the everyday. Lou Gehrig becomes a champion baseball player for the New York Yankees, before his life is tragically cut short by the nerve disease ALS. Francis Marion's guerrilla tactics against British forces earn him the name The Swamp Fox. Winkie, a carrier pigeon for the RAF, gets help for his crew after their plane crashes. PT Boat Hero Lt. John D. Bulkeley; Swamp Fox Marion; Chief of the Chetniks; Iron Man Lou Gehrig; Winkie; Tanya Russian Girl Guerrilla; Real Heroes Quiz; Moorer Sends an S.O.S.; Real Heroes Hall of Fame; The Blind Man Who Saw; Reel Real Heroes; Commander Ellsberg: Hero of the Sea; Little Devils of China; Custer Makes His Last Stand; Lost R.C.A.F. Patrol; What Kind of Man Is a Hero? 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Real Heroes (1942) 7

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    Chennault and his Flying Tigers featuring Claire L. Chennault. On the Warpath for Canada featuring Ou-Reau-Ha-Re. Army Air Chief featuring Henry "Hap" Arnold. The Unseen Enemy featuring Louis Pasteur. The Gentleman from Virginia featuring Robert E. Lee. She Lived in Glory featuring the U.S.S. Lexington and the Battle of the Coral Sea. Once Again he Fights for Uncle Sam featuring Gene Tunney. Last Message from Corregidor featuring Irving Strobing. The Dog who Guarded His Master's Grave for 15 Years featuring Greyfriars Bobby. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Real Heroes (1942) 8

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    Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet featuring Admiral Nimitz. One Man Army of the American Revolution featuring Peter Francisco. Commando Commander featuring Louis Mountbatten. The Man Who Wouldn't Die featuring Hugh Glass. He Teaches Commandos to Get Tough featuring W. E. Fairbairn. Sailor from Nevada featuring Claude Becker. Canada's All-Around Athlete featuring Murray Patrick. Ghost of the Confederate Cavalry featuring J. E. B. Stuart. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Real Heroes (1942) 9
    • 3/4" Spine split.

    Yank with the Fighting French starring John F. Hasey. Mom Chung and Her 509 Fair-Haired Sons starring Dr. Margaret Chung. Ship Builder No. 1 featuring Henry J. Kaiser. Army Miracle Man featuring Brehon Somervell. Panda Man featuring Floyd Tangier-Smith. Man of the People featuring Lord Tweedsmuir. Most Valuable Player in the American League featuring Joe "Flash" Gordon. Murder by Moonlight featuring Abraham Lincoln. Navy's Ace Raider featuring William F. Halsey. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Real Heroes (1942) 10

    Dangerous Journey featuring British aviators in occupied Tunisia. Jungle Adventurer featuring Carl Akeley. Canadian Trapper featuring Pierre Radisson. The Man Who Loved to Fight featuring Ben Kaufman. Old Glory's First Battle featuring the Battle at Fort Stanwix (1777). Happy Birthday to You featuring Robert Schley. Carlson's Raiders featuring Evan F. Carlson. Flying Marine featuring Dick Amerine. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Real Heroes (1942) 11

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    The Message Must Get Through featuring Nick Craw. King of Guerrillas featuring Manoli Mandakas. Girl to the Rescue featuring Marylynn Winckler. Wild Jack Howard featuring Earl of Suffolk. Fifty Million Years Ago featuring Edward D. Cope. Flight for Life featuring John Colter. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Real Heroes (1942) 12

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    The Bulletproof Hero of Dieppe featuring Dollard Menard. Monarch of the Plains featuring Kit Carson. Hero of New Guinea featuring Robert L. Eichelberger. A Mighty Man Was He featuring Charles French. Home Front Heroes featuring Jerry and Giles Morrill. Czech Night Hawk featuring Karel Kutl. Born to Fight featuring Herriet Beecher Stowe. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Real Heroes (1942) 13

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    24,000 Miles to Find His Man featuring Jimmie Smith. Confederate Patriot featuring Emma Sansom. Conquest of Darkness featuring Helen Keller. Paul Revere feature. Danger in the Deep featuring Ab Hanley. Spy Catcher featuring Earle J. Annett. China's Warhawk featuring Arthur Chan. Victory at Climbach featuring Charles Thomas. Sweating it Out featuring Edward Gibbons. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Real Heroes (1942) 14
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    Stories and art by Sam Glankoff and others. Biographies in comics form, featuring famous figures as well as heroes of the everyday. African-American explorer Matthew Henson becomes the first man at the North Pole; Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto; A heroic dog rescues soldiers with a lifesaving message. Day for the Irish; Law Comes to Dodge City; Rough Ride; Key to the Future; Violin Virtuoso; Newsreel Wong; Real Heroes Quiz; Breakfast for a Bomber; Real Heroes Hall of Fame; Star-Struck; Reel Real Heroes; North to the Pole; Pete Gray; Double Rescue; K-9 Courier; Night Raid. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Real Heroes (1942) 15

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    Wilderness Pathfinder featuring Alexander Mackenzie. Voice of Greece featuring Demonsthenes. Perfect Performance featuring Pauline Cushman. Negro Patriot featuring Austin Dabney. Lightning Needle featuring Elias Howe. Fire Fighter featuring Joseph Seide. Clean-Up Man featuring Nicola De Palo. Plague Vanquuished featuring Edward Jenner. Lifesaving Hobby featuring Julian Wise. Job Done featuring Homer W. Faucett. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #16
    Real Heroes (1942) 16

    Stories and art by Ernie Schroeder, Lee Ames, Jack Sparling, Joel Cohen, Ed Smalle, Sam Glankoff, and Lawrence Dresser. Biographies in comics form, featuring famous figures as well as heroes of the everyday. Former slave Booker T. Washington becomes one of the most important figures in early African-American culture; Nancy Hart defends her Georgia home against British soldiers during the Revolutionary War; Maverick scientist and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla remains a subject of popular fascination. G.I.'s Best Friend; Balto of Nome; Up From Slavery; Table Turned; Red Feather; Johnny Appleseed; Real Heroes Quiz; "Porpoise" Mission; Real Heroes Hall of Fame; Masthead Victory; Reel Real Heroes; Prints Pay Off; Prophet of Science. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.