Issue: #60
Published: May 1950, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Full Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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| Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Heroic Hall of Honor |
| Synopsis: |
Eastern Color wording: "Men and women chosen by this publication for their daring actions in hazardous tasks", listing the names of 19 individuals whose stories are told in this issue. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Quagmire! |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
Two men driving near Oakes Pond in Bloomfield, New Jersey, spot a young boy sinking in the mud of a recently drained pond and assist in saving him from certain death. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Angelo Posechia George Kraus Unnamed 11-year-old Boy |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Bus Driver Hero |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
Bus driver O'Mara is on his morning run when a toddler on a tricycle rides out in front of his bus, and only the quick wits of O'Mara saves the boy's life. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ray Thornley ? | Inks: Ray Thornley ? |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Thomas J. O'Mara Un-named Toddler |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
River Rescue |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
Worker William Hanley spots a 10-year-old pupil at Quinsigamond School falling into the water and going under, so he dives into the water and saves the boy's life. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
William Hanley Richard Richard's Unnamed Sister |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Crack-Up! |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
Getting ready to retire for the night, Harry Bolland of Orange, New Jersey, hears a car plow throgh a gate and into a lake in a nearby park, and dashes out, jumps in and rescues the people inside. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Harry Bolland |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Courage Cheats the Smoke |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
Late one afternoon a fire breaks out in the three-story Ellis home. Young James runs out to safety, but his brother John is still inside. With remarkable courage, the mother of the trapped boy rushes in to save her son. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Mrs. Wilbur Ellis John Ellis James Ellis |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Crippled Crime Buster |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
Rookie Patrolman Powers, on leave with a serious back injury, comes upon the robbery in progress, and, with risk to life and limb, pursues the crook and brings him to justice, for which he received the News Hero of the Month Award and was received before the New York City Police Department Honor Board. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
John A. Powers, Jr. (Policeman) Un-named Crook (villain) |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Potomac Rescue |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
Lt. Fairall is alerted by fellow firemen that three young boys are trapped on a sandbar beneath a bridge and face certain death. Fairall leads the attempt to rescue the lads and is awarded the Silver Medal for his actions. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Lt. Meade C. Fairall |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Gravel-Pit Pool Hero |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
With his pal going down a second time, Eddie Easton dives into a large gravel-pit pool to rescue a friend of his, who is then given artificial resuscitation by a passer-by. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Eddie Easton |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Heroic Mailman |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
Mailman Long spots a drowning man beneath Howard Bridge in Charleston, Massachusetts, and throws him a life preserver. When the man refuses to take hold of it, Long jumps in and rescues him. For his effort, mailman Long receives medals and awards. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Daniel M. Long (mailman) |
| Character Profile (1 page) |
Arlene Bailey |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
Troop No. 30 Intermediate Girl Scout Bailey was recommended for the award of the Silver Cross for Lifesaving when she saved the life of an 11-year-old girl whose dress had caught fire. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Arlene Bailey |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Steeplejack |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
Steeplejack Kemp, working on a chimney, suddenly has his scaffold break from under him, and he desperately swings to a ledge for safety. However, he has no way down nor do his rescuers have any way up to him. One attempt was made by an airplane, but, when that fails, the Coast Guard was called in, and they succeed in the rescie by use of a rocket gun. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Adventure Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
James Kemp |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Lucky Hunch |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
Francis cuts short a trip to see his aged mother. As he rushes home to find his home engulfed in smoke and flame. He crashes through a window, awakens his wife and friend, rescuing them, and then must re-enter to save the life of his daughter. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Francis I. O'Laughlin Mrs. O'Laughlin Diane O'Laughlin Lillian |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Supreme Sacrifice |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
A 14-year-old girl of Riverside, New Jersey, gives her own life to save that of a drowning young boy struggling in the water. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
June Sickler (death) Unnamed Boy |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
City Hero |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
A Department of Sanitation worker in New York risks life and limb to rescue four young children left in their apartment by their mother who went shopping, who have accidently set fire to curtains. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ray Thornley ? | Inks: Ray Thornley ? |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Louis Mastrangelo Unnamed Mother Unnamed Children |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Match Fire |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
Mrs. Leonard displays exceptional courage and presence of mind when she rescues her two young sons, who, left alone in an upstairs playroom, find a box of matches and accidently cause a fire. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ray Thornley ? | Inks: Ray Thornley ? |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Mildred Leonard Tom Leonard Unnamed Son Of Mrs. Leonard |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Night of Terror |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
A young woman, out with her boyfriend on evening around midnight, suddenly leaves the car and boyfriend, and decides to take a walk along a sheer cliff. Her footing gives way, and she falls down the side of the cliff until she gets a handhold. When the police arrive, they call in two lifeguards, who help to rescue the girl before she falls to her death. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Richard Conroy Unnamed Man Unnamed Woman |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Pete Summers...and the Runaway Bus |
| Featuring: |
Heroic True Life Story |
| Synopsis: |
The lives of 14 members of the Henrietta, Missouri boys basketball team are saved from certain death by the actions of bus driver Pete Summers, when the bus they all are riding in has issues with ice and snow. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Pete Summers Un-named Basketball Coach |
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