Digital Comic Museum - War Heroes 06_JVJon


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Another book from the JVJ Collection - scans by Jon, edits by Dell4C

Issue: #6
Published: October-December 1943, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 60, Editing: Albert Delacorte (chief editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Copyright 1943, by Dell Publishing Co. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 4.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: ? (painting) \| Inks: ? (painting) \| Colours: ? (painting)
Genre:	War

Illustration (2 pages)	U.S. Marines
Credits:	Pencils: ? [as Official U. S. Marine Corps Photograph] (photo) \| Inks: ? [as Official U. S. Marine Corps Photograph] (photo) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	War

Comic Story (6 pages)	Captain Joseph J. Foss
Credits:	Pencils: Bob Jenney (credited) \| Inks: Bob Jenney (credited)
Genre:	War
Characters:	Captain Joseph J. Foss June Shakstad

Comic Story (4 pages)	Seagoing Haymaker
Genre:	War
Characters:	George Rhodes Bert Smith Canon

Comic Story (6 pages)	One Man Battle of the Air
Credits:	Pencils: Bob Jenney [as Rob't Jenney] (credited) \| Inks: Bob Jenney [as Rob't Jenney] (credited)
Genre:	War
Characters:	Sgt. Maynard Smith Charlie

Comic Story (5 pages)	Take Her Down
Genre:	War
Characters:	Commander Howard W. Gilmore (death) Mobray Andrews

Comic Story (6 pages)	Attack on Attu
Credits:	Pencils: Lou Ferstadt [as Ferstadt] (credited) \| Inks: L. B. Cole [as Cole] (credited)
Genre:	War
Characters:	Captain William H. Willoughby McFlea Captain David Klein Sgt. Henry J. Stender

Comic Story (2 pages)	War's Wacky Wonders
Genre:	War Humor
Characters:	Tomkins Henry Griffin

Comic Story (5 pages)	Manila John Moves Out
Synopsis:	During the battle of Guadalcanal, Sgt. John Basilone of the First Marine Division, used his water-cooled machine gun, and overcoming the burns that it caused him, to kill 38 Japanese soldiers during an engagement on that island. For his actions, Sgt. Basilone was award the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Genre:	War
Characters:	Manila John [Sgt. Basilone] (United States Marine Corps)

Comic Story (2 pages)	Aleutian Octopus
Genre:	War
Characters:	Chief Philip Henley

Comic Story (3 pages)	Rowboat Rams Submarine ----
Credits:	Pencils: E. C. Stoner (signed) \| Inks: E. C. Stoner (signed)
Genre:	War
Characters:	George Pirie

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Blitz Breakers
Credits:	Pencils: Jim Chambers (credited) \| Inks: Jim Chambers (credited)
Genre:	War
Characters:	Lt. Dushane Corporal Czar

Comic Story (5 pages)	How Heroes are Made
Credits:	Pencils: E. C. Stoner (signed) \| Inks: E. C. Stoner (signed)
Genre:	War
Characters:	Lt. Richard Cole Lt. Theodore Antonelli Sgt. Arthur Godwin

Text Story (4 pages)	The Terror of the Wolf Pack
Credits:	Pencils: Jim Chambers [also as JGC] (signed) \| Inks: Jim Chambers [also as JGC] (signed) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	War
Characters:	Commander James A. Hirschfield

Comic Story (4 pages)	Tunisian Thunderbolt
Credits:	Pencils: E. C. Stoner (signed) \| Inks: E. C. Stoner (signed)
Genre:	War
Characters:	Colonel Louis V. Hightower Bayer

Public Service Announcement (1 page)	Spars
Credits:	Pencils: ? (painting) \| Inks: ? (painting) \| Colours: ? (painting)
Genre:	War

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