Issue: #23
Published: May 1945, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Richard E. Hughes (uncredited)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Newsprint Interior; Glossy Cover Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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| Cover (1 page) |
Private Johnny Fuentes |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Alex Schomburg (signed) | Inks: Alex Schomburg (signed) | Letters: Ed Hamilton |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page) |
Real Life Comics No. 23 |
| Synopsis: |
"The Coast Guard is Alwwys Ready!" with Illustration and Table of Contents |
| Credits: |
Script: Richard Hughes ? [as "The Editor"] | Letters: Typeset |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Jose Rizal Hero of the Phillippines |
| Synopsis: |
Jose Rizal led the first struggle for independence in the Philippines in the 1890s. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Charles M. Quilan (signed) | Inks: Charles M. Quilan (signed) | Letters: Ed Hamilton |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Jose Rizal Jose Rizal's Father; |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Private Johnny Fuentes The Armed Forces' Youngest hero |
| Synopsis: |
13 year old french boys joins US Army and fights at Anzio. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ken Battefield ? | Letters: Ed Hamilton |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Johnny Fuentes Sgt. Monahan |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Iron Man of the Hon |
| Synopsis: |
John Huelsdonk killed more than 200 cougars in western Washington state. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ken Battefield ? | Letters: Ed Hamilton |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
John Huelsdonk |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
A Loaf of Bread |
| Credits: |
Script: Lorraine Beim | Pencils: Charles M. Quinlan ? | Inks: Charles M. Quinlan ? | Letters: ?; typeset |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Commander James. A. Hershfield U.S.C.G. |
| Synopsis: |
James A. Hirshfield aboard the Coast Guard Cutter , Campbell, fights it out with Six U-Boats. |
| Credits: |
Letters: Ed Hamilton |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
James A. Hershfield |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Pedro Menendez First Settler of Florida |
| Synopsis: |
Pedro Menendez moved to Florida in 1565 to serve as the Governor and founded St. Augustine. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Charles M. Quinlan (signed) | Inks: Charles M. Quinlan (signed) | Letters: Ed Hamilton |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Pedro Menendez Ribault |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Chief Radioman Geroge R. Tweed The Man the Japs Couldn't Find! |
| 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. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ken Battefeld ? | Letters: Ed Hamilton |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
George R. Tweed |
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