New Heroic Comics #41

When a woman falls overboard from a Staten Island ferryboat, deckhands Jim Daly and Thomas Curry don't hesitate—they dive into the cold water to pull her to safety. This true-life story of quick thinking and courage shows what ordinary people can accomplish when someone's life is on the line.

When John Tutty walks free from prison, he's nursing a dangerous grudge—and a loaded gun aimed at any cop unlucky enough to cross his path. Detective George Patton of Brooklyn's Thirteenth Precinct, a steely officer known for his unshakeable nerve and sharp reflexes, soon finds himself face to face with Tutty during a late-night bank robbery. What unfolds is a tense confrontation that will test just how fearless the detective truly is.

When Bess Myerson wins the Miss America crown in 1945, she's offered fame and fortune in Hollywood—but instead chooses to travel across America's schools, delivering a powerful message against intolerance and prejudice. Through her visits to high schools and hospitals, she proves that true beauty comes not from a face or figure, but from the courage to stand up for understanding and compassion. This is the story of how one woman used her platform to show a nation that you can't be beautiful and hate.

When a fire suddenly breaks out in their home, five-year-old Michael Goedecke must keep his wits and his sister calm as they navigate the spreading flames and find safety. With quick thinking and steady courage, Michael proves that heroism isn't about size—it's about staying level-headed when it counts most.

Jack Phillips, the radio operator aboard the Titanic, faces an impossible choice when the ship strikes an iceberg on its maiden voyage: abandon his post to save himself, or stay and keep transmitting distress signals that might bring rescue for those still aboard. As the ship begins to sink and chaos consumes the decks, Phillips must decide whether duty matters more than survival.

When a supporting rope snaps 120 feet above the New York streets, steeplejack's assistant Arthur Costello must act fast to save his unconscious co-worker from a fatal plunge. With both men's lives hanging in the balance, Costello faces a tense, inch-by-inch descent as he struggles to control the ropes and bring his stricken partner safely back to solid ground.

During a parachute jump at a 1947 Michigan airshow, Veteran Warren Berg finds himself in an extraordinary predicament when his chute tangles with a passing aircraft's propeller, leaving him clinging to the plane's tail surfaces. Drawing on quick thinking and nerves of steel, Berg deploys his emergency chute in a desperate gambit that transforms the crippled plane into a controlled descent. It's a harrowing true-life drama of split-second decisions and the courage that separates survival from tragedy.

When a fire suddenly engulfs his younger brother in their Buhl, Idaho kitchen, twelve-year-old DeWayne Watson must think and act faster than he ever has before. His quick thinking and decisive response earn him recognition from an unexpected source—the American Legion itself.

When a massive fire breaks out at a Chicago hotel, switchboard operator Julia Berry faces an agonizing choice: flee to safety or stay at her post to warn guests room by room of the spreading danger. In this true-life drama from 1947, witness the quiet heroism of a woman who refuses to abandon her duty, even as flames consume the building around her.

When a lazy September afternoon turns tragic and a young child falls into the water, 13-year-old Boy Scout William K. Danforth springs into action with the quick thinking and courage his training has instilled in him. Racing against time and his own limits, Danforth dives deep to locate the struggling child and bring him to safety. A true account of heroism in the face of danger.

In January 1943, Patrolman Pasquale J. Venturelli spots a stolen car during his radio patrol and faces an impossible choice: he can't open fire without risking innocent bystanders on the crowded street. With nerves of steel, Venturelli bails from his own vehicle and battles the car thieves on the run—literally fighting them on the moving automobile's running board to bring them to justice. This heroic true-life police story showcases the split-second courage that defined a cop's duty to protect his city.

At Sunset Lagoon in Seaford, New York, Mrs. Marjorie Wollever and her cousin Mrs. Elsie Jones spring into action when they hear cries for help from the water—a young child and his mother are in danger of drowning. Working quickly to pull the pair from the lagoon, the two women administer aid while summoning the Wantagh Fire Department rescue squad to help revive the boy, in this true-life account of heroism and quick thinking published in 1947.

A young girl playing near the Susquehanna River loses her footing and tumbles into the water, drifting toward the dam as onlookers call desperately for help. Patrolman Samuel Shoemaker of the Binghamton Police Force arrives just in time to plunge into action and pull her from the current, then provides the care she needs until the ambulance arrives.