New Heroic Comics #74

Deep in enemy territory during the Korean War, Sgt. John D. Girolmo leads two squads of Rangers in a daring nighttime raid on a fortified enemy outpost where the soldiers have grown complacent. When the attack erupts, the sleeping enemy troops scramble to mount a defense—but Girolmo's men are already closing in with overwhelming force.

M/Sgt. John D. Girolmo and his Rangers arrive to reinforce a battalion caught in a brutal Chinese offensive, only to find themselves surrounded and fighting for survival across a blood-soaked hillside. Wounded and separated from his unit, Girolmo faces a harrowing ordeal of capture, imprisonment, and exposure that will test everything he has left to give. This true-life account follows a soldier's struggle against impossible odds in Korea.

Sgt. Oscar L. Robbins of the 21st Infantry Regiment commands a 3.5-inch rocket launcher squad in Korea, where a critical bridge threatens to give the enemy a devastating advantage during a U.N. withdrawal. When demolition charges fail to destroy the span, Robbins and his men make the decision to finish the job themselves—even as enemy artillery closes in around them. Back home, his exceptional courage earns him recognition, though his thoughts remain with the soldiers who stood beside him.

Sgt. Cornelius H. Charlton faces an impossible task: leading Company G against Hill 543, an enemy stronghold that has stalled the Allied advance. Through repeated charges up the heavily fortified position, he drives his men forward despite mounting casualties and his own wounds, refusing to retreat until the objective is taken. A gripping account of battlefield courage and sacrifice from a 1952 war comic.

Three North Korean soldiers—the last survivors of their decimated platoon—make a stark choice after four failed assaults on a Marine-held position prove catastrophic. When their commander realizes only three men remain, the soldiers reach a grim consensus, and their war comes to an end in the Korean conflict's brutal reality.

A young Marine named Joe fights through brutal jungle combat in the Solomons as his unit advances against Japanese forces dug into caves and hilltops. With snipers raining fire from above and machine gun nests hidden throughout the dense undergrowth, Joe and his comrades push forward foot by foot, clearing strongholds and preparing to face an even greater threat. When the Japanese launch a massive counterattack from the hills, the Marines must hold their ground against overwhelming numbers.

When a seventy-six-year-old Houston man with a crippled arm wakes early to make his morning coffee, he discovers smoke creeping through his boarder's bedroom door—the start of a desperate scramble to save his invalid wife from a house engulfed in flames. With his daily routine the only thing standing between tragedy and survival, this spunky hero crawls through roof-high sheets of fire to drag his wife Ada to safety. Penciled by H. G. Peter, "Coffee Saved Our Lives" is a gripping true-life account of courage when it matters most.

When a car crash traps an injured man near a telegraph pole, a Houston Boy Scout instructor named F.S. Braren springs into action—checking for electrical hazards, carefully freeing the victim from the wreckage, and administering first aid while waiting for emergency crews to arrive. His quick thinking and training transform a routine accident scene into a lesson in real-world heroism, one he'd later share with his own scouts.

In this true-life account, seventy-seven-year-old Joseph E. Abele, a Spanish-American War veteran, looks back on the decisive moment at the Battle of El Caney in Cuba that earned him recognition decades later—when he volunteered to raise the American flag above a Spanish fort to stop friendly fire. Braving enemy artillery and capturing Spanish soldiers in the process, Abele's quick thinking and courage under fire stand as a testament to a long military service marked by remarkable survival and valor.

When a young swimmer named Joseph McLennon spots a dog drowning in the Harlem River, he doesn't hesitate—despite a bridge worker's warning to stay back, he dives in after the struggling animal. Racing against the current, Joseph guides the exhausted pup toward shore in this true-life account of courage that earned him the National Dog Welfare Guild's highest honor.

When Joseph W. Truesdale's truck loses its brakes halfway down the Cooper River Bridge in Charleston, he faces an impossible choice: abandon the vehicle or stay at the wheel to warn other drivers of the danger. His decision to ride out the catastrophic descent, refusing to jump clear even as the runaway truck careens down the steep span, transforms a mechanical failure into an act of selfless heroism—one that ultimately costs him everything. This true-life account, illustrated by H. G. Peter, captures a moment of extraordinary courage in the face of certain peril.