New Heroic Comics #94

Traffic policeman Steve Radica of Chicago spots a woman who stumbles and falls between the wheels of a passing train—and without hesitation, he rides his motorcycle under the crossing gates to pull her to safety. This true-life account celebrates an ordinary officer's extraordinary split-second heroism and the physical courage that made the rescue possible.

Werner Schoen, a New York City building superintendent, faces a terrifying chain of events when a spark ignites cleaning fluid in his workplace—sending flames into a freight elevator and engulfing its operator. With quick thinking and courage, Schoen springs into action to save the trapped operator and contain the spreading danger before catastrophe strikes.

In this true-life account from 1954, a young man named Charles witnesses a six-year-old boy dash into traffic and acts without hesitation—throwing himself in front of an oncoming trolley to stop its deadly momentum. After the vehicle passes over him, Charles crawls beneath it to rescue the injured child, an act of selfless courage that earns him an American Legion Citation. This is the remarkable story of how one person's quick thinking and bravery saved a child's life.

When a playmate gets accidentally locked inside a steamer trunk during a game, eleven-year-old Stephen Schuett of Atlanta keeps his wits about him and springs into action to free his trapped friend before help arrives. Racing against time and panic, Stephen searches for the right tools to break the lock—a chisel and wooden pin become his lifeline in this harrowing true-life rescue.

Eleven-year-old Gerald MacArthur of Stanton Heights, Pennsylvania comes home to find his house filling with smoke and his sixteen-year-old brother John unconscious in the garage, overcome by fumes. With quick thinking and the help of the family dog Queenie, Gerald locates his brother, gets him to safety, and calls for help—actions that spare John's life and earn Gerald national recognition as Kid of the Week.

When an older boy crashes through weak ice into the frigid Clinton River, his quick-thinking eleven-year-old friend Kenneth Kube springs into action, carefully inching across the ice to pull him from the freezing water. This 1954 true-life account from New Heroic Comics follows a young hero who does what needs to be done when it counts most.

When a two-year-old becomes fascinated by swimming after watching an aquatic television show, he wades into a Newark park lake—in over his head. Thirteen-year-old Raymond Willard, cycling past with his brother, spots the child struggling and dives in fully clothed to pull him to safety. A true account of quick thinking and courage that kept a young dreamer alive to pursue his nautical fantasies.

When a devastating tornado levels two Arkansas towns in 1954, a young Bible student named Don L. Mullican springs into action, setting up an amateur radio station to relay emergency messages as rescue efforts race against time. Meanwhile, a radio amateur and physician from Little Rock mobilizes fellow operators and equipment to reach the devastated area, determined to help coordinate the chaos of evacuation and aid. It's a gripping true account of how amateur radio operators became lifelines in a disaster.

When a rabid dog attacks a woman and her young son outside his Chicago office, Dr. R. J. Carroll rushes to their aid—and finds himself bitten while fighting to save them. Though wounded, Carroll manages to contain the animal long enough for police to arrive, then all three victims receive life-saving treatment at the hospital. This true story celebrates the dentist's selfless courage in the face of immediate danger.

Dr. C. Daniel Coppes, a Roxborough physician, must act quickly when a young boy wanders onto a narrow rain gutter high above the ground, frozen with fear thirty feet up. With calm words and steady nerves, Coppes inches his way across the precarious ledge to reach the terrified child and guide him to safety. This harrowing true-life rescue reminds us that heroism isn't always about superpowers—sometimes it's about courage in an everyday crisis.

When his truck's brakes fail on a Columbus, Indiana highway, Denny Luzier faces an impossible choice—and acts with split-second courage to prevent disaster. Racing against oncoming traffic and a speeding train, he makes a desperate maneuver that puts his own life on the line to protect the drivers around him. This true-life tale of quick thinking under pressure reminds us that heroism sometimes comes down to one person's willingness to risk everything.