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New Heroic Comics #47 (1948)

Eastern Color · 1948 · 52 pages

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Contains 16 stories
Not Even a Scratch
1 pp · aviation

Test pilot B.A. Erickson faces a harrowing crisis when the landing gear of the world's largest land-based bomber becomes badly damaged mid-flight, forcing him to make an agonizing decision about his twelve-man crew. With engines failing and disaster looming over the Texas landscape, Erickson demonstrates nerves of steel as he attempts an extraordinary feat of piloting skill. This 1948 account of true aviation heroism captures one man's cool courage under impossible pressure.

Run-In with Crime
5 pp · crime

Two Queens teenagers, Charles Mareno and Emory Kudlicka, spring into action when a burglar breaks into a neighbor's apartment—and after chasing him through the neighborhood, the boys find themselves facing down a desperate criminal who won't go quietly. In this true-life tale from 1948, courage and quick thinking prove more powerful than a criminal's threats.

Bicycle Hero
4 pp · crime

On a quiet Brooklyn night in 1948, telegraph messenger Robert Bottcher witnesses a getaway car with suspicious occupants and decides to pursue them on his bicycle, despite the criminals' threats. When the robbers flee into an alley, Bottcher flags down police officers and directs them to the fleeing gunmen, leading to the pair's capture and arrest. A true-life tale of quick thinking and courage that proves sometimes the smallest act of vigilance makes all the difference.

Sea Scout Emrich: Hero on a Golf Course
4 pp · drama

When a flood turns a golf course into a dangerous waterway, 15-year-old Sea Scout Herbert Emrich and his older companion decide to take a swim—but what begins as fun turns dire when the older boy gets into trouble in the deep water. With quick thinking and courage, Emrich springs into action to save his companion's life, proving that true heroism can strike anywhere, even on a fairway.

Avalanche!
3 pp · drama

When tons of snow and ice roar down a Swiss mountain, ski instructor Hans Thorner must use quick thinking and nerves of steel to protect his companions from not one, but two devastating avalanches. As supplies destined for a stranded resort become a race against nature's fury, Thorner's cool head and knowledge of the mountain prove to be the difference between survival and catastrophe.

Never Take a Dare
3 pp · drama

Two boys dare their friend to swim across the 300-foot width of the Charles River in Massachusetts, and when the exhausted swimmer begins to fail midway, a passing stranger named James F. Sullivan—despite being a poor swimmer himself—plunges into the water to attempt a rescue. Sullivan's selfless act, though costly to his own strength, saves the boy's life and delivers a hard lesson about the dangers of reckless dares.

Guardian Angel
0.7 pp · non-fiction; biography
Ida Lewis
Buried Alive!
2 pp · drama

In Mishawaka, Indiana, six-year-old Nancy Sukolics and a playmate are exploring a newly excavated basement when a sudden cave-in buries the boy under sand. Nancy springs into action, clawing away the sand from his face to keep him breathing while she calls for help—a quick-thinking rescue that may well have saved his life. This true-life drama captures a young girl's courage in a moment of crisis.

Invictus: Bloody... But Unbowed
2 pp · drama

Facing the loss of his leg and the threat of losing the other, Scottish poet William Ernest Henley lies in an Edinburgh hospital confronting his darkest hour—until he finds inspiration to write his way through despair. As he pens verses born from his struggle against suffering and circumstance, his words become as vital as the courage that sustains him through an operation that will test both his spirit and his will to survive. This true-life story captures the birth of a poem that would speak to the unconquerable human soul.

Frozen by Electricity
3 pp · drama

Based on the OCR text provided, this story contains TWO separate rescue narratives rather than a single story. The first concerns an electrical accident at a steel factory and the second involves a well rescue. Since the assignment specifies writing about "Story: 'Frozen by Electricity'" as a single 3-page narrative, and the OCR text clearly shows two distinct stories spliced together (the second beginning with "TUNNEL SAFETY" and a different protagonist), I cannot accurately isolate and synopsis only "Frozen by Electricity" without invention. SKIP

Tunnel to Safety
3 pp · drama
All Hail the King
2 pp · drama

When a six-year-old girl tumbles into the Hudson River off the Yonkers Recreation Pier, fourteen-year-old George King doesn't hesitate—he plunges fully clothed into the water to pull her to safety. This true-life story captures a single moment of quick thinking and courage that earned George recognition from his community, proving that heroism isn't always about superpowers—sometimes it's just doing what needs to be done.

Man Overboard!
2 pp · drama

John Mitchell springs into action when a friend suddenly goes overboard at Rye Lake and begins to struggle in the water—with quick thinking and fearless courage, Mitchell dives in for a desperate rescue. As his friend fights the current and slips beneath the surface, Mitchell's brother joins the effort, and the race against time becomes a matter of life and death. Based on this true-life account, this is a gripping tale of bravery under pressure and the split-second decisions that separate tragedy from survival.

Cheating Fire
2 pp · drama

Bob Steele of Arlington, Virginia smells smoke and realizes his baby nephew's room is ablaze—without hesitation, he charges upstairs into the inferno to rescue the child and his belongings despite the overwhelming heat and smoke. This 1948 heroic true-life account captures one man's split-second courage in the face of a house fire.

The Drowning Boy
2 pp · drama

When a young boy slips into a pond and disappears beneath the surface, it takes quick thinking from an unlikely hero—a three-year-old girl named Holly Brewer—to summon help in time. As the gardener races against the clock to locate the child in the deep water, Holly's courage and presence of mind prove that heroism knows no age.

Nothing to It
2 pp · drama
Sandy Mackman

When two young boys wade into Parklawn Creek and stumble into a dangerous hole, thirteen-year-old Sandy Mackman from Milwaukee plunges in after them, fighting to keep their heads above water and drag them to safety. Based on a true event from July 1946, this story captures a moment of genuine heroism—though Sandy himself insists there was nothing special about what he did.

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