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Home Eastern Color Printing Company Heroic Comics Heroic 001 (diff ver)(c2c) -JVJ
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Heroic 001 (diff ver)(c2c) -JVJ

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from a book in the JVJ collection
Classic origin of 'Hydroman' by Bill Everett; 'Purple Zombie' and 'Mann of India' by Tarpe Mills.
Issue: #1
Published: August 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: On sale date from promotional house advertisement found on the inside cover of Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #71 (June 1940).
 Comic Contents:
Cover (1 page)
Featuring: Hydroman
Credits: Pencils: Bill Everett (signed) | Inks: Bill Everett (signed)
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Hydroman [Bob Blake] Joyce Church The Great One

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring: Hydroman
Synopsis: During an experiment with a new, revolutionary chemical, chemist Harry Thurston's left hand is turned into a water spout. Bob Blake is called in and another accident turns his entire body into a water spout. Fortunately, a counter-active chemical is used on both and they are restored. Blake decides to take injections of the chemical and become Hydroman, who must then combat a horde of alien invaders led by The Great One.
Credits: Script: Bill Everett (signed) | Pencils: Bill Everett (signed) | Inks: Bill Everett (signed) | Letters: Bill Everett
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Hydroman [Bob Blake] (introduction, Origin) Harry Thurston (Blake's Friend, Chemist) Joyce Church (friend Of Thurston) Tom Kinsman (Thurston's Partner) Wong (villain) The Fat One (villain, Death) The Great One (villain) Soo Lee (villain)

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring: Reg'lar Fellers
Credits: Script: Gene Byrnes | Pencils: Gene Byrnes | Inks: Gene Byrnes
Genre: Humor

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring: Flyin' Jenny
Credits: Script: Russell Keaton | Pencils: Russell Keaton | Inks: Russell Keaton
Genre: Adventure Aviation War

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring: Purple Zombie
Credits: Pencils: Tarpe Mills | Inks: Tarpe Mills
Characters: The Purple Zombie (Intro Origin)

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring: Sgt. Stony Craig
Credits: Script: Frank Rentfrow | Pencils: Don Dixon | Inks: Don Dixon

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring: Dinky Dinkerton
Credits: Pencils: Jim Wallace | Inks: Jim Wallace

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring: Don Dixon
Credits: Script: Bob Moore | Pencils: Carl Pfeufer | Inks: Carl Pfeufer

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring: Mann of India
Synopsis: American reporter Chick Mann uncovers a weapons cache under the Temple of Kali.
Credits: Script: Tarpe Mills | Pencils: Tarpe Mills | Inks: Tarpe Mills
Characters: Chickering Mann (introduction) Kalla Khan (villain)

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring: Bill and Davey
Credits: Pencils: McCagle | Inks: McCagle

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring: Daredevils of Destiny
Credits: Script: Frank Rentfrow | Pencils: Don Dixon | Inks: Don Dixon

Comic Story (4 pages) The Affair at Karosz
Featuring: Gordon Fife and the Boy King
Characters: Gordon Fife (introduction) Nicky (introduction)

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring: Movie Hooey

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring: Tad of the Tanbark

  The data in the above section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database™ under a Creative Commons Attribution License.


Home Eastern Color Printing Company Heroic Comics Heroic 001 (diff ver)(c2c) -JVJ
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