Heroic Comics #19

During the fierce Battle of the Solomon Islands in August 1942, Private Eugene O. Moore's tank is set ablaze when Japanese forces sabotage it on Gavutu Island—forcing him to choose between burning alive or facing overwhelming enemy fire. Emerging from the inferno, Moore fights back against wave after wave of attackers, but finds himself hopelessly outnumbered by a horde of Japanese soldiers determined to kill him. This is the remarkable true account of a U.S. Marine who endured nearly impossible odds and lived to tell the tale.

Former boxing champion Barney Ross trades the ring for combat when he enlists with the U.S. Marines during World War II, and finds himself pinned down with a small patrol in the dense jungle of Guadalcanal facing overwhelming enemy fire. Drawing on the same fighting spirit that earned him the lightweight and welterweight crowns, Ross holds the line against repeated Japanese attacks, keeping his wounded comrades alive through sheer grit and determination until reinforcements arrive. This wartime biography celebrates how a champion athlete answered the call to serve his country in its darkest hour.

Lieut. Eugene T. Yarbrough spots a fellow officer stranded on an ice floe off the Alaskan coast after a plane crash and springs into dangerous action to mount a rescue. Facing treacherous conditions—breaking ice, frigid water, and an overloaded aircraft—Yarbrough pushes through impossible odds to bring the marooned man home, proving that no comrade gets left behind.

In the midst of a raging hurricane, pilot Jenny takes flight to rescue Cyril—only to be driven back to base by the storm’s fury. When the skies clear, fearing the worst, she returns to the air and spots Cyril in peril at sea, stalked by sharks.