Billy Don't Be a Hero to ride out and seek reinforcements. (This suggests mounted infantry and a lack of modern two-way radio communications.) In the end, the heartbroken woman throws away the official letter notifying her of Billy's "heroic" death. Paper Lace's version of "Billy Don't Be a Hero" reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 16 March 1974, and did likewise in Australia, where it spent eight weeks at the top spot. Thereafter, Bo Donaldson's and the Heywoods's version reached No. 1 in the U.S. on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on 15 June 1974, but was dubbed into French for Canada. The
Billy Graham (comics) Billy Graham (comics) William Henderson Graham (July 1, 1935 – April 4, 1997) was an African-American comics artist best known for his work on the Marvel Comics series "Luke Cage, Hero for Hire" and the "Jungle Action" feature "Black Panther". A graduate of New York City's Music & Art High School, Billy Graham drew artistic influences from the work of Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Burne Hogarth, and George Tuska. One of his earliest comics projects was illustrating writer Don Glut's "Death Boat!" in "Vampirella" #1 (Sept. 1969), one of Warren Publishing's influential black-and-white horror comics magazines. Graham would pencil and