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Bios of Lou Gehrig, Sir Fredrick Banting, Andrew Jackson, Gen. Billy Mitchell, Gen Lee and Grant, Boss Kettering, Mrs Hetty Ogle, Simon Bolivar, Hyam Salomon and the hero of the news.
Issue: #2 Published: December 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Joe Hardie [as Uncle Joe]
Color: Color Cover Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indexed from scans at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com
Comic Contents:
Cover (1 page)
Credits:
Pencils: Myron Strauss [as M. S.] | Inks: Myron Strauss [as M. S.]
Uncle Joe invites readers to send letters of criticism to his office to help make his comic books better.
Credits:
Script: Joe Hardie [as Uncle Joe] | Letters: typeset
Comic Story (10 pages)
"Boss" Kettering
Synopsis:
Biography of Charles Kettering, who went from being a poor student as a child to eventual vice-president of General Motors and holder of dozens of patents for his inventions.
Biography of Sir Frederick Banting, the Canadian physician who invented insulin. While developing ideas on treating aviation blackouts caused by low oxygen levels, Banting dies when his plane crashes.
Biography of General Billy Mitchell, recounting his participation in many turn-of-the-century conflicts and his belief in aviation as a determining factor in how to wage World War I. Mitchell became the first US flier to fly over Germany and was made chief of the US Air Force. He also proved planes could easily sink battleships. Mitchell's career ended postwar when he charged the Air Force with incompetence in the crash of the Shenandoah, causing the Air Force to court martial him out of the service.
The Grudge Fight Between Andrew Jackson and C. Dickinson
Featuring:
Famous Duels of History
Synopsis:
In the early 19th century, Dickinson insulted Jackson's wife and the two men dueled. Dickinson had a reputation as a deadly shooter and had first shot, but while his bullet remained lodged inside Jackson until the end of the man's life, Jackson survived; Jackson's returning shot killed Dickinson.
Credits:
Script: Robert Turner (signed) | Pencils: Sam Glanzman (signed) | Inks: Sam Glanzman (signed)
Grant and Lee the Greatest Heroes of the Civil War
Synopsis:
Traces the lives of Grant and Lee, including their few encounters with each other early in their military careers until they finally faced each other on the battlefield as enemies in the US Civil War and finally met when Lee surrendered to Grant to end the war.
Leading up to the 1889 Johnstown flood, Western Union telegrapher Hetty Ogle refused to abandon her station, remaining at the telegraph as long as possible so that she could warn others to get to higher ground. When the flood came, Hetty was drowned.
Credits:
Pencils: Ralph Mayo (signed) | Inks: Ralph Mayo (signed)
Jewish immigrant Haym Salomon opposes British rule in America and becomes an ally of the Revolutionary forces, helping them obtain the finances they need to wage war against the British.
Credits:
Pencils: Frank Frollo (signed) | Inks: Frank Frollo (signed)