Issue: #1
Published: April 1941, Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD, Pages: 68, Editing: David T. Marke; George J. Hecht (president, publisher); Ralph O. Ellsworth (art editor, Funnies, Inc.); John H. Compton (art editor, Funnies, Inc.); George H. Gallup (senior advisory editor); Gertrude Hartman (senior advisory editor); Arthur T. Jersild (senior advisory editor); Daniel C. Knowlton (senior advisory editor); Clara Savage Littledale (senior advisory editor); David S. Muzzy (senior advisory editor); Dr. Hendrick Willem van Loon (senior advisory editor); Janet Cantor (junior advisory editor); Gloria Jean (junior advisory editor); Shirley Temple (junior advisory editor); Mickey Rooney (junior advisory editor); Virginia Weidler (junior advisory editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 36, 1941, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 488455.
One known online copy has a stamped arrival date of February 21.
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| Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page) |
A New and Different Comic Magazine |
| Credits: |
Script: George J. Hecht | Letters: Typeset |
| Comic Story (17 pages) |
World Hero No. 1 |
| Synopsis: |
Bio of Winston Churchill. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: George Harrison; August M. Froehlich | Inks: George Harrison; August M. Froehlich |
| Genre: |
Biography |
| Characters: |
Winston Churchill |
| Text Story (4 pages) |
Famous Failure |
| Synopsis: |
The first attempt to sail north of Russia to China. |
| Credits: |
Script: Hendrik Willem van Loon | Pencils: Hendrik Willem van Loon | Inks: Hendrik Willem van Loon ? |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Air War: Fighting Planes of Leading Nations |
| Synopsis: |
The story of men and planes who made military aviation during WWII. |
| Credits: |
Script: Nathaniel Nitkin | Pencils: Edwin Smalle Jr. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
George Rogers Clark |
| Featuring: |
Frontier Fighters |
| Synopsis: |
Story of American Revolutionary hero George Rogers Clark. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: John Daly | Inks: John Daly ? |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Biography History |
| Characters: |
George Rogers Clark |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Yellow Jack: How the Cause of Yellow Fever was Discovered |
| Synopsis: |
How the cause of Yellow Fever was discovered in Cuba. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Harold De Lay | Inks: Harold De Lay ? |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
My Greatest Adventure |
| Synopsis: |
Lowell Thomas, world-wide explorer, recounts his greatest adventure flying in a plane over the Andalusian Desert. |
| Credits: |
Script: Lowell Thomas | Pencils: Bernard Flinton; Harry Ramsey | Inks: Bernard Flinton; Harry Ramsey | Letters: Typeset |
| Genre: |
Biography |
| Characters: |
Lowell Thomas |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
The First Naval Submarine |
| Synopsis: |
The story of Bushnell's Turtle during the American Revolutionary war. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Logan Reavis |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Marathon Run |
| Synopsis: |
The story of the Battle of Marathon in 500 B.C. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Henry Kiefer | Inks: Henry Kiefer ? |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
Simon Bolivar: The South American Liberator |
| Synopsis: |
The story of Simon Bolivar, father of 5 South American nations. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Michel Roy [Mike Roy] | Inks: Michel Roy [Mike Roy] |
| Genre: |
Biography |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
This beautiful desk for only $1.00 |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
The Conspirators |
| Synopsis: |
Ad for Nestle's Semisweet chocolate done in comic form. Friends of a girl on a date bake cookies for her man so she can impress him. |
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