(April 1941)

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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
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Editing:
George J. Hecht (publisher); David T. Marke (editor); Dr. Hendrick Willem van Loon (advisory editor)
Format:
Standard US Golden Age size; color; saddle-stitched

[various vignettes of interior stories including Winston Churchill] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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Content Information

Genre:
Fact; Bio
Characters:
Winston Churchill

A New and Different Comic Magazine (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
George J. Hecht
Letters:
Typeset

Indexer Notes

Introduction to comic including list of all associate editors.


World Hero No. 1 (Table of Contents)

comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
George Harrison; August M. Froehlich
Inks:
George Harrison; August M. Froehlich
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Bio
Characters:
Winston Churchill
Synopsis:
Bio of Winston Churchill.

Indexer Notes

Titled "World Hero Number One" on introduction page to comic.


Famous Failure (Table of Contents)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Pencils:
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Inks:
Hendrik Willem van Loon ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Synopsis:
The first attempt to sail north of Russia to China.

Air War: Fighting Planes of Leading Nations (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Nathaniel Nitkin
Pencils:
Edwin Smalle Jr.
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Synopsis:
The story of men and planes who made military aviation during WWII.

Frontier Fighters (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Daly
Inks:
John Daly ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
bio; fact
Characters:
George Rogers Clark
Synopsis:
Story of American Revolutionary hero George Rogers Clark.

Yellow Jack: How the Cause of Yellow Fever was Discovered (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Harold De Lay
Inks:
Harold De Lay ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Fact
Synopsis:
How the cause of Yellow Fever was discovered in Cuba.

My Greatest Adventure (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Lowell Thomas
Pencils:
Bernard Flinton; Harry Ramsey
Inks:
Bernard Flinton; Harry Ramsey
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Bio
Characters:
Lowell Thomas
Synopsis:
Lowell Thomas, world-wide explorer, recounts his greatest adventure flying in a plane over the Andalusian Desert.

The First Naval Submarine (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
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Pencils:
Logan Reavis
Inks:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Fact
Synopsis:
The story of Bushnell's Turtle during the American Revolutionary war.

The Marathon Run (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Henry Kiefer
Inks:
Henry Kiefer ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Synopsis:
The story of the Battle of Marathon in 500 B.C.

Simon Bolivar: The South American Liberator (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Michel Roy [Mike Roy]
Inks:
Michel Roy [Mike Roy]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Bio
Synopsis:
The story of Simon Bolivar, father of 5 South American nations.

[This beautiful desk for only $1.00] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)


The Conspirators (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
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Pencils:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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Content Information

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.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. A New and Different Comic Magazine
  2. 2. World Hero No. 1
  3. 3. Famous Failure
  4. 4. Air War: Fighting Planes of Leading Nations
  5. 5. Frontier Fighters
  6. 6. Yellow Jack: How the Cause of Yellow Fever was Discovered
  7. 7. My Greatest Adventure
  8. 8. The First Naval Submarine
  9. 9. The Marathon Run
  10. 10. Simon Bolivar: The South American Liberator
  11. 11. [This beautiful desk for only $1.00]
  12. 12. The Conspirators
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Peter Croome
  • Per Sandell
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Randy Scott
  • Craig Delich
  • Peter Croome
  • James Ludwig
  • Mike Nielsen