The World Around Us
#8 - The Illustrated Story of Flight
(April 1959)
Gilberton,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-02-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gilberton Company Inc.
- Brand
-
A Classics Illustrated Publication
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1959 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Special Introductory Offer
Indexer Notes
Promo, with order coupon, for back numbers of Classics Illustrated Special Issues. Several cover thumbnails.
[The Illustrated Story of Flight]
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- historical
- Synopsis
- synopsis of the book
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Blizzard Rescue
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- pilot Harold Gillam; miner Carl Witham
- Synopsis
- Carl Gillam flies his plane in Alaska to save an injured miner.
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Wings of Myth - Wings of Man
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- Emperor Shun; Wayland; Daedalus; Icarus; Brother Oliver (an English Monk); John Damien
- Synopsis
- recounts mankind's legends and early attempts at flight
Leonardo's Dream of Flight
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- Leonardo Da Vinci
- Synopsis
- a summary of Leonardo's designs for flying machines
First in the Sky
comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- Joseph Montgolfier; Etienne Montgolfier; King Louis XVI of France; Pilatre De Rozier; Marquis D'Arlandes
- Synopsis
- the story of French balloon inventors
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
From Gliders to Gasoline
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- Sir George Cayley; WIlliam Henson; John Stringfellow; Sir Hiram Maxim; Otto Lilienthal
- Synopsis
- man's experiments with gliders
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
The Great Almost
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- Dr. Samuel Pierpont Langley; Theodore Roosevelt; President William McKinley; Charles Manly
- Synopsis
- the quest for powered flight
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
The First to Fly
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- Wilbur Wright; Orville Wright; Samuel Langley
- Synopsis
- The Wright Brothers design and build the first airplane.
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
What Makes an Airplane Fly?
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- history
- Synopsis
- an introduction to the physics of flight
Pioneer Pilots
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- Alberto Santos-Dumont; Louis Blériot; Henri Farman; Charles Willard; Glenn Curtiss
- Keywords
- Biplane
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
A New Weapon
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- Roland Garros
- Synopsis
- the development of fighter planes in World War I
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
The Red Knight of Germany
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- Baron Manfred Von Richthofen; Captain Roy Brown; Wilfred May
- Synopsis
- the story of the Red Baron
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Between the Wars
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd, USN; Edsel Ford; Floyd Bennett; Charles A. Lindbergh; Frank Hawks; Wiley Post; Harold Gatty; Howard Hughes
- Synopsis
- aviation development between the wars
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
A Deadly Weapon
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- history
- Synopsis
- advancements in airplanes as weapons durring World War II
- Reprints
-
in Pearl Harbor: From the Pages of Combat (It's Alive Press, 2020 series) (August 2019 [2020])
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Indexer Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Brick Wall in the Sky
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager; Glennis Yeager; Captain Bill Bridgman
- Synopsis
- Jet fighters and the sound barrier are discussed.
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Flight of the Future
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- history
- Synopsis
- final words on flight
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The wonderful world of fairy tales
Indexer Notes
Promo, with order coupon, for back issues of Classics Illustrated Junior. Several cover thumbnails. HRN 557.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication
- Characters
- Julius Caesar
Indexer Notes
Promo, with order coupon, for back issues of Classics Illustrated. HRN 149. Cover thumbnail for # 130, Caesar's Conquests.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
["Special Introductory Offer"]
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2.
[The Illustrated Story of Flight]
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3.
Blizzard Rescue
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4.
Wings of Myth - Wings of Man
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5.
Leonardo's Dream of Flight
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6.
First in the Sky
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7.
From Gliders to Gasoline
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8.
The Great Almost
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9.
The First to Fly
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10.
What Makes an Airplane Fly?
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11.
Pioneer Pilots
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12.
A New Weapon
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13.
The Red Knight of Germany
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14.
Between the Wars
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15.
A Deadly Weapon
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16.
Brick Wall in the Sky
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17.
Flight of the Future
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18.
["The wonderful world of fairy tales"]
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19.
["Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Stan Hosmer
- Kirk House
- Jim Van Dore
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