The World Around Us
#27 - The Illustrated Story of High Adventure
(November 1960)
Gilberton,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-09-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gilberton World-Wide Publications Inc.
- Brand
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A Classics Illustrated Publication
- Editing
- Roberta Strauss (credited as Roberta Strauss Feuerlight) (editor); Alfred Sundel (credited) (associate editor); Helene Lecar (credited) (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
Splash page reads "High Adventure: The Illustrated Story of Men Against Mountains." Several art credits supplied by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in World Illustrated (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #516 - Story of High Adventure ([1961]) [Page count is less than that of the Gilberton issue so some stories are either omitted, edited, or both]
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[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Characters
- Mountain climbers
- Reprints
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in Unsere Welt Illustrierte (BSV - Williams, 1961 series) #16 [gespiegelt] -
in Wereld in beeld (Classics/Williams, 1960 series) #16 - Bergen ([1961]) -
in Alt i bilder (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1960 series) #16 - Fjellets erobring ([1961]) [mirrored]
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Table of Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Also includes indicia, list of editors, and list of European Advisory Board members.
The Highest Mountain
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Sherpas; British mountain climbers; John Hunt; Edmund Hillary; Tenzing Norkey
- Synopsis
- After Everest is identified as the world's highest peak repeated attempts are made to climb it, some ending in death. In 1953 Tenzing and Hillary succeed.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Mount Everest; mountain climbing; Nepal
How Mountains Are Made
comic story / 6 pages
Men of the Mountains
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Prehistoric people; Abyssinians; Tibetans; Incans
- Synopsis
- In the Andes Mountains the Incan people carve out a life, an empire, and an enduring culture.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Andes Mountains; Incas
Conquering the Barriers
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Ancient warriors; Alexander the Great; Genghis Khan; Vandals; Visigoths; American pioneers
- Synopsis
- Mountains create formidable barriers, but with incentive people cross those barriers, often in large numbers. Today we even make use of mountains for many helpful purposes.
- Reprints
In Seas and Space
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Synopsis
- Description of mountains worldwide, and underwater, and on the moon.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Geology
The Homes of the Gods
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow
- Inks
- Gray Morrow
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Zeus; Giants; Athena
- Synopsis
- The Giants and the gods do battle, making and unmaking mountains in the process.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Giant; Greek mythology; volcano
The Fiery Mound
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Mexican farmers
- Synopsis
- The rise of Paricutin, and the history of other noted volcanoes.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Volcano
The Father of Mountaineering
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ernie Hart
- Inks
- Ernie Hart
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Horace Benedict de Sausurre; Jacques Balmat; Michael Gabriel Paccard; guides
- Synopsis
- Sausurre's expedition, reaching the top of Mont Blanc and conducting scientific experiments there, begins to popularize mountaineering.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Switzerland
Fun and Danger
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Al; Bill; Bernie; skier; Alpine residents; pilot; official; Swiss soldiers
- Synopsis
- Bernie shows Al and Bill safe practices for mountain climbing. In the Swiss Alps avalanches are a constant threat. People there must learn to live with them safely.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Avalanche; Switzerland
The Mysterious Footprints
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Colonel W. A. Waddell; porters; explorers; monk; prospectors; Klavs Becker-Larsen; Tenzing Norkey
- Synopsis
- Colonel Waddell finds curious footprints and hears reports of the Yeti. Subsequent investigations find no evidence of such a creature, although Tenzing and others are convinced that it exists.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Abominable snowman; Himalayan Mountains; Himalayas; yeti
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
text story / 5 pages
- Script
- Samuel Clemens [Mark Twain] (original story)
- Pencils
- George Peltz ?
- Inks
- George Peltz ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jim Smiley; stranger; Dan'l Webster (frog)
- Synopsis
- Jim Smiley bets forty dollars that his frog Dan'l Webster can out-jump any frog in the county. Jim's opponent surreptitiously feeds Dan'l Webster with a spoonful of quail-shot, and so wins the bet.
- Keywords
- California; frog
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the original. Adapter unknown.
D-Day Part 1: The Key to Victory
D-Day / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; war
- Characters
- Adolf Hitler; Winston Churchill; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Dwight D. Eisenhower; German soldiers; British soldiers; Canadian soldiers; American soldiers; commandos
- Synopsis
- The Axis powers are very successful with their invasions and attacks in 1939, 1940 and 1941. By 1943, though, the Allies are pushing back. They make plans for D-Day -- the invasion to begin the recapture of Europe -- in earnest.
- Keywords
- Army; D-Day; World War II
The Red Planet Part 1: The True Orbit
The Red Planet / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Characters
- Prehistoric men; ancient Greeks; Mavors [Mars]; Ptolemy; Nicolaus Copernicus; Johann Kepler
- Synopsis
- In ancient and prehistoric times, people puzzle over Mars and its movements. Ptolemy proposes an epicyclical motion, which Copernicus vastly improves to a model of circular motion. Kepler finally demonstrates the correct elliptical motion.
Indexer Notes
Astronomy; Mars; muthology
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
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1.
Table of Contents
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2.
High Adventure
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3.
The Highest Mountain
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4.
How Mountains Are Made
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5.
Men of the Mountains
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6.
Conquering the Barriers
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7.
In Seas and Space
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8.
The Homes of the Gods
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9.
The Fiery Mound
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10.
The Father of Mountaineering
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11.
Fun and Danger
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12.
The Mysterious Footprints
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13.
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
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14.
D-Day Part 1: The Key to Victory
D-Day -
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The Red Planet Part 1: The True Orbit
The Red Planet -
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How Grass Holds Water
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