(December 1941)
Centaur,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Corporation of America
- Editing
- Joe Hardie [as Uncle Joe]
Issue Notes
Indexed from scans at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- !! Wanted!! Junior editors for World Famous Heroes Magazine
- Synopsis
- Uncle Joe invites readers to send letters of criticism to his office to help make his comic books better.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
"Boss" Kettering
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Charles Kettering; Bill Christ; Bill Anderson; Henry M. Leland
- 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.
Canada's Hero of Science (Sir Frederick Banting)
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Sir Frederick Banting; Dr. Charles Best; Joe Gilchrist
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Keywords
- insulin; Toronto
General Billy Mitchell
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; aviation; biography; war
- Characters
- General Billy Mitchell; General John J. Pershing; General Ferdinand Foch; Elizabeth Turnbull Miller; Emilio Aguinaldo
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Keywords
- Alaska; Bismarck; Boxer Rebellion; China; Cuba; Germany; India; Philippines; Shenandoah; Spanish-American War; Texas; World War I
The Grudge Fight Between Andrew Jackson and C. Dickinson
Famous Duels of History / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Robert Turner (signed)
- Pencils
- Sam Glanzman (signed)
- Inks
- Sam Glanzman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; historical
- Characters
- Andrew Jackson; Charles Dickinson
- 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.
- Keywords
- Red River; Tennessee
Our National Anthem
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- The history of the US national anthem.
Simon Bolivar the Washington of South America
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; historical; war
- Characters
- Simon Bolivar; General Francisco de Miranda; General Juan Domingo de Monteverde
- Synopsis
- Recounts how Bolivar joined the struggle for independence from the Spanish in Venezuela, ultimately succeeding both there and in Peru and Bolivia.
- Keywords
- Bolivia; Caracas; Colombia; Curacao; Peru; Puerto Cabello; Venezuela
Grant and Lee the Greatest Heroes of the Civil War
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; war
- Characters
- General Ulysses S. Grant; General Robert E. Lee; President Abraham Lincoln; Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee; Mary Custis; Julia Dent
- 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.
- Keywords
- Appomattox; Chattanooga; Fort Donelson; Fredericksburg; Gettysburg; Illinois; Mexico; Richmond; Springfield; US Civil War; Virginia; West Point
The Patient Heroine
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Hetty Ogle; John Park; Daniel Pelton
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Keywords
- Johnstown; South Fork
Heroes in the News
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Robert Abate
- Synopsis
- When a fire erupted at his apartment building, soldier-on-leave Robert Abate carried his mother over the rooftops to safety.
- Keywords
- Astoria
Haym Salomon
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; historical; war
- Characters
- Haym Salomon; Alexander MacDougall; Robert Morris
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Keywords
- New York; Philadelphia; Revolutionary War; Yorktown
The True Story of Lou Gehrig Baseball's "Iron Horse"
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; sports
- Characters
- Lou Gehrig; Ted Lyons; Joey Dugan; Mark Koenig; Babe Ruth; Tony Lazzeri; Eleanor Gehrig
- Synopsis
- Recounts the sports career of Lou Gehrig as he eventually became baseball's MVP and top-earner, but died relatively young from ALS.
- Keywords
- baseball; New York; New York Yankees
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
["!! Wanted!! Junior editors for World Famous Heroes Magazine"]
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2.
"Boss" Kettering
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3.
Canada's Hero of Science (Sir Frederick Banting)
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4.
General Billy Mitchell
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5.
The Grudge Fight Between Andrew Jackson and C. Dickinson
Famous Duels of History -
6.
Our National Anthem
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7.
Simon Bolivar the Washington of South America
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8.
Grant and Lee the Greatest Heroes of the Civil War
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9.
The Patient Heroine
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10.
Heroes in the News
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11.
Haym Salomon
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12.
The True Story of Lou Gehrig Baseball's "Iron Horse"
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Peter Croome
- Michael Hoskin
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