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| Date | | Number: 51 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Real Life Comics 51 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Cover | The Story of Sam Houston Idol of Texas / 1 page |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | Sam Houston; Benjamin Franklin; Prince Henry the Navigator |
| Pencils | Alex Schomburg |
| Inks | Alex Schomburg |
| Comic Story | Sam Houston Idol of Texas (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sam Houston started out as a friend of the Indians in Tennessee, became a politician and then the President of Texas. |
| Job # | BF-354 |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | Sam Houston; Mr. Bigelow; White Feather; Bull Horn; Andrew Jackson: James Madison |
| Pencils | John Severin (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Elder (signed) |
| First Line | Friend of the Indian... |
| Comic Story | London Landmarks |
| Synopsis | Three London landmarks: Big Ben, Hyde Park and Baker Street. |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notes | Job Number illegible. |
| Text Article | Real Life Contest Winners (1 page) |
| Script | ? [as "The Editor"] |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Notes | First to Third Prize Winners are Ronald C. Lee (California), Marilyn Nordberg (New Jersey), and Maurice Seitter (Illinois). Article includes Honorable Mentions. |
| Comic Story | Buffalo Men (1 page) |
| Job # | BF-335 |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
| Pencils | John Severin |
| Inks | Bill Elder |
| First Line | In ten short years... |
| Comic Story | Journey to the Moon! A Jules Verne Classic (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Blake tells his son Johnny the story from Verne's "Journey to the Moon". |
| Script | ? (Adaptation) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Mr. Blake; Johnny Blake; Mr. Barbicane; Mr. Nicholl; Michel Arden |
| Script | Jules Verne (Original Novel) |
| Pencils | George Evans (signed) |
| Inks | George Evans (signed) |
| First Line | Long before jet-propelled planes... |
| Notes | One-page introduction and four pages adapting the Verne novel. Johnny is reading Thrilling Wonder Stories, a science fiction prose pulp magazine published by the same publisher as this comic. Evans' name is on the spine of a book in the splash panel. |
| Text Story | The Young Coastguardsman (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Job # | B-540 |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Philip Cummings; Dean Williams; Commander Cummings |
| Script | Charles S. Strong |
| Pencils | Art Saaf (spot illustration) |
| Inks | Art Saaf (spot illustration) |
| First Line | Philip Cummings was the son of a Coast Guard officer... |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Art Saaf index. |
| Comic Story | Bee Wise |
| Synopsis | The story of bees. |
| Job # | BF-344 |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin (signed) |
| Inks | Mort Meskin (signed) |
| First Line | The queen bee is very much larger than her subjects... |
| Comic Story | Master of All Trades Ben Franklin (4 pages) |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | Benjamin Franklin |
| Inks | Bill Elder |
| First Line | Everyone knows that Benjamin Franklin was a great statesman. |
| Notes | Unknown pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Steve Ditko but Nick notes Ditko's earliest comic book work appeared in 1953 as corroborated by Ditko in various biographical pieces. |
| Comic Story | Let's Go Skiing! (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Learn how to ski. |
| Job # | BF-268 |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Sue; Bill |
| Pencils | Art Saaf ? |
| Inks | Art Saaf ? |
| First Line | Many years ago... |
| Comic Story | Facts on Fossils |
| Synopsis | The story of the fossilized reptiles of Western Texas. |
| Job # | BF-302 |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Comic Story | The Grosvenor Treasure (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A fabulous treasure from the ship "Grosvenor" still un-salvaged with $40,000,000 aboard. The story of the wreck. |
| Job # | BF-354 ? |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Captain John Coxon; Mr. Beale; King Kubulu |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin (signed) |
| Inks | Mort Meskin (signed) |
| First Line | Deep underwater, in the wrecked ship "Grosvenor"... |
| Notes | The wreck was finally salvaged in July 2000. |
| Text Article | Epic Search A True Story (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Article about the Traveler's Aid. |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Job # | B-427 |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Pencils | Art Saaf (spot illustration) ? |
| Inks | Art Saaf (spot illustration) ? |
| First Line | Do you have grandparents... |
| Comic Story | Prince Henry the Navigator (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Prince Henry of Portugal, who was inspired by the Moors to sail around Africa. |
| Job # | BF-301 |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | King John of Portugal; Prince Henry; Yussuf Ibn-Ahmed; Prince Pedro |
| Pencils | George Roussos ? |
| Inks | George Roussos ? |
| First Line | A brilliant military leader... |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
