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Publication | January 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every other month |
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Cover | The Atom Bomb |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: General Maurice Rose; John Marshall; Commander Amos Hathaway; William the Congueror |
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Contents | The Atom Bomb (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Partial table of contents and editorial. Includes a one inch spot illustration by Alex Schomburg, of the scientist, taken from the cover. |
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Comic Story | Commander Amos Hathaway The Man Who Saved Samar! (5 pages) |
Synopsis | The October 1944 "Battle Off Samar" where a US Destroyer defeats 8 Japanese ships. |
Credits | Job #: CC-417 |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Amos Hathaway (1913-1996) |
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Comic Story | William The Conqueror (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Upon being denied his claim to the English throne, William the Duke of Normandy invades and conquerors England. |
Credits | Job #: CC-368? |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: William The Conqueror (c 1008-1087); Edward the Confessor (c 1003-1066); Queen Eadgyth [Edith of Wessex] (c 1025-1075); King Henry I of France (1008-1860); Harold II (c 1022-1066); Count Guy (c 1025-1100); Quotha; Giles |
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Comic Story | Goodwin's Guerrillas (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Fighting the Germans in Yugoslavia. |
Credits | Job #: Cc-389 |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: James Goodwin (1918-1999); Juris |
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Comic Story | Sergeant Maria The Story Of A Heroine (5 pages) |
Synopsis | After the death of her husband in the war, a woman finances, helps build, and drives a tank in combat for the Soviet army. |
Credits | Job #: CC-324 |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Maria Oktyabrskaya (1905-1944); Peter Oktyabraskaya (?-1941) |
Notes | The story does not follow the currently accepted chronology with various dates confused. Also in this story she recovers after ten months in the hospital, when she actually died after two months. |
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Comic Story | He Died For Democracy Major General Maurice Rose (1 page) |
Synopsis | Life story of General Maurice Rose. |
Credits | Job #: CC-473? |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Maurice Rose (1899-1945) |
Notes | Killed March 30, 1945. |
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Text Story | No Greater Love (4 pages) |
Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Leo Frijda (1923-1943) |
Notes | Follow-up to a story about the Dutch Underground that appeared in the previous issue. |
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Comic Story | John Marshall Champion Of The Constitution (6 pages) |
Synopsis | John Marshall, revolutionary war soldier, devoted husband, common citizen, and defender of Federal Rights. |
Credits | Job #: CC-346? |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: John Marshall (1755-1835); Thomas Marshall (1730-1802); William Howe (1729-1814; cameo); Alexander Hamilton (c1755-1804; cameo); Mary Willis Ambler (1766-1831); Jacquelin Ambler (1742-1798; cameo); John Adams (1735-1826; cameo) |
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Comic Story | Lieutenant Commander John E. Muldrow (4 pages) |
Synopsis | The war in the sky. |
Credits | Job #: CC-372 |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: John E. Muldrow (c 1916-1945) |
Notes | Shot down in combat May 1945. |
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Comic Story | The Dominican Republic (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Short history of the Dominican Republic, ally in World War II. |
Credits | Job #: CC-4_0? |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Christopher Columbus (1451-1506); Sebastian; Bartolome Columbus (c 1461-1515); Diego Columbus (c 1479-1526); Toussaint L'Ouverture (1743-1803); Jean Pierre Boyer (1776-1850); Juan Pablo Duarte (1813-1876); H.S. Knapp (1856-1928); |
Notes | The coloring of this story has both Toussaint L'Ouverture and Jean Pierre Boyer as Caucasians. |
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Comic Story | Captain Milton Jarrold The Officer Who Saved A Battalion (3 pages) |
Synopsis | With the American Fifth Army in Italy, Captain Jarrold and Chuck kills and captures 30 German troops. |
Credits | Job #: CC-320 |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Milton Jarrold |
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Comic Story | "What I see!" |
Featuring | Gus |
Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Gus |
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