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| Publication | December 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils: Myron Strauss [as M. S.] | Inks: Myron Strauss [as M. S.] |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation; Biography; Historical; Sports | Characters: Lou Gehrig; Sir Frederick Banting; Andrew Jackson; Charles Dickinson |
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| Synopsis | Uncle Joe invites readers to send letters of criticism to his office to help make his comic books better. |
| Credits | Script: Joe Hardie [as Uncle Joe] | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | "Boss" Kettering (10 pages) |
| 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. |
| Credits | Pencils: Sam Gilman | Inks: Sam Gilman |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Charles Kettering; Bill Christ; Bill Anderson; Henry M. Leland |
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| Comic Story | Canada's Hero of Science (Sir Frederick Banting) (8 pages) |
| 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. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Sir Frederick Banting; Dr. Charles Best; Joe Gilchrist |
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| Comic Story | General Billy Mitchell (8 pages) |
| 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. |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Lubbers |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation; Biography; War | Characters: General Billy Mitchell; General John J. Pershing; General Ferdinand Foch; Elizabeth Turnbull Miller; Emilio Aguinaldo |
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| Comic Story | The Grudge Fight Between Andrew Jackson and C. Dickinson (3 pages) |
| 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. |
| Featuring | Famous Duels of History |
| Credits | Script: Robert Turner (signed) | Pencils: Sam Glanzman (signed) | Inks: Sam Glanzman (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Historical | Characters: Andrew Jackson; Charles Dickinson |
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| Text Article | Our National Anthem (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The history of the US national anthem. |
| Credits | Script: Robert Turner | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Simon Bolivar the Washington of South America (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Recounts how Bolivar joined the struggle for independence from the Spanish in Venezuela, ultimately succeeding both there and in Peru and Bolivia. |
| Credits | Pencils: Leo Morey | Inks: Leo Morey |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Historical; War | Characters: Simon Bolivar; General Francisco de Miranda; General Juan Domingo de Monteverde |
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| Comic Story | Grant and Lee the Greatest Heroes of the Civil War (8 pages) |
| 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. |
| Content | 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 |
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| Comic Story | The Patient Heroine (4 pages) |
| 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. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ralph Mayo (signed) | Inks: Ralph Mayo (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Hetty Ogle; John Park; Daniel Pelton |
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| Comic Story | Heroes in the News (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | When a fire erupted at his apartment building, soldier-on-leave Robert Abate carried his mother over the rooftops to safety. |
| Credits | Pencils: Louis Glanzman | Inks: Louis Glanzman |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Robert Abate |
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| Comic Story | Haym Salomon (4 pages) |
| 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. |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Frollo (signed) | Inks: Frank Frollo (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Historical; War | Characters: Haym Salomon; Alexander MacDougall; Robert Morris |
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| Comic Story | The True Story of Lou Gehrig Baseball's "Iron Horse" (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Recounts the sports career of Lou Gehrig as he eventually became baseball's MVP and top-earner, but died relatively young from ALS. |
| Credits | Pencils: George Wilson (signed) | Inks: George Wilson (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Sports | Characters: Lou Gehrig; Ted Lyons; Joey Dugan; Mark Koenig; Babe Ruth; Tony Lazzeri; Eleanor Gehrig |
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