Issue | #2 |
Published | June 1941 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | ? |
Genre | Fact |
Characters | Shirley Temple (photo) |
Script | George J. Hecht |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Bill Knudsen (March 25, 1879 - April 27, 1948); Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 1, 1947); President Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945) |
Synopsis | Biography of Bill Knudsen, Director Office of Production Management for President Roosevelt. |
Genre | Fact; Biography |
Pencils | August M. Froehlich (signed, last page) |
Inks | August M. Froehlich (signed, last page) |
Characters | Samuel de Champlain (1575 - December 25, 1635); Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu (September 9, 1585 - December 4, 1642) |
Synopsis | Biography of the French explorer Samuel de Champlain. |
Genre | Fact; Biography |
Pencils | Mike Roy; Henry Kiefer |
Inks | Mike Roy; Henry Kiefer |
Characters | Zebulon Montgomery Pike Jr. (January 5, 1779 - April 27, 1813) |
Synopsis | Biography of Zebulon Pike, who discovered the source of the Mississippi River and also explored much of the southwest United States. |
Genre | Western; Biography |
Pencils | John Daly (signed) |
Inks | John Daly (signed) |
Characters | Napoleon Bonaparte (August 15, 1769 - May 5, 1821); Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (May 1, 1769 - September 14, 1852); Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher (December 16, 1742 - September 12, 1819); Michel Ney, 1st Duc d'Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa (January 10, 1769 - December 7, 1815) |
Synopsis | The story of the Battle of Waterloo. |
Genre | War |
Pencils | Willner McArdle |
Inks | Willner McArdle |
Characters | Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849 - April 11, 1926) |
Synopsis | Biography of scientist and botanist Luther Burbank. |
Genre | Fact; Biography |
Pencils | Harry George |
Inks | Harry George |
Synopsis | Details of the fighting ships of the U.S., Great Britan, France, Germany, Italy and Japan. |
Genre | War; Fact |
Pencils | George Harrison |
Inks | George Harrison |
Genre | Fact |
Script | Eric Sevareid |
Pencils | Harry Ramsey |
Inks | Harry Ramsey |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Jean Henri Dunant (May 8, 1828 - October 30, 1910); Florence Nightingale (May 12, 1820 - August 13, 1910) |
Synopsis | The story of Jean Dunant and how he came to form the Red Cross. |
Genre | War; Fact |
Pencils | William B. Everett (signed) |
Inks | William B. Everett (signed) |
Characters | Peter Kelley |
Synopsis | Peter Kelley is an "unsung hero" of the west. As a messenger on a stagecoach he fought off many Indian attacks. |
Genre | Western |
Pencils | Douglas Ryan (signed) |
Inks | Douglas Ryan (signed) |
Characters | Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817); George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799); General John Burgoyne (February 24, 1722 - August 4, 1792) |
Synopsis | Biography of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish immigrant who fought in the American Revolution and then returned to try to free Poland from Russia. |
Genre | Period; Fact; War |
Pencils | Harold De Lay (signed) |
Inks | Harold De Lay (signed) |
Notes | Also includes a ballot to rank the stories in this issue. |
Synopsis | Ad for a set of books. |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover. |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Back Cover |