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Issue Details

Issue #v18#18 [344]
Published May 9, 1963
Cover Price $0.10
Pages 36
Editing Richard J. Voelkel

Cover Details - "Bring Flowers of the Fairest"

Genre religious
Pencils Lloyd Ostendorf
Inks Lloyd Ostendorf

1 page activity "The Spell-a-3-Letter-Word Game"

Notes Inside cover; a word game entailing a cut-out spinner.

6 page Vitus Bering and Golden Gama Land story "Captain Vitus Bering, Danish explorer..."

Synopsis Vitus Bering discovers Alaska, but dies en route home to Russia.
Genre fact
Script Helen L. Gillum
Pencils Joe Sinnott
Inks Joe Sinnott
Notes Part 2; conclusion

6 page The Mystery of Shady Falls story "When Ted unwittingly stows away..."

Synopsis As Ted revives aboard the foreign submarine, Kohler's workman Clem reveals to Maureen and Woody that he is an FBI agent.
Genre adventure
Script Ruth Burton
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall
Notes Part 8

3 page Patsy Planner story "Today I'm making a smocked purse."

Characters Patsy Planner
Synopsis Patsy shows how to make a purse.
Genre fact
Script Bill Haines
Pencils Bill Haines
Inks Bill Haines

2 page America: The Melting Pot story "Over three million people with Spanish names..."

Synopsis All about Spanish-speaking Americans.
Genre fact
Script Marian Pehowski
Pencils Lloyd Ostendorf
Inks Lloyd Ostendorf
Notes Part 9

6 page Chuck White and His Friends story "Bringing the chest with the jeweled Spanish armor..."

Characters Chuck White
Synopsis After Grundy shoots the gun out of his hand, Chuck clings to a rock at the edge of a waterfall.
Genre adventure
Script Max Pine
Pencils Fran Matera
Inks Fran Matera
Notes Part 8

5 page Draw-Along with Frank Borth story "Still Life"

Characters Frank Borth
Synopsis How to draw objects.
Genre fact
Script Frank Borth
Pencils Frank Borth
Inks Frank Borth
Notes Lesson 8

2 page Sports Spectacular story "Close Doesn't Count"

Synopsis In 1947, New York Yankee Floyd "Bill" Bevens almost pitches the first World Series no-hitter--but not quite.
Genre sports
Script Jim Zofkie
Pencils Dick Giordano
Inks Dick Giordano

2 page Talking it over... with Father John text article "As I traveled through Europe..."

Synopsis In Northern Italy and Austria, Father John ruminates on the Virgin Mary.
Genre religious
Script Father John
Letters typeset

1 page Ali story

Characters Ali
Synopsis Ali visits the zoo.
Genre gags
Script Marvin Townsend
Pencils Marvin Townsend
Inks Marvin Townsend
Notes Inside back cover

1 page filler "Thou art my Mother, O Virgin Mary..."

Genre religious
Notes A prayer granting a 300-day indulgence.