Issue: #19
Published: September 1944, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Ned Pines [as N.L. Pines]
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Newsprint Interior; Glossy Cover Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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| Table Of Contents (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Fighting Seabees |
| Synopsis: |
Factory workers Jim, Dave and Larry join the Seabees and see action in the South Pacific. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction War |
| Characters: |
Jim Dave Larry |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Major James H. Howard, Sky-Hunter |
| Synopsis: |
Major James H. Howard flies with the Flying Tigers in China against the Japanese, then transfers to the European Theatre of Operations where he becomes an ace against Nazi aircraft. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction War |
| Characters: |
Major James H. Howard |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
Brazil |
| Synopsis: |
Brazil is discovered in 1500 and becomes part of the Portuguese empire, changing hands several times. In 1822 Brazil achieves its independence. During World War II, President Getulio Vargas stands up against a Nazi plot to conquer his country and joins the Allies. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction History |
| Characters: |
Cabral Dom Pedro II Getulio Vargas |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Colonel Ludvik Svoboda |
| Synopsis: |
After Czechoslovakia is conquered by the Germans, Col. Svoboda and his Czech soldiers escape to Russia where they are given arms and another chance to fight the Nazis. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Biography War |
| Characters: |
Colonel Ludvik Svoboda General Vatutin |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Mississippi Pilot |
| Synopsis: |
The story of how Samuel Clemens progressed from a riverboat pilot to a world-famous author known as Mark Twain. |
| Credits: |
Script: Alexander Samalman | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Biography |
| Characters: |
Mark Twain |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Cadet-Midshipman Edwin J. O'Hara |
| Synopsis: |
In 1942, Edwin O'Hara is assigned to the S.S. Stephen Hopkins. The ship is ambushed by Axis raiders off the coast of Africa. O'Hara single-handedly mans a gun and sinks one of the enemy ships at the cost of his own life. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction War |
| Characters: |
Edwin J. O'Hara |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Jacob Riis: The Making of an American |
| Synopsis: |
In the 19th century, Jacob Riis emigrates from Denmark to the USA. He becomes a reporter and crusades for social justice, dying in 1914. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Biography |
| Characters: |
Jacob Riis |
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