Issue Details

Issue	#2
Published	Summer 1947
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	44
Editing	W. W. D. Sones; William M. Gaines
Notes	Picture stories from Science, Summer 1947 -- Vol. 1, No. 2 Published quarterly by School Comics, Inc., at 225 Lafayette St., New York, N.Y. Application as second-class matter pending at the Post Office at New York, N.Y. One year subscription in the United States 40¢ plus 10¢ packing and mailing -- Total 50 ¢. Elesewhere [sic] $1.00. Editorial Advisory Council: Dr. H. H. Giles, Dr. H. Claude Hardy, Morris Nelson Sachs, M. S., Dr. W. W. D. Sones, Vinal H. Tibbetts, Prof. Harvey Zorbaugh; Unpublished issues 3 to 5 are listed as "In preparation."

Cover Details - "Amazing Discoveries about Food and Health"

Characters	Louis Pasteur; Paul Erlich; Edward Jenner; William Harvey
Genre	fact
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron
Notes	Picture stories from Science, Summer 1947 -- Vol. 1, No. 2 Published quarterly by School Comics, Inc., at 225 Lafayette St., New York, N.Y. Application as second-class matter pending at the Post Office at New York, N.Y. One year subscription in the United States 40¢ plus 10¢ packing and mailing -- Total 50 ¢. Elesewhere [sic] $1.00. Editorial Advisory Council: Dr. H. H. Giles, Dr. H. Claude Hardy, Morris Nelson Sachs, M. S., Dr. W. W. D. Sones, Vinal H. Tibbetts, Prof. Harvey Zorbaugh; Unpublished issues 3 to 5 are listed as "In preparation."

1 page Picture Stories from Science foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Contents"

Synopsis	Contents, introduction, Editorial Advisory Council, indicia
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Letters	Typeset; ?
Notes	Inside front cover

3 page Picture Stories from Science story "Fuel for the Human Machine"

Synopsis	The story of nutrients: describes how to test for starch, sugar, protein, and fat, introduces minerals and vitamins
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron

4 page Picture Stories from Science story "Eating for Health"

Characters	Admiral Anson; James Lind; Christian Eijkman; F. G. Hopkins; Casimir Funk; Charles G. King
Synopsis	Discoveries of vitamins A, B1, C, D and G (B2, riboflavin)
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron

3 page Picture Stories from Science story "Watching the Stomach at Work"

Characters	William Beaumont; Alexis St. Martin
Synopsis	Dr. William Beaumont investigates digestion with the help of an opening into the stomach of Alexis St. Martin.
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron

3 page Picture Stories from Science story "The Body's Chemical Laboratory"

Characters	Professor Cy Ence
Synopsis	Professor Cy Ence gives some children a guided tour of the human digestive system.
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron

3 page Picture Stories from Science story "The Work of the Blood"

Characters	William Harvey
Synopsis	A doctor explains blood circulation to young Tom.
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron

2 page Picture Stories from Science text story "Stretching the Food Calendar"

Characters	Mr. Robins; Sir Francis Bacon; Napoleon Bonaparte; Nicholas Appert; Peter Durand
Synopsis	Mr. Robins explains food preservation methods to his students.
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Letters	Typeset

4 page Picture Stories from Science story "Man's Unseen Foe"

Characters	Antony Leeuwenhoek; Louis Pasteur
Synopsis	The story of germs (bacteria and viruses)
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron

2 page Picture Stories from Science story "The Battle Against Bacteria"

Characters	"Mike" Robe; "Jimmy" Germ
Synopsis	Fanciful description of how germs enter the body and how phagocytes and antibodies fight them
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron

4 page Picture Stories from Science story "Fighting Germs with Germs"

Characters	Edward Jenner; Louis Pasteur; Lady Montague; Sara Nelmes; Mrs. Phipps; James Phipps; Joseph Meister
Synopsis	The story of vaccination and inoculation, discovered by Jenner (smallpox) and Pasteur (rabies)
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron

4 page Picture Stories from Science story "The Conquest of Yellow Fever"

Characters	Walter Reed; James Carroll; Jesse Lazear; Charles W. Finley; Henry C. Carter; William A. Dean; John R. Kissinger; John J. Moran
Synopsis	Dr. Walter Reed and his assistants and volunteers discover that Yellow Fever is spread by Aëdes mosquitoes.
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron

1 page Picture Stories from Science story "Miracles of Surgery"

Characters	Joseph Lister
Synopsis	Dr. Joseph Lister discovers how to control infection with an antiseptic, carbolic acid (phenol).
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron

3 page Picture Stories from Science story "Modern Medical Magic"

Characters	Robert Koch; Paul Erlich; Gerhard Domagk; Constantin Levaditi; Alexander Fleming
Synopsis	The story of the new germ killers: Robert Koch (internal sterilization, a failure); Paul Erlich (atoxyl, salvarsan); Gerhard Domagk (protonsil); Constantin Levaditi (sulfanilamide); Alexander Fleming (penicillin)
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron

3 page Picture Stories from Science story "Life Saving Sleep"

Characters	William T. G. Morton; Charles T. Jackson; John Warren
Synopsis	The story of anaesthetics: a fictionalized story of the discovery of the use of ethyl ether as a surgical anaesthetic
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron

1 page Picture Stories from Science text article "Index"

Synopsis	Alphabetical and chronological indexes
Genre	fact
Script	Morris Nelson Sachs
Letters	Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Now on sale everywhere!"

Synopsis	Illustrated advertisement for the EC (Educational Comics) line: Picture Stories from World History 1-2 and Picture Stories from Science 1
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside back cover

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "For the finest, read these six entertaining comics!"

Synopsis

Illustrated advertisement for the EC (Entertaining Comics) line: International Comics #5, Land of the Lost Comics #8, Dandy Comics #5, Animal Fables #7, Fat and Slat #3 and Tiny Tot Comics #10.