Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	April 1941
Cover Price	$0.10 USD; $0.15 CAD
Pages	68
Editing	George J. Hecht (publisher); David T. Marke (editor); Dr. Hendrick Willem van Loon (advisory editor)
Notes	Entire comic can be found online at Michigan State University website. http://digital.test.lib.msu.edu/collections/index.cfm?TitleID=55

Cover Details - "various vignettes of interior stories including Winston Churchill"

Characters	Winston Churchill
Genre	Fact; Bio
Notes	Entire comic can be found online at Michigan State University website. http://digital.test.lib.msu.edu/collections/index.cfm?TitleID=55

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "A New and Different Comic Magazine"

Script	George J. Hecht
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Introduction to comic including list of all associate editors.

17 page story "World Hero No. 1"

Characters	Winston Churchill
Synopsis	Bio of Winston Churchill.
Genre	Bio
Pencils	George Harrison; August M. Froehlich
Inks	George Harrison; August M. Froehlich
Notes	Titled "World Hero Number One" on introduction page to comic.

4 page text story "Famous Failure"

Synopsis	The first attempt to sail north of Russia to China.
Genre	fact
Script	Hendrik Willem van Loon
Pencils	Hendrik Willem van Loon
Inks	Hendrik Willem van Loon ?

6 page story "Air War: Fighting Planes of Leading Nations"

Synopsis	The story of men and planes who made military aviation during WWII.
Genre	fact
Script	Nathaniel Nitkin
Pencils	Edwin Smalle Jr.

9 page story "Frontier Fighters"

Characters	George Rogers Clark
Synopsis	Story of American Revolutionary hero George Rogers Clark.
Genre	bio; fact
Pencils	John Daly
Inks	John Daly ?

7 page story "Yellow Jack: How the Cause of Yellow Fever was Discovered"

Synopsis	How the cause of Yellow Fever was discovered in Cuba.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Harold De Lay
Inks	Harold De Lay ?

2 page text story "My Greatest Adventure"

Characters	Lowell Thomas
Synopsis	Lowell Thomas, world-wide explorer, recounts his greatest adventure flying in a plane over the Andalusian Desert.
Genre	Bio
Script	Lowell Thomas
Pencils	Bernard Flinton; Harry Ramsey
Inks	Bernard Flinton; Harry Ramsey
Letters	Typeset

4 page story "The First Naval Submarine"

Synopsis	The story of Bushnell's Turtle during the American Revolutionary war.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Logan Reavis

6 page story "The Marathon Run"

Synopsis	The story of the Battle of Marathon in 500 B.C.
Genre	fact
Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer ?

9 page story "Simon Bolivar: The South American Liberator"

Synopsis	The story of Simon Bolivar, father of 5 South American nations.
Genre	Bio
Pencils	Michel Roy [Mike Roy]
Inks	Michel Roy [Mike Roy]

1 page advertisement "This beautiful desk for only $1.00"

1 page advertisement "The Conspirators"

Synopsis

Ad for Nestle's Semisweet chocolate done in comic form. Friends of a girl on a date bake cookies for her man so she can impress him.