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.