Marvels of Science (1946) comic books

Cover by Robert Pious. Stories and art by Sid Greene, George Markos, Herman C. Browner, Robert Sanders and Art Helfant. Non-fiction comics about advances in science at mid-century. This was the first comic under the Charlton imprint. A speculative article about the first moon landing, from the perspective of 1946. A biography of Danish physicist Niels Bohr, who figured out the answer to the wave/particle question. Another article predicts how technology will change American life after 1946. Some predictions came true, like color TV, film-less cameras, and frozen food; others, like the aluminum dress and metal bathing suits, remain to be invented. Jet Plane, the Aircraft of the Future; Hero Scientist of the Atom Bomb; Young Scientist's Home Experiments; The First Trip to the Moon; Professor Blowfuse I.S. N.U.T.S.; Making the Weather in Peace and War; Gibson Girl Radio Kit; Wonder World of the Present & Future; Hunting Rhino in Uganda; Riding a Blister; Explorers of the Deep Sea; Device Showing Heart Reaction to Excitement; Lie Detector's Work; Charlie of the Navy; Dog Dead or Alive? 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Sid Greene, George Markos, Herman C. Browner, Robert Sanders and Howard Larsen. Non-fiction comics about advances in science at mid-century. This was the first comic under the Charlton imprint. A speculative article about the future of aviation, including discussions of the first jet engines then in development. Some predictions came true, like intercontinental passenger flights, but others involving dirigibles, flying wings, and the family four-seater plane did not. Auto designer Preston Tucker and the Tucker Tornado. Plus a cutaway diagram of an observatory's space telescope. Aviation of Tomorrow; Scientific Wonders; Inventors Paradise; Your Own Aquarium; Bringing the Sun Inside; The Miracle Drug; Marvels of Science; Coaxial Cable Miracle; Odd Inventions; Electric Servants; Spiders!; The Torpedo Auto; Buna-S; Link Trainer Adaptations. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.