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The World Around Us comic books issue 5

  • Issue #5
    World Around Us (1958-1961 Gilberton) 5

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    The Illustrated Story of Space. Painted cover by Gay Welker. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Gerald McCann, Sam Glanzman, and Graham Ingels. Educational comics on a wide variety of topics from Gilberton, the publisher of Classics Illustrated. This issue focuses on the history and science of space exploration, then (1959) still in its early days. Featuring art by legends Jack Kirby, Sam Glanzman, and Graham Ingels, including Countdown! by Ingels; What Is Space? and Assignment Space Station by Glanzman; and Training for Space, featuring layouts by Jack Kirby. Training for Space also features appearances by real-life aerospace pioneers Colonel John P. Stapp and Don Farrell. Nice cover by Gay Welker is fairly accurate, considering it was painted in 1958. The Illustrated Story of Space; Training for Space; Rocket Around the Moon; What Is Space?; Where Are We?; Birth of the Rocket; American Rockets; Man-Made Moons; Countdown!; Assignment Space Station; Planet Patter; Life on Other Planets? 80 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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    $10 THE WORLD AROUND US 5 4.5 5.0 CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED 1959 KL
    $17 UK: World Illustrated #505 Space - 1960 1st Print "The Frogmen"
    $30 THE WORLD AROUND US #5 FN- 5.5 GILBERTON COMICS 1959 *GRAHAM INGELS ART

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  • Issue #5-1ST

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    Volume 5 - 1st printing. "The Illustrated Story of Space!"

    Softcover (Spiralbound), 6-in. x 9-in., 80 pages, full color. All Ages

    Cover price $14.99.