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Land of the Lost Comics (1946) 2

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    Land of the Lost Comics (1946) 2

    Cover by Olive Bailey. Stories by Isabel Manning Hewson and Al Chase. Art by Olive Bailey and Dennis Neville. The comics adaptation of a popular children's radio show, from back when EC was still run by Max Gaines and called "Educational Comics." Isabel and Billy travel to a magical undersea kingdom after befriending Red Lantern, a talking fish. Isabel and Billy go undersea to meet midget performer Ulysses the Great and his manager, Pee Wee Barnum. Then they find themselves lost in the Disappearing Desert. In a story sanctioned by the American Museum of Natural History, the life of African explorer Carl Akeley is given the comics biography treatment, 1950s style. Plus ads for Picture Stories of the Bible and Picture Stories from American History, other early "Educational Comics" classics. Ulysses the Great!; The Disappearing Desert; Mystical Meteorites; The Story of Carl Akeley; Umbrella Land. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.