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    World Around Us (1958-1961 Gilberton) 30
    • Water damage.

    Painted cover art by Jay Scott Pike. Undersea Adventures illustration, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Frogmen," art by Angelo Torres; Riding undersea "pig" piloted torpedoes, Italian frogmen attack British warships in Alexandria and Gibraltar. "Mines Below," art by Angelo Torres; Lionel Crabb joins British scuba divers protecting shipping and fighting Italian frogmen in Gibraltar. "Underwater Conquest," art by Sam Glanzman; History of underwater exploration, from ancient Greek sponge divers through early underwater devices, experiments by Bushnell and Fulton, and the first bathysphere. "Sea Monsters--False and True," art by Gray Morrow; Five mythical sea creature as imagined in the sixteenth century, and five unusual real sea creatures. "Sunken Treasure," art by Lou Morales; Captain Dickinson uses a diving bell to salvage treasure lost in a shipwreck; modern divers use scuba gear; divers investigate Mayan wells, and a Kefti shipwreck in the Mediterranean. "Skin Diving," art by Tony Tallarico; Explanations of skin diving, practical applications in wildlife management, oil prospecting, police work, and scientific studies are given. "In Magellan's Wake," art by Sam Glanzman; Beach and his crew conduct the Triton on the world's first underwater circumnavigation of the globe. "Seven Miles Down," art by Stan Campbell; Piccard and Walsh take the first bathyscaph (Trieste) to a record depth--35,800 feet in the Marianas Trench. "The Duel" text story by Guy de Maupassant (original), art by Jack Kirby. "D-Day Part 4: Night Drop," art by George Evans; U.S. and U.K. paratroopers and glider troopers descend on Normandy and attack the Germans, hours before the D-Day seaborne assault. "The Red Planet Part 4: A Trip to Mars"; Speculation in the means of the first flight to Mars, and what astronauts might find there. "The World of Science: Blue Skies" activity page, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

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