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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published June 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
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Cover Details

Genre Fact

1 page text article "Few New Magazines Ever Had Such A Welcome"

Characters Shirley Temple (photo)
Script George J. Hecht
Letters Typeset

11 page story "U.S Producer No. 1"

Characters Bill Knudsen (March 25, 1879 - April 27, 1948); Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 1, 1947); President Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945)
Synopsis Biography of Bill Knudsen, Director Office of Production Management for President Roosevelt.
Genre Fact; Biography
Pencils August M. Froehlich (signed, last page)
Inks August M. Froehlich (signed, last page)

8 page story "Father of Canada"

Characters Samuel de Champlain (1575 - December 25, 1635); Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu (September 9, 1585 - December 4, 1642)
Synopsis Biography of the French explorer Samuel de Champlain.
Genre Fact; Biography
Pencils Mike Roy; Henry Kiefer
Inks Mike Roy; Henry Kiefer

7 page story "Frontier Fighters"

Characters Zebulon Montgomery Pike Jr. (January 5, 1779 - April 27, 1813)
Synopsis Biography of Zebulon Pike, who discovered the source of the Mississippi River and also explored much of the southwest United States.
Genre Western; Biography
Pencils John Daly (signed)
Inks John Daly (signed)

8 page story "The Battle of Waterloo"

Characters Napoleon Bonaparte (August 15, 1769 - May 5, 1821); Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (May 1, 1769 - September 14, 1852); Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher (December 16, 1742 - September 12, 1819); Michel Ney, 1st Duc d'Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa (January 10, 1769 - December 7, 1815)
Synopsis The story of the Battle of Waterloo.
Genre War
Pencils Willner McArdle
Inks Willner McArdle

3 page story "Wizard of Nature"

Characters Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849 - April 11, 1926)
Synopsis Biography of scientist and botanist Luther Burbank.
Genre Fact; Biography
Pencils Harry George
Inks Harry George

6 page story "Sea War: Fighting Ships of Leading Nations"

Synopsis Details of the fighting ships of the U.S., Great Britan, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.
Genre War; Fact
Pencils George Harrison
Inks George Harrison

2 page text article "My Greatest Adventure"

Genre Fact
Script Eric Sevareid
Pencils Harry Ramsey
Inks Harry Ramsey
Letters Typeset

7 page story "The Story of the Red Cross"

Characters Jean Henri Dunant (May 8, 1828 - October 30, 1910); Florence Nightingale (May 12, 1820 - August 13, 1910)
Synopsis The story of Jean Dunant and how he came to form the Red Cross.
Genre War; Fact
Pencils William B. Everett (signed)
Inks William B. Everett (signed)

3 page story "Unsung Heroes"

Characters Peter Kelley
Synopsis Peter Kelley is an "unsung hero" of the west. As a messenger on a stagecoach he fought off many Indian attacks.
Genre Western
Pencils Douglas Ryan (signed)
Inks Douglas Ryan (signed)

9 page story "Polish Patriot Who Helped Win the American Revolution"

Characters Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817); George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799); General John Burgoyne (February 24, 1722 - August 4, 1792)
Synopsis Biography of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish immigrant who fought in the American Revolution and then returned to try to free Poland from Russia.
Genre Period; Fact; War
Pencils Harold De Lay (signed)
Inks Harold De Lay (signed)
Notes Also includes a ballot to rank the stories in this issue.

1 page advertisement "12,000 Boys and Girls are now enjoying this FASCINATING LIBRARY"

Synopsis Ad for a set of books.
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page Tootsie Roll advertisement "The Tootsie Roll of Honor"

Letters Typeset

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Notes Back Cover