Explorer Joe (1951) comic books 1951

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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Art Peddy and Nick Cardy. "Explorer" Joe Thomas, with his sidekick Gadabout, travels the world in search of his missing father. In Africa, Joe follows his father's trail to "the Mountain Which Is Not There, the Ruwenzori, whose majestic glacier-crowned peaks straddle the Equator." Joe ventures into the New Guinea jungles to learn the secret of the Sea Pearl. Joe and Gadabout answer a call for help from Missy Toussaint and find the Fire Opal of Madagascar. Plus the true stories of polar explorers Robert F. Scott, Robert Edwin Peary, and Admiral Richard Byrd. Famous Ships; The Mountains of the Moon; The Sea Pearl; The Smile of Jean Charcot; Robert F. Scott: The Gallant Failure; The Fire Opal of Madagascar; Robert Edwin Peary: Arctic Conqueror; Wild Animals of the Northwest; Admiral Richard Byrd: Arctic Trail Blazer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.