How America Grew (1950s National Research Bureau) comic books
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Published 1951 (est.) by National Research Bureau, Inc..$6.00
No issue number, undated (believe circa 1950s). Short history of the United States told in a style reminiscent of Hal Foster's Prince Valiant: no word balloons, just text accompanying each panel. By Fred G. Clark and Richard Rimanoczy. Each page presents another epoch with titles like The Big Idea, The Communist Experiment, The First Big Step, The Century that Amazed the World, The Century of the Iron Horse, The Power of Thought and ending with The Endless Revolution. 5 1/4-in. x 8 1/2-in., folded in half vertically as published. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. when unfolded, 12 pages, black and white.