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Publisher: Pines

Title: Real Life Comics
Issue: 19
Page Count: 52
Publish Date: September 1944
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Contributors: Editor: Ned Pines [as N.L. Pines]

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Real Life Comics #19
Owner: walclark

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Story Title: The Fighting Seabees - cover
Pages:1
Pencils:Alex Schomburg (signed)
Inks:Alex Schomburg (signed)
Genre:non-fiction; history; war
Characters:Major Walter Reed; Jacob Riis; Cabral of Brazil; Colonel Svoboda


Story Title: [ no title ] - table of contents
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Fighting Seabees - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:non-fiction; war
Characters:Jim; Dave; Larry
Synopsis:Factory workers Jim, Dave and Larry join the Seabees and see action in the South Pacific.


Story Title: The Conquest of Yellow Fever - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:non-fiction; history; medical
Characters:Jesse Lazear; Major Walter Reed; General Wood
Synopsis:In Cuba in 1900, medical officer Major Walter Reed proves yellow fever is spread by mosquitoes.


Story Title: Major James H. Howard, Sky-Hunter - comic story
Pages:4
Genre:non-fiction; war
Characters:Major James H. Howard
Synopsis:Major James H. Howard flies with the Flying Tigers in China against the Japanese, then transfers to the European Theatre of Operations where he becomes an ace against Nazi aircraft.


Story Title: Brazil - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:non-fiction; history
Characters:Cabral; Dom Pedro II; Getulio Vargas
Synopsis:Brazil is discovered in 1500 and becomes part of the Portuguese empire, changing hands several times. In 1822 Brazil achieves its independence. During World War II, President Getulio Vargas stands up against a Nazi plot to conquer his country and joins the Allies.


Story Title: Colonel Ludvik Svoboda - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:non-fiction; biography; war
Characters:Colonel Ludvik Svoboda; General Vatutin
Synopsis:After Czechoslovakia is conquered by the Germans, Col. Svoboda and his Czech soldiers escape to Russia where they are given arms and another chance to fight the Nazis.


Story Title: Mississippi Pilot - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:biography
Characters:Mark Twain
Synopsis:The story of how Samuel Clemens progressed from a riverboat pilot to a world-famous author known as Mark Twain.


Story Title: Tamerlane - comic story
Genre:non-fiction; biography; history
Characters:Tamerlane
Synopsis:Tamerlane leads a Mongol army to conquest throughout Asia.


Story Title: Cadet-Midshipman Edwin J. O'Hara - comic story
Pages:4
Genre:non-fiction; war
Characters:Edwin J. O'Hara
Synopsis:In 1942, Edwin O'Hara is assigned to the S.S. Stephen Hopkins. The ship is ambushed by Axis raiders off the coast of Africa. O'Hara single-handedly mans a gun and sinks one of the enemy ships at the cost of his own life.


Story Title: Jacob Riis: The Making of an American - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:non-fiction; biography
Characters:Jacob Riis
Synopsis:In the 19th century, Jacob Riis emigrates from Denmark to the USA. He becomes a reporter and crusades for social justice, dying in 1914.


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