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Picture Stories from American History #1

EC · 1945 · on sale 1945-11-16

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Series: Picture Stories from American History (EC, 1945 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: 1945
Key date: 1945-11-16
On-sale date: 1945-11-16
Indicia publisher: Educational Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 60

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Part One – The Period of Discovery and Exploration	cover	1	pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon
1	Foreword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: M. C. Gaines
2	Picture Stories from American History Contents Page	table of contents	1	pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon
3	The Story of Leif Ericsson and the Norsemen	comic story	3	script: W. W. D. Sones, M. C. Gaines; pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon; editing: Sheldon Mayer	Leif Ericson
4	The Story of Marco Polo	comic story	6	script: W. W. D. Sones, M. C. Gaines; pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon; editing: Sheldon Mayer	Marco Polo
5	The Story of Prince Henry	comic story	2	script: W. W. D. Sones, M. C. Gaines; pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon; editing: Sheldon Mayer	Prince Henry
6	The Story of Christopher Columbus	comic story	11	script: W. W. D. Sones, M. C. Gaines; pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon	Christopher Columbus
7	The Stories of John Cabot and Vasco da Gama	comic story	3	script: W. W. D. Sones, M. C. Gaines; pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon; editing: Sheldon Mayer	John Cabot; Vasco da Gama
8	The Story of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa	comic story	5	script: W. W. D. Sones, M. C. Gaines; pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon; editing: Sheldon Mayer	Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
9	Map of Explorations	illustration	2	script: W. W. D. Sones, M. C. Gaines; pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon
10	The Story of Ferdinand Magellan	comic story	3	script: W. W. D. Sones, M. C. Gaines; pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon; editing: Sheldon Mayer	Ferdinand Magellan
11	Who Are the Indians?	text article	2.6	pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon
12	Important Dates to Remember!	text article	0.4	pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon
13	The Stories of the Aztecs and the Incas	comic story	7	script: W. W. D. Sones, M. C. Gaines; pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon; editing: Sheldon Mayer
14	The Stories of Spanish Inland Adventurers	comic story	7	script: W. W. D. Sones, M. C. Gaines; pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon; editing: Sheldon Mayer	Ponce De Leon; Hernado de Soto; Vasquez de Coronado; Cabeza de Vaca
15	The Story of the Huguenots in Florida	comic story	2	script: W. W. D. Sones, M. C. Gaines; pencils: Allen Simon; inks: Allen Simon; editing: Sheldon Mayer
16	Alphabetical Index to the First Part of Picture Stories from American History	text article	1	script: W. W. D. Sones, M. C. Gaines
17	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

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