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Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

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Character(s): William Cushing

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North America 1861

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Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, non-fiction

Character(s): Hangman

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Notes: Map of the United States, as divided by the Civil War. Kansas is erroneously shown as a Confederate state.

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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): typeset

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Character(s): Gideon Welles [Father Neptune]; Stephen Mallory; hangman; Union sailors

First Line: Big Bad Ironclad!

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Notes: Title page; front matter; dedication

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Nathan Hale; provost; hangman; Bill Richmond; Abraham Lincoln; General Winfield Scott; Gideon Welles [Father Neptune]; Stephen Mallory [Sharkface]

First Line: September 22, 1776

Synopsis: Nathan Hale tells the provost and hangman how the Royal Navy will become obsolete. As Abraham Lincoln works to preserve the Union, General Scott proposes his Anaconda Plan to blockade the south, but navy secretary Welles points out that the navy only has four effective ships. Confederate navy secretary Mallory gets wind of the plan, and plots to break the blockade.

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Notes: Chapter 1

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Gideon Welles [Father Neptune]; Gustavus Fox [Foxy]; William Cushing

First Line: So he's the bad guy in the story, huh?

Synopsis: Welles and Fox plan to implement the Anaconda Plan, taking time to expel naval midshipman William Cushing for his incessant pranks. Fox sets off for the relief of Fort Sumter.

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Notes: Chapter 2. Gustavus Fox is portrayed throughout the book as a literal (if oddly-colored) fox.

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Gustavus Fox [Foxy]; Union soldiers; Private Daniel Hough; Nathan Hale; hangman

First Line: Fort Sumter April 12, 1861

Synopsis: Foxy tries to run foodstuffs into Fort Sumter, but Confederate rebels force the fort's surrender with a 34-hour bombardment. Private Daniel Hough becomes the war's first casualty as a gun explodes during the surrender. Nathan Hale reports that 620,000 more will follow him. "It's history," he reminds the hangman "-- no one gets out alive."

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Gideon Welles; Gustavus Fox [Foxy]; William Cushing; naval officers; naval yard commander

First Line: Foxy, you're back!

Synopsis: Desperate for men, Welles reinstates William Cushing, but only as a non-commissioned officer. Welles sends officers to rescue the Union's strongest warship (the Merrimack) from a naval yard in Virgina, but as that state secedes, the local commander panics and scuttles the ship at its berth.

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Notes: Chapter 4

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; William Cushing; Captain Stringham; Stephen Mallory [Sharkface]

First Line: On the blockade, the U.S.S. Minnesota

Synopsis: As the Minnesota captures blockade runners, Cushing is repeatedly put aboard the captured ships as prize captain. Mallory orders the half-burned Merrimack raised and refitted, as Stringham plans an attack on Confederate forts.

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Notes: Chapter 5

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Gideon Welles; William Cushing; Captain Stringham

First Line: They're doing what!?

Synopsis: The Confederates start rebuilding Merrimack as an ironclad. Stringham and the Minnesota capture two Confederate forts.

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Notes: Chapter 6

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Gideon Welles; William Cushing; Stephen Mallory; Stonewall Jackson

First Line: Finally, a victory!

Synopsis: Cushing resumes his caricatures, and Welles again dismisses Cushing from the navy, even though his caricature of Stringham is laudatory. Stonewall has his troops tear up union railroad tracks for Mallory's ironclad.

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Notes: Chapter 7

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Gideon Welles; Gustavus Fox [Foxy]; John Ericsson; Abraham Lincoln; inventors; Naval Board on Ironclads

First Line: Foxy, do you think we should be worried about this ironclad?

Synopsis: Welles and Fox seek designs for an ironclad warship. Based on past experience the navy is wary of John Ericsson, but with Lincoln's backing he gets the contract.

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Notes: Chapter 8

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Gideon Welles; Gustavus Fox [Foxy]; William Cushing; Stephen Mallory; John Ericsson

First Line: Anything that will float -- and carry a cannon.

Synopsis: Welles and Fox buy all the ships they can find and convert them into fighting vessels; short of officers, Welles even reinstates Cushing (again). Mallory and Ericsson both drive forcefully forward constructing their ironclads.

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Notes: Chapter 9

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): William Cushing; sailors; escaped slave

First Line: Gunship, gunship!

Synopsis: While on blockade duty, Cushing intercepts a boatload of escaped slaves, one of whom offers to lead the way to a stranded blockade runner. Cushing leads a party to burn the vessel, then fights his way back to open sea through an ambush without a single man being injured.

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Notes: Chapter 10

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; John Ericsson; Naval Board on Ironclads

First Line: He blew that house right up!

Synopsis: The Naval Board loses its nerve about the unrecedented design of the Monitor, but the volcanic Ericsson drives them away.

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Notes: Chapter 11

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Stephen Mallory; William Cushing; Captain Buchanan

First Line: The Merrimack, on the other hand, was almost ready.

Synopsis: Merrimack (now renamed Virginia) races from its base and tears into the Union blockading squadron, sinking two major warships and killing 256 men, at minimal damage to herself or her crew.

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Notes: Chapter 12

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): John Ericsson; Captain John Worden; crew of the Monitor; William Cushing

First Line: Mr. President! Mr. President!

Synopsis: Finished in just over a hundred days, the Monitor races southward, almost losing herself and crew in a storm. Monitor arrives just hours too late to challenge the Merrimack/Virginia, which has devastated the Union blockading squadron. Even the daring Cushing is overwhelmed by the Confederate attack.

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Notes: Chapter 13

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Captain John Worden; Lieutenant Catesby ap Roger Jones; Union sailors; Confederate sailors

First Line: The next morning, on the Virginia.

Synopsis: When the Merrimack/Virginia renews the battle, the more-maneuverable Monitor fends it off. Both ships are battered without being put out of action, but Merrimack/Virginia is defeated in her mission of destroying more Union ships, and returns to her moorings.

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Notes: Chapter 14

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Gustavus Fox [Foxy]; John Ericsson; Stephen Mallory

First Line: Hooray for the Monitor!

Synopsis: The United States celebrates Monitor's victory, though Ericsson rages that if properly handled, she would have sunk Merrimack/Virginia. Mallory demands a fleet of new ironclads, but advancing Union troops force abandonment of the Norfolk navy yard.

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Notes: Chapter 15

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Abraham Lincoln; Stephe Mallory [Sharkface]; Lieutenant Catesby ap Roger Jones; crew of the Monitor; William Cushing; men of Cushing's command

First Line: A whole town?

Synopsis: Cushing seizes Fayetteville, North Carolina for a few hours, confiscating mail and two blockade runners while taking off escaping slaves. When one prize grounds during the withdrawal, Cushing fights to cover the other ships, then blows up the grounded vessel. Lincoln visits the Monitor crew, and orders an assault on Norfolk. Facing the fact that they can neither fight nor flee, the crew scuttle Merrimack/Virginia.

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Notes: Chapter 16

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; William Cushing; men of Cushing's command; escaping slaves; crew of the Monitor; Captain Kelly

First Line: 'Cape Fear?' Sounds spooky.

Synopsis: Cushing tries to capture a general during a daring nighttime raid, but the general is away and he has to settle for a captain of engineers. Meanwhile the Monitor founders and sinks in a storm.

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Notes: Chapter 17

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Gideon Welles; John Ericsson; William Cushing; men of Cushing's command; escaping slaves

First Line: No, it was just the beginning.

Synopsis: Cushing convinces Welles and Ericcsson that he can sink the Confederate ironclad Albemarle by rushing it at night, then using a bomb on a stick against the unarmored portion of the hull below underwater. Cushing's men volunteer en masse for the dangerous mission.

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Notes: Chapter 18

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): William Cushing; men of Cushing's command; crew of the Albemarle

First Line: Quiet night, eh?

Synopsis: Cushing's approach under cover of darkness is foiled by a dog on board the Albemarle. In the midst of a fire fight he deploys the bomb, which blows up his own launch. Cushing is adrift alone in the river, not knowing what happened to his crew or whether the bomb holed the Albemarle.

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Notes: Chapter 19

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Nathan Hale; hangman; provost; Gideon Welles [Father Neptune]; John Ericsson; Abraham Lincoln; Gustavus Fox [Foxy]; Stephen Mallory [Sharkface]; William Cushing; slave

First Line: Huh?

Synopsis: Cushing makes his escape with the help of a slave, after learning that he did in fact sink the Albemarle. The Union wins the war, after which Welles, Fox, Cushing, Ericsson, and Lincoln celebrate together at the White House, and toast the future of ironclads. Nathan Hale knows many more stories, so the hangman and provost decide to delay his execution just a little longer.

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Notes: Chapter 21. The previous chapter was #19 -- there is no chapter 20.

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Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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First Line: Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): ? (photograph); Nathan Hale (artwork)

Inker(s): ? (photograph); Nathan Hale (artwork)

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: biography, historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): William Cushing; John Ericsson; Gideon Welles; Stephen Mallory; crew of the Monitor; Captain John Worden; Gustavus Fox; General Winfield Scott; Captain Franklin Buchanan; Lieutenant Catesby ap Rogers Jones; Abraham Lincoln; hangman

First Line: William Barker Cushing (1842-1874)

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Notes: Biographies of the historical figures. Mixture of art portraits and historic photo portraits.

The Anaconda Timeline of Will Cushing's Civil War

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: biography, historical, military, non-fiction

Character(s): Hangman; provost; William Cushing

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History Activity Corner: Build Your Own Monitor

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Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Character(s): Hangman; provost

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale

Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: non-fiction

Character(s): Nathan Hale (the author/illustrator); research babies; correction baby; hangman

First Line: Hi. I'm Nathan Hale.

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Notes: Bibliography; background on creation of the book

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North America 1861

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Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): Nathan Hale

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Genres: historical, non-fiction

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Penciller(s): Nathan Hale

Inker(s): Nathan Hale

Colorist(s): Nathan Hale

Letterer(s): typeset

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Character(s): Nathan Hale; hangman; provost

First Line: The Civil War.

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Notes: Back cover. Includes cover thumbnail for One Dead Spy.