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Issue: Classics Illustrated Special Issue #156A
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Title: The Atomic Age
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagGilberton
Indicia Publisher: Gilberton Company, Inc.
On Sale Date: 1960
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roberta Strauss Feuerlicht
Disclose Notes: Meyer A. Kaplan, Production Director; Leonard B. Cole, Art Director.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: 7" w x 10 1/4" h
Paper Stock: glossy cover, newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Gaylord Welker (painting, signed)
Gaylord Welker (painting, signed)
Gaylord Welker (painting, signed)
Subject Matter
Montage of atomic-power vehicles, or vehicles speculatively powered by atomic energy.
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Atomalderen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagIllustrated Classics Extra Editie #4 published ?
as Het atoom [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Build your own library
Promo for binder to hold 12 issues of "Classics Illustrated;" order coupon; indicia
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Indicia
The Atomic Age

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
L. B. Cole (signed)
L. B. Cole (signed)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Splash page; montage of nuclear applications
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Atomalderen [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Adventure North

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Norman Nodel
Norman Nodel
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
Commander William R. Anderson; unnamed submarine crewmen
USS Nautilus, first nuclear-powered submarine, makes the first underwater passage of the Arctic Ocean and the North Pole (1958).
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Nautilius [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
The Smallest Particle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bruno Premiani
Bruno Premiani
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
Democritus; Aristotle; Galileo Galilei; Robert Boyle; Antoine Lavoisier; John Dalton; Amadeo Avogadro
History of atomic theory from pre-scientific times to the early 1800s.
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Den minste partikkel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
Inside the Atom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
Basic facts about atomic structure and atomic energy
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Atomenes indre [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
The Atomic Furnace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Gerald McCann
Gerald McCann
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
Enrico Fermi; Laura Fermi; Niels Bohr; Franklin D. Roosevelt
Enrico Fermi rises from childhood and the death of his beloved brother through scientific education, the Nobel Prize, and flight from Mussolini, to build the first atomic pile.
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Uranreaktoren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13
Final page is a single panel of the first atomic bomb blast.
The Magic Mineral

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Sam Glanzman
Sam Glanzman
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
How uranium is formed, found, and mined.
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Det magiske mineral [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
How to Build a Radiation Detector

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
Illustrated activity guide to building an electroscope with simple household items.
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Lag en strĂ¥ledetektor [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Alpha, Beta, and Gamma

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Everett Raymond Kinstler
Everett Raymond Kinstler
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
Explanation of nuclear fission and its byproducts, and the handling of radioactive materials.
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Alfa, beta, gamma [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Atoms for Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Evans
George Evans
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
Explanation of how an atomic reactor generates electrical power, and the building of the first such plant, at Shippingport, Pennsylvania (1957).
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Atomene i menneskenes tjeneste [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
The Radioscope

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Sam Glanzman
Sam Glanzman
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
Irene Joliot-Curie; Frederick Joliot-Curie
Description of radioisotopes, the Curies' discovery of radioisotopes, and the uses of radioisotopes.
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Radioisotoper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
Atoms and Industry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Tartaglione
John Tartaglione
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
Bill; Bill's co-worker; factory owner; scientist; refinery manager
How radioisotopes can be put to work in industry and manufacturing.
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Atomene og industrien [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Atoms and Agriculture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Gerald McCann
Gerald McCann
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
Mr. Scherer; agricultural agent; United Nations delegate
Scientists use radioisotopes to preserve food, improve crops, and control pests.
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Atomene og jordbruket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Atoms and Medicine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Angelo Torres
Angelo Torres
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
Frank; Frank's doctor
Doctors study the body, and treat illnesses, using radioisotopes.
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Atomene og medisinen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
The Healing Rays

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Gerald McCann
Gerald McCann
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
George Stockman (pseudonym); Stockman's wife (unnamed); Dr. Foley; unnamed doctor
Doctors successfully use radiation to treat George Stockman's cancer.
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as StrĂ¥lene som helbereder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
The Atom Tomorrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Evans
George Evans
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
Speculative future uses for atomic power
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Atomet i morgen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
Last page (also last page of the comic section) is a full-page montage with warning on the opportunities and the dangers of the atomic age.
The Ages of Energy

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
History of energy sources
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Naturens energikilder [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Small illustration of stylized machinery.
The Search for Uranium

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
educational
Information on prospecting for uranium
Reprinting
FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #4 published January 1960
as Letingen etter uran [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Small illustration of prospector and mule
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Subscribe now! Today!
Promo and order coupon for subscriptions to "The World Around Us"
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Black-and-white thumbnails of several covers.
"Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication"

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Promo and order coupon for back issues of "Classics Illustrated" -- H.R.N. 154
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Thumbnail of cover for issue 149, "Off on a Comet"

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