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Issue: Picture Stories from Science #2
Publication Date: January 1947
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Educational ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: School Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): W. W. D. Sones; William M. Gaines
Disclose Notes: Picture stories from Science, Summer 1947 -- Vol. 1, No. 2 Published quarterly by School Comics, Inc., at 225 Lafayette St., New York, N.Y. Application as second-class matter pending at the Post Office at New York, N.Y. One year subscription in the United States 40¢ plus 10¢ packing and mailing -- Total 50 ¢. Elesewhere [sic] $1.00. Printed in the U.S.A. Editorial Advisory Council: Dr. H. H. Giles, Dr. H. Claude Hardy, Morris Nelson Sachs, M. S., Dr. W. W. D. Sones, Vinal H. Tibbetts, Prof. Harvey Zorbaugh; Unpublished issues 3 to 5 are listed as "In preparation."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Amazing Discoveries about Food and Health

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Allen Simon
Inker(s): Allen Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Character(s): Louis Pasteur; Paul Erlich; Edward Jenner; William Harvey
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Pages: 1
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Contents

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Letterer(s): Typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Synopsis: Contents, introduction, Editorial Advisory Council, indicia
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Fuel for the Human Machine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Penciller(s): Don Cameron
Inker(s): Don Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Synopsis: The story of nutrients: describes how to test for starch, sugar, protein, and fat, introduces minerals and vitamins
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Eating for Health

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Penciller(s): Don Cameron
Inker(s): Don Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Character(s): Admiral Anson; James Lind; Christian Eijkman; F. G. Hopkins; Casimir Funk; Charles G. King
Synopsis: Discoveries of vitamins A, B1, C, D and G (B2, riboflavin)
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Watching the Stomach at Work

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Penciller(s): Don Cameron
Inker(s): Don Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Character(s): William Beaumont; Alexis St. Martin
Synopsis: Dr. William Beaumont investigates digestion with the help of an opening into the stomach of Alexis St. Martin.
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The Body's Chemical Laboratory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Penciller(s): Don Cameron
Inker(s): Don Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Character(s): Professor Cy Ence
Synopsis: Professor Cy Ence gives some children a guided tour of the human digestive system.
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The Work of the Blood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Penciller(s): Don Cameron
Inker(s): Don Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Character(s): William Harvey
Synopsis: A doctor explains blood circulation to young Tom.
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Stretching the Food Calendar

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Character(s): Mr. Robins; Sir Francis Bacon; Napoleon Bonaparte; Nicholas Appert; Peter Durand
Synopsis: Mr. Robins explains food preservation methods to his students.
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Man's Unseen Foe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Penciller(s): Don Cameron
Inker(s): Don Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Character(s): Antony Leeuwenhoek; Louis Pasteur
Synopsis: The story of germs (bacteria and viruses)
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The Battle Against Bacteria

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Penciller(s): Don Cameron
Inker(s): Don Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Character(s): "Mike" Robe; "Jimmy" Germ
Synopsis: Fanciful description of how germs enter the body and how phagocytes and antibodies fight them
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Fighting Germs with Germs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Penciller(s): Don Cameron
Inker(s): Don Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Character(s): Edward Jenner; Louis Pasteur; Lady Montague; Sara Nelmes; Mrs. Phipps; James Phipps; Joseph Meister
Synopsis: The story of vaccination and inoculation, discovered by Jenner (smallpox) and Pasteur (rabies)
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The Conquest of Yellow Fever

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Penciller(s): Don Cameron
Inker(s): Don Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Character(s): Walter Reed; James Carroll; Jesse Lazear; Charles W. Finley; Henry C. Carter; William A. Dean; John R. Kissinger; John J. Moran
Synopsis: Dr. Walter Reed and his assistants and volunteers discover that Yellow Fever is spread by Aëdes mosquitoes.
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Miracles of Surgery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Penciller(s): Don Cameron
Inker(s): Don Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Character(s): Joseph Lister
Synopsis: Dr. Joseph Lister discovers how to control infection with an antiseptic, carbolic acid (phenol).
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Modern Medical Magic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Penciller(s): Don Cameron
Inker(s): Don Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Character(s): Robert Koch; Paul Erlich; Gerhard Domagk; Constantin Levaditi; Alexander Fleming
Synopsis: The story of the new germ killers: Robert Koch (internal sterilization, a failure); Paul Erlich (atoxyl, salvarsan); Gerhard Domagk (protonsil); Constantin Levaditi (sulfanilamide); Alexander Fleming (penicillin)
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Pages: 3
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Life Saving Sleep

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Penciller(s): Don Cameron
Inker(s): Don Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Character(s): William T. G. Morton; Charles T. Jackson; John Warren
Synopsis: The story of anaesthetics: a fictionalized story of the discovery of the use of ethyl ether as a surgical anaesthetic
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Index

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Morris Nelson Sachs
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Picture Stories from Science
Synopsis: Alphabetical and chronological indexes
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Now on sale everywhere!

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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Synopsis: Illustrated advertisement for the EC (Educational Comics) line: Picture Stories from World History 1-2 and Picture Stories from Science 1
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover
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For the finest, read these six entertaining comics!

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Synopsis: Illustrated advertisement for the EC (Entertaining Comics) line: International Comics #5, Land of the Lost Comics #8, Dandy Comics #5, Animal Fables #7, Fat and Slat #3 and Tiny Tot Comics #10.
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Disclose Notes: On back cover.

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