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The Scarlet Sorceress - Duel with a Giant!

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Phantom

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India

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Writer(s): Sanzgiri

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Genres: historical, non-fiction

Feature(s): The Age of Man

Character(s): Prince Siddharthat (the Buddha); Ashoka Maurya; Prince Gautama

First Line: In the Year 563 B.C., a prince who was to become a world teacher, was born in the house of Sakyas.

Synopsis: A very brief treatise on the start of Buddhism.

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Writer(s): Athelstan Spilhaus (dean, University of Minnesota Institute of Technology)

Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette (signed) (see notes)

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology

Feature(s): Our New Age

First Line: Diving for sunken treasure of the past has always been an exciting and sometimes rewarding adventure.

Synopsis: A very brief treatise on the why and how of undersea salvage.

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Notes: Gene's autograph page one is dated '11/10.'

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Henry

Character(s): Henry; sign poster; sign carrier

First Line: Comics

Synopsis: Henry is having a hard time reading his newspaper comics. Seeing a sign poster he borrows his paste and pastes his comics to the backboard of a sign carrier. The other kids soon catch on.

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Notes: Panel 11 has "(c) King Features Syndicate, Inc., 1964. World rights reserved."

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Writer(s): B. Govind

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Genres: adventure, biography, historical, non-fiction

Feature(s): Around the World with Kunju Pillay

Character(s): Kunju

First Line: Kunju hikes his way from Switzerland to Milan in Italy.

Synopsis: Too cold to ride Kunju hikes from Switzerland to Milan where he visits the "Castello Sforzesco" and the Milan Cathedral. Moving on to Pisa he discovers its history of various rulers, and visits the Leaning Tower. Then to Florence and its history and culture of the arts, visiting the Cathedral of S. Marie Del Fiore, the Uffizi Gallery. Leaving via the Appian Way he heads to Rome. In Rome he sees the Colosseum, The Forum and many other famous ruins.

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The Scarlet Sorceress

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Genres: adventure, crime, drama, superhero

Feature(s): Phantom

Character(s): The Scarlet Sorceress (Magda The Great); The Phantom; Princess Valerie; Diana; White Rajah of Volara; Hero; The Wogu; King Wog; Dwarf of Wogu; Nana; Guran; Devil

First Line: Tell your master we are here.

Synopsis: King Wog's daughter, of the Wogus, is strangely ill, seeking help from the Scarlet Sorceress he is told to find another princess who is the opposite of his daughter but the same age. Hearing of Princess Valeria Wog sends men to kidnap her. Posing as entertainers they gain entry to the palace and steal he in the night. Rajah sends to the Phantom for help. On the way to the Wogu the Phantom runs across an old plane wreck and graves, which end up being the source of the Scarlet Sorceress. The cure for the daughter was playtime, and the Phantom returns Magda and Valeria to civilization.

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Notes: Page 22 panel 5 has "Copr 19"#"6. King Features Syndicate, Inc. World rights reserved." The decade of the year isn't clear. It might be 1946.

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Writer(s): Alan Crain

Penciller(s): Gerald Haylock

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology

Feature(s): Sir Ronald Ross

Character(s): Sir Ronald Ross; Dr. Patrick Manson; Mr. Robinson

First Line: A lecture hall in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1875.

Synopsis: In 1881 Ronald Ross becomes a doctor and is fighting to save patients with Malaria in a British hospital in India. On leave in London he meets Dr. Patrick Manson who is also working on Malaria, and shows him the parasite that causes it. Being transferred around for his duties delayed Ross's research but he was finally able to prove Malaria was transferred by mosquitos. From there he went on to begin the fight against mosquitos having cesspools sprayed with oil to prevent breeding, thus dramatically reducing the occurrences of Malaria in the population.

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): Vicks Vaporub

First Line: Don't let your child suffer from cold pains

Synopsis: Ad for Vicks Vaporub.

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Notes: Indicia is at the bottom of this page.

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): J.B. Mangharam & Co.

First Line: J.B. Mangharam's energy food

Synopsis: Ad for Energy Food.

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