Digital Comic Museum - Navy History and Tradition 1782-1817


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Issue: #[1782-1817]
Published: 1958, Price: 0.00 FREE, Pages: 20, Editing: Stokes Walesby
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Newsprint Cover And Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Limited Series
Notes: Giveaway comic. On-sale date from 1958 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The Daring And Diplomacy That Built A Great Nation And Navy
Featuring:	Sailor
Genre:	History
Characters:	American Sailor

Illustration (1 page)	Sail And Rigging Plan Constitution
Featuring:	U.S. Constitution
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction

Comic Story (3 pages)	Launching The U.S. Navy
Synopsis:	Faced with merchant depredation by the Barbary pirates, the United States builds a navy to oppose them.
Credits:	Script: Theodore Roscoe? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	History
Characters:	American Seamen Barbary Pirates George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson

Comic Story (1 page)	Thomas Truxtun
Featuring:	Thomas Truxtun
Synopsis:	Under Truxton's leadership, America's new frigates best French vessels in several ship-to-ship encounters.
Credits:	Script: Theodore Roscoe? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military
Characters:	Thomas Truxton Midshipman Jarvis American Sailors

Comic Story (1 page)	The Tripolitan War
Synopsis:	The U. S. squadron fighting Tripoli gets off to a good start under Preble, but soon loses U.S.S. Philadelphia.
Credits:	Script: Theodore Roscoe? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	History
Characters:	Edward Preble Bashaw Of Tripoli American Sailors Barbary Pirates

Comic Story (2 pages)	Stephen Decatur
Featuring:	Stephen Decatur
Synopsis:	Decatur leads a valiant raid that destroys the captured frigate Philadelphia, then goes on to continued distinction.
Credits:	Script: Theodore Roscoe? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military
Characters:	Edward Preble Stephen Decatur Bashaw Of Tripoli Reuben James American Sailors Barbary Pirates

Comic Story (2 pages)	The War Of 1812
Synopsis:	Though heavily outnumbered, the U. S. Navy prepares for war against Britain.
Credits:	Script: Theodore Roscoe? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military
Characters:	American Sailors British Sailors James Madison

Comic Story (3 pages)	Constitution Downs Guerriere
Synopsis:	U.S.S. Constitution wrecks H.M.S. Guerriere in a ship-to-ship battle. Other single vessels also perform well.
Credits:	Script: Theodore Roscoe? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military
Characters:	Captain Isaac Hull Captain Dacres American Sailors British Sailors Jacob Jones Stephen Decatur William Bainbridge

Comic Story (1 page)	David Porter
Featuring:	David Porter
Synopsis:	Porter does well on his Pacific mission, but is finally defeated by superior forces.
Credits:	Script: Theodore Roscoe? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military
Characters:	David Porter American Sailors

Comic Story (2 pages)	Oliver Hazard Perry
Featuring:	Oliver Hazard Perry
Synopsis:	Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie, and Macdonough does the same in the Battle of Lake Champlain.
Credits:	Script: Theodore Roscoe? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military
Characters:	Oliver Hazard Perry Thomas Macdonough Stephen Decatur American Sailors British Sailors

Comic Story (1 page)	Naval Inventions 1812
Synopsis:	Fulton builds a submarine, a torpedo boat, and the world's first steam-powered warship.
Credits:	Script: Theodore Roscoe? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction History Military
Characters:	Robert Fulton American Sailors

Illustration (1 page)	Some Major Naval Actions In The War Of 1812
Featuring:	Map
Genre:	Non-fiction

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