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Comics Digest #1
Comics Digest #1 is an anthology of educational and biographical stories presented as comic narratives, including "Genghis Khan and His Son Temujin," which depicts the young chieftain's rise to power and his defeat of rivals to establish a vast Central Asian empire; "Defying Death Above Niagara," the story of Charles Blondin, a French tightrope walker who repeatedly crossed Niagara Falls on a rope; and a story featuring a woman's recruitment and service as director of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps during World War II, showing her transition from civilian life to military leadership. The issue also advertises 100 pages of illustrated adventures of the world's great men and women.