Real Life Comics #31

Real Life Comics #31 is an anthology featuring historical biographies of notable figures. The issue includes "Benjamin Thompson's" account of discovering energy conversion and founding the Royal Institution in London, inspired by his scientific experiments with cannons and heat; "The Epoch-Making Discovery of Penicillin," which chronicles Dr. Ernst Chain's escape from Nazi Germany and his subsequent collaboration with Dr. Howard Florey at Cambridge University to develop the antibiotic drug penicillin; and "Sir Christopher Wren," depicting the young scholar's early ambitions in mathematics and chemistry before his later architectural achievements, including his design of St. Paul's Cathedral following the Great Fire of London in 1666.