Real Life Comics #36

The issue features "The Story of the Automobile," chronicling innovations in transportation from early manufacturing through World War II and beyond. The narrative covers the development of Massachusetts industry, the growth of cities and infrastructure, and concludes with profiles of great American figures including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Daniel Webster, Horace Mann, and Calvin Coolidge. A secondary story depicts the historical skepticism surrounding John Stevens' prophecy about steamboats and railroads, showing how early detractors doubted such innovations would ever work, particularly contrasting with the later success of the Pennsylvania Railroad.