
FRESH STUFF DAILY
Seacoast New Hampshire
& South Coast Maine
Subscribe To Our Newsletter
|
|
| |
|
|
|
cae
Viagra Canada Pharmacy generic propecia cheap canadian pharmacy viagra sale viagracanadianpharmacy cialis generic buying viagra where can i buy propecia without a prescription viagra buy india canada cheapest med canadian oharmacy vicodine viagra from canda pharmacy viagra buy sildenafil online panama pharmacy levitra sales online canadian cialis online viagra cost of cialis viagra buy online viagra canada cialis online viagra canada pharmacy viagraonline get viagra prescription online
0
|
John Paul Jones Comic Book Hero 1
|
|
|
|
Written by Real Heroes Comics
|
|
Page 1 of 5 
REAL HEROES FOR KIDS
During World War II editors of Parents Magazine tried making comic books legit. Titles like "Real Heroes" and "True Comics" and "Calling All Girls" marketing education in comic book form. Among the heroes recycled from history books was John Paul Jones. He appeared in an issue with Sitting Bull and black activist Toussaint Louverture. The goal of these comics was to help parents educate their children.
VISIT our John Paul Jones section
REAL HEROES COMICS
John Paul Jones: Founder of the American Navy
March 1942
John Paul Jones has been turned into a comic book character many times. This is possibly the most authentic telling of Jones’ life, at least based on information available at the time. The slogan below the headline of "Real Heroes" reads: "Comics, not about impossible supermen, but about real-life heroes and heroines who have made and are making history.
Just doing something well, according to comic book editor George Hecht, makes a child a hero, equivalent to famous heroes. That was the upbeat message of the comic series published by the Parents Magazine Press that continues to own the copyright to this cartoon. Hecht founded the company in 1926 and was publisher for over 50 years. The comics were designed to help parents educate their children using a format that kids found attractive in a vein similar to "Classics Illustrated".
Not especially well written or illustrated, this comic episode still provide a shortcut to the interesting tale of John Paul Jones. The comic includes many of the inaccurate details manufacturered by Jones’ 1900 biographer Augustus Buell. According to a later biogrpaher Samuel Eliot Morison, Jones did not have two African slaves named Cato and Scipio as shown here and did not meet with and advise Congress on the creation of the Navy. But the version offered here is generally accurate. The first half ot the 10-page chapter follows. --- JDR

CONTINUE John Paul Jones, Real Hero, Part 1
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next > End >>
|
Please visit these SeacoastNH.com ad partners.
Portsmouth Herald
|
Portsmouth Herald Latest Headlines
|
| Portsmouth Herald News from SeacoastOnline.com |
-
Memorial Bridge re-opens
PORTSMOUTH — The Memorial Bridge reopened ahead of schedule on Friday following a month of repairs that forced drivers to seek alternative routes between the city and Kittery, Maine.
-
Driver inattention caused 3-car crash, say police
PORTSMOUTH - A three-car chain-reaction crash snarled lunch hour traffic on Woodbury Avenue Friday and sent a Maine man to Portsmouth Regional Hospital.
-
City police 'did all the right things' with man on bridge
PORTSMOUTH — When two city police officers talked a suicidal man off the High Level Bridge Wednesday morning by promising him a burger, a warm place to go and undivided...
-
and#8216;Lost' to premiere on Groundhog Day! Coincidence?
Now we know when the sixth and final season of “Lost” will begin. According to the ABC press release, the show will debut on Tuesday, February 2. The...
-
Portsmouth police log
8:50 a.m. Report taken about a suspicious male who approached a child in Hannafords.
-
Owner: Cigarettes stolen during Seacoast Variety break-in
PORTSMOUTH — Police were called to the Seacoast Variety store early Friday morning when a witness reported the front door was smashed, and according to store owner Joseph Goulis, $200...
-
Go and Do: Festival of Trees in Portsmouth
-
Say hello to Josie
Josie is a domestic long haired, 2½ year old, spayed and microchipped female. She has been good with children and other cats, but the staff members at the N.H. Society...
-
Movie review: 'Twilight' gets 3 stars
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon," also known as "Twilight: The Squeakquel," is actually pretty good — a tick better than the first "Twilight," which wasn't bad either. These are hardly...
-
The Truth about Dating: Do you have a dating addiction?
Everywhere I turn on television these days I see Dr. Drew Pinsky popping up discussing one type of addiction or another.
-
FairPoint says it's on rebound
PORTSMOUTH — FairPoint Communications remains an aggressive competitor in the telecommunications industry, despite filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month, a company official told members of the Portsmouth Rotary...
-
Eliot mother wants to be 'Biggest Loser'
ELIOT, Maine — Angela Boyle is pretty and vivacious with a self-deprecating sense of humor, a mother of four, a wife, an income tax preparer, a six-year resident of Eliot...
-
City paying 1 percent for art
PORTSMOUTH — Less than a month after unveiling the "Vigilance" sculpture at Fire Station One, the city will move forward with plans for a new piece of public art at...
-
School officials, police lock down York High
YORK, Maine — School officials and police instituted a lockdown at York High School for less than 30 minutes Thursday morning after a student was allegedly seen armed with a...
-
'Twilight' fans stay up all night for 'New Moon'
NEWINGTON — Kellie Bradley, 17, saw the first "Twilight" film 18 times.
-
'Heart of Portsmouth' auction begins
PORTSMOUTH — The online auction to raise money to help Amy DeStefano as she awaits a heart transplant begins at 8 a.m. today.
-
'Tramp' and killing comment lands man in court
PORTSMOUTH — It was New Year's Eve 2008 when "Bernie" Molloy called the manager of his apartment complex "a tramp of the highest order," leading to his arrest on a...
-
Check progress of Winnicut River work online
GREENLAND — Residents can follow the progress of the Winnicut River restoration with an on-site Web cam that has recorded the work in time lapse photography.
-
Service Credit Union donates 50 turkeys to Portsmouth Salvation Army
PORTSMOUTH — Michele Saccoccia, Aimee Sundstrom and Carolyn Richard leaned over a gray tarp in their bright red Service Credit Union fleece pullovers as they placed on the floor a...
-
Fifth man linked to Mont Vernon burglary killing is charged
NASHUA — A Hollis man was arraigned Thursday on a charge that he helped dispose of evidence from the killing of a Mont Vernon woman last month and an attack...
|
|
|
|
|
| Friday, November 20, 2009 |
|
|
|