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Teenager Johnny Powers learns about the history, science and application of rocketry from his older brother Ed Powers, a General Electric engineer.

A GE comic about transistors that deviates from the traditional format. The comic is narrated by a radio vacuum tube, the technology that the transistor supplanted. The main characters are two unnamed characters an airplane pilot and his son, who…

Johnny Powers and his older brother Ed visit Edison's restored Menlo Park laboratory at Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan and the GE Lighting Institute at Nela Park in Cleveland, OH to learn about Edison's lighting developments…

Students visit a theater and see a show about Edison's life and electricity-related inventions, including his incandescent lamp and bi-polar dynamo. The show also discusses the changes in electricity generation since Edison's time and how they shaped…

A class discusses the basics of electricity generation and the challenges that face utilities with the increase in electricity usage.

Article providing an overview of the General Electric comic book program, and its domestic and international impact.

Article about the Adventures inside the atom comic book," and its use by students.

COMIC BOOKS have come in for
wide criticism as well as hearty
praise. Some may call the series General
Electric publishes "comics," but
we refer to them as…

Article announces the new Land of Plenty comic book.

Transcript of article:

announcing
Another
New Cartoon
Narrative
WITH the presses barely stilled
after printing one new cartoon
narrative for General Electric, another
one is ready to…

Article about the Adventure into the Future comic and planning a future career in engineering.

Article about how the comic books helped make GE the most recognized brand among teenagers.