In Orbit #1

Based on the visible pages, "In Orbit" #1 is an anthology issue containing multiple stories. The first story follows a newspaper boy named Tim who sells papers to a regular customer, Mr. J.B. Tovey, at the Tovey Steel Company building; Tim receives a dime to buy sweets and takes the express elevator to the 80th floor. The second story depicts a circus performance featuring the Flying Hallendas performing a death-defying high-wire act 100 feet above the ground without a net, which goes tragically wrong when one performer falls. The issue also includes an educational feature explaining jet propulsion and aircraft engine technology, contrasting historical developments from Isaac Newton through Sir Frank Whittle's jet engine design to the Gloster Aircraft E.28/39 experimental plane.