Real Life Comics #17

Real Life Comics #17 is an anthology featuring "The Story of Medicine," which depicts medical advances in wartime, and "Alfred the Great," a historical adventure in which the Saxon king rallies his people against invading Danes. The issue also includes a war story in which Swedish pilot Swede Swenson engages Japanese torpedo planes attacking a U.S. carrier, shooting down multiple enemy aircraft in aerial combat. Additional content features biographical and historical profiles of notable figures including Queen Victoria, General Spaatz, Robert E. Lee, and Albert Einstein, alongside patriotic war bond appeals.