Real Life Comics #59

Amid the chaos of the Korean conflict, a young soldier discovers Kang Koo Ri, an orphaned boy surviving alone in the war-torn landscape, and the outfit takes him in. As the unit moves forward into combat, the boy's determination to stay with his newfound friends puts him directly in danger—and forces hard choices about duty and compassion in wartime.

Born into a France besieged by English forces and a dying father's despair, young Louis grows into a shrewd and relentless king determined to reclaim his fractured realm. Through cunning diplomacy, brutal consolidation of power, and an iron will forged in battle, Louis XI transforms himself from a sickly prince into the "Spider King"—weaving a web of strategy that will reshape the fate of France itself.

A Virginia mountaineer captured by a hostile tribe of Blackfeet, John Colter escapes his captors and launches a desperate 100-mile flight through Wyoming wilderness, pursued relentlessly by his would-be killers. Racing against both his hunters and the elements, Colter must rely on his wits and endurance to reach safety in this gripping true account of survival against overwhelming odds.

Temple Houston, the towering son of Texas's greatest hero, proves he inherited more than his father's name when he takes on a dramatic self-defense case in the Oklahoma Territory—a legal battle that demands more than just courtroom argument when a crucial witness goes missing. Watch as this fighting lawyer pulls off a desperate gambit to keep his jury in the room long enough for the truth to arrive, even if it means risking the judge's wrath to do it.

A young boy named Timmy learns the fascinating history and engineering behind electric model trains when he visits his Uncle Ted, an enthusiastic hobbyist who explains everything from Joshua Lionel Cowen's revolutionary battery-powered flatcar to the precision manufacturing and ingenious details that make modern miniature railroads so authentic. Through hands-on demonstrations of working layouts—complete with remote-control milk cars, cattle ramps, coal hoppers, and realistic whistles—Uncle Ted shows Timmy that operating a model railroad demands genuine skill, planning, and responsibility, just like managing a full-size railroad yard.

When a toddler wanders onto the railroad tracks near Blackmar, Michigan, trackman Edward Irish spots the danger and races against an oncoming locomotive to pull the child to safety. This true story from 1952 captures a moment of split-second heroism that earned Irish recognition from the railroad and a nomination for the prestigious Carnegie Hero Award.

Two students, Jerry and Jill, join their museum friend Mr. Noah on an imaginative journey back two billion years through a magical meteor to witness the cosmic events that shaped our solar system and world. As they travel backward in time, they observe the Sun's dramatic transformation and the birth of Earth and the Moon from clouds of hot gases, learning the scientific principles behind how our planet came to be.