True Comics #81

Harold "Red" Grange doubted he had what it took to play football, but a coach's keen eye and the freshman's own determination proved otherwise at the University of Illinois. Watch as the reluctant athlete transforms into a gridiron sensation, earning the number 77 and cementing his legacy as one of college football's most electrifying players through sheer speed and unstoppable skill.

Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews started as a young man desperate for work at New York's Museum of Natural History, willing to do any job to break in—and his determination launched him into one of science's greatest adventures. From constructing museum exhibits to exploring tropical islands, Andrews eventually led a legendary 1922 expedition into the Gobi Desert, where he and his team uncovered dinosaur eggs and fossils that rewrote our understanding of early life on Earth. This is the true story of how a museum floor-scrubber became one of the world's most celebrated paleontologists, proving that adventure and discovery belong to those willing to take the hardest path.

Captain John Charles Fremont, known as "the Pathfinder," led an expedition to California under government orders, guided by his trusted friend Kit Carson, to explore lands where Americans faced mistreatment under Mexican rule. When the Mexican governor grew suspicious of his true intentions and demanded he leave, Fremont and his men chose to stand their ground, and the arrival of Lieutenant Gillespie with word that war had been declared set events in motion that would reshape the territory's future. This is the story of how Fremont's courage and determination helped transform California into part of the United States, launching a remarkable career that would eventually take him to the nation's highest offices.