Willie Westinghouse Edison Smith the Boy Inventor

Willie Westinghouse Edison Smith the Boy Inventor, published by Frederick A. Stokes in 1906, is a single-issue comic featuring a young inventor whose name pays homage to the era's great industrialists. Though brief, it stands as an early example of a child genius protagonist in American comics, predating many later science-minded heroes. Its historical curiosity lies in capturing the turn-of-the-century fascination with invention and progress.