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This vintage, April 1945 Our Navy magazine cover depicts a sailor at ‘gyp joint’ newsstand enthralled with a copy of Shadow Comics no. 48 (vol. 4, no. 12). In addition to a few nice pulp magazines, there are enough golden-age comics to make any collector’s mouth water. Some of the other issues pictured include: Air Ace no. 20 (vol. 2, no. 8) Blue Circle no. 4 Captain Midnight no. 28 Camera Comics no. 2 Comic Capers no. 3 Picture Stories From the Bible – New Testament no. 1 Startling Comics no. 32 Three Ring Comics no. 1 (only issue) Young Allies no. 14

Loved ones back home could acquaint themselves with the naval fleet upon which cadets might find themselves stationed.

The bearer of this card witnessed the detonations of only the fourth and fifth atomic bombs in history at the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, per his participation in Operation Crossroads, in July of 1946. The first detonation of a nuclear device was the Trinity test of July 16, 1945, followed less than a month later by the bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The U.S.S. Haven was a hospital ship of the U.S. Navy and was the lead ship for medical experiments in the Atoll during the course of the atomic tests.

From the people who brought you Captains Marvel and Midnight... Lance O'Casey - Issue No. 3, Fall 1946.