The Story of Carl Akeley from EC Comics

Carl Ethan Akeley was an American naturalist and explorer who developed the taxidermic method for mounting museum displays to show animals in their natural surroundings. He mounted the skeleton of the famous African elephant Jumbo.

In the 1920's Akeley made a large specimen collection that became part of the American Museum's famous African mammal hall. link

This is his story “authorized, approved and sponsered by the American Museum of Natural History”, produced by EC Comics in 1946!

This story is from the now the forgotten radio show, from the now forgotten comic produced by the legendary EC comics group back when the "E" in "EC" stood for "Education" not "Entertaining". Check out the list of educational consultants.

Jack Kirby's "Goliath! The Monster That... Walked Like A Man"

Journey into Mystery #63 (Marvel, Dec. 1960) © Marvel Comics
Stan Lee (?): script; Jack Kirby: art; Steve Ditko: inks

Brain Boy Battles The Frozen Monster!

One of weirdest attempts ever to create a super-hero by people who had no idea how to go about it. Nice cover painting though.

One again we've clipped out a chunk of the filler to get to the heart of the story - we defy you to notice the missing dozen pages.

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Brain Boy #3 © Dell Comics
Vic Prezio: cover painting; Herb Castle: script; Frank Springer: art

Gorgo In The Land of The Lost

Gorgo was directed by Eugène Lourié from a script by John Loring and Daniel Hyatt and premiered this day in 1961. It was turned into a short lived comic book series by Charlton noted for paying their writers and artists next to nothing, and printing their books on the cheapest pulp paper possible. Despite this, artist Steve Ditko still managed to chop out a passable story. I’ve cut out the first half of the story that’s just filler to make the page count.

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Gorgo #13 © Charlton (Oct. 1963).
Joe Gill: script; Steve Ditko: art

From Famous Monsters of Filmland #50:

The Gorgo Filmbook