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Volto from Mars!

The Life of Louis Agassiz (Real Life Comics, #30)

The Twenty-Second Century by Severin & Elder (1950)

Real Life Comics #53, 1950

Art by John Severin and Will Elder

Legend of The Lost Atlantis (Real Life Comics)

V...- for Wampire (Howard Nostrand, 1954)

Flip #1, Harvey Comics, 1954: Art by Howard Nostrand

THis Day In History (1939): First Nylon Stockings Sold

In 1939, nylon stockings went on sale in the U.S. for the first time to employees at DuPont's Wilmington, Delaware nylon factory. Nationwide sales began on 15 May 1940.

Art © Bruce Timm; Black Canary © DC Comics

The modern materials revolution began in 1938 with DuPont's commercialization of their nylon product, which was the first man-made fibre to be made exclusively from mineral sources. “Nylons,” as they were soon called, eventually replaced silk stockings. link