Catholic Comics #2

Bill Brown, a Notre Dame football star, must overcome a severe arm injury to help lead his team to victory against a tough Navy squad, all while his recovering coach watches from his sickbed via television. Determined to prove himself and inspire his teammates, Bill pushes through the pain in a grueling practice regimen and returns to the field despite the risk—but whether his injured arm can hold up when it matters most remains to be seen. Based on authentic material from Notre Dame's sports files, this story captures the grit and heart of college football in 1948.

Pudgy the Magician takes center stage for a benefit performance supporting the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with his enthusiastic assistant Prunella helping him dazzle the crowd with classic illusions. From levitation to the famous sawing-in-half trick, Pudgy wows the audience while also sharing the secrets behind his mystic art—because part of the real magic is letting folks in on how it's done.

This non-fiction feature traces glass from ancient Egypt through modern industrial marvels, exploring how a material humanity has known for millennia became one of civilization's most versatile wonders. From the earliest glass objects to the development of glass windows in medieval churches, the story charts glass-making's journey to America and its establishment as the nation's oldest industry in 1609 Jamestown. Readers discover the specialized craft of glass blowing—the roles of the gatherer, ball-holder, coverer, gaffer, and crack-off boy—and marvel at twentieth-century breakthroughs that transformed rigid, brittle glass into flexible, heat-resistant, even elastic materials with thousands of practical applications.

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary was born to royalty but devoted herself to serving the poor—receiving them in her palace, building hospitals, and giving generously even during times of famine. When her husband Louis departs for the Crusades, Elizabeth's charitable work continues, but word arrives that he has died of plague, leaving her grief-stricken. After his death, she abandons her castle entirely, establishing a hospital where she spends her remaining years and resources caring for those in need.