The World Around Us #22
In "Race Against Time," a gripping tale from 1960’s The World Around Us #22, a stranded lieutenant and three volunteers face a harrowing 1100-mile voyage across the Pacific in a makeshift boat, battling storms, dwindling supplies, and the unforgiving sea. Gray Morrow’s expressive artwork brings the peril and determination of the survivors to life, while Gerald McCann’s cover captures the tension of their desperate journey.
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When a U.S. naval vessel is wrecked on a desert island in 1870, a lieutenant and three volunteers prepare a small boat in which to sail 1100 miles for help. Despite spoiled food and repeated storms they finally make Hawaii, but three of the four are killed attempting to land on the rocky coast. Survivor Halford alerts the navy, and the rest of the crew are rescued.
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