Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Nature Factoids

Mark Trail was created in 1946 by Ed Dodd, as an adventure strip, but by the time I was collecting it, it had become an encyclopedia of nature factoids. Not very exciting, but the graphics were colorful and compelling. I've saved a lot of them, even to this day.








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  1. JDJarvisSeptember 28, 2010 at 7:23 AM

    Mark Trail must have been collected and reprinted sometime in the late 60's or early 70's.I could swear i read it as a child.
    I recall one (I believe it was mark trail) that explained how humans were predators because we shared the predatory trait of having our eyes on the front of our faces/heads and not off to the sides.

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  2. nellouiseSeptember 28, 2010 at 7:34 AM

    Thank god that Mark Trail kills the animals for their own good.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2010 at 9:35 AM

    these are really beautiful--I have a strong feeling for nature & animals--this has been a fovorite for many years--charlie

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2010 at 2:06 PM

    Neil, you need to work on your reading skills.

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  5. Thomas Haller BuchananSeptember 28, 2010 at 2:53 PM

    Neil, that last strip about animal control (from 1972) was a remarkable stance, for the time, advocating natural processes of control and condemning the practice of shooting the animals.

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  6. Bird of ParadiseMarch 7, 2012 at 10:25 PM

    Have you ever encuntred a BLUE GROUSE? their totaly unafraid of people

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