A comic book about the influence of transistors on electronics. In this comic Ed Powers is an airline pilot, showing his son Johnny (they are not actually named) different applications for transistors, but focusing on the radio. They are accompanied through the story by a humanized versions of a vacuum tube and transistor. The comic concludes with a page of advertisements for GE transistor radios.

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

The LIttlest Giant - Transistors - MIghty Mights of Electronics (1955/1960) by General Electric CompanyMuseum of Innovation & Science

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Comic book presented by miSci, with the cooperation of General Electric.

Comic book digitized by Humair Minhas, Niskayuna High School

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