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Issue: True Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1941
 
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Indicia Publisher: Parents' Institute, Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/19/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): David T. Marke; George J. Hecht (president, publisher); Ralph O. Ellsworth (art editor, Funnies, Inc.); John H. Compton (art editor, Funnies, Inc.); George H. Gallup (senior advisory editor); Gertrude Hartman (senior advisory editor); Arthur T. Jersild (senior advisory editor); Daniel C. Knowlton (senior advisory editor); Clara Savage Littledale (senior advisory editor); David S. Muzzy (senior advisory editor); Dr. Hendrick Willem van Loon (senior advisory editor); Janet Cantor (junior advisory editor); Gloria Jean (junior advisory editor); Shirley Temple (junior advisory editor); Mickey Rooney (junior advisory editor); Virginia Weidler (junior advisory editor)
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 36, 1941, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 488455.
One known online copy has a stamped arrival date of February 21.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Truth is Stranger and a Thousand Times More Thrilling than Fiction

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
biography, informational
Winston Churchill
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Miscellaneous
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A New and Different Comic Magazine

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George J. Hecht
Typeset
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Introduction to comic including list of all associate editors.
World Hero No. 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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George Harrison; August M. Froehlich
George Harrison; August M. Froehlich
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Subject Matter
biography
Winston Churchill
Bio of Winston Churchill.
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Miscellaneous
17
Titled "World Hero Number One" on introduction page to comic.
Famous Failure

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Hendrik Willem van Loon ?
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Subject Matter
informational
The first attempt to sail north of Russia to China.
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Miscellaneous
4
Air War: Fighting Planes of Leading Nations

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Nathaniel Nitkin
Edwin Smalle Jr.
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Subject Matter
informational
The story of men and planes who made military aviation during WWII.
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Miscellaneous
6
George Rogers Clark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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John Daly
John Daly ?
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Subject Matter
biography, informational
Frontier Fighters
George Rogers Clark
Story of American Revolutionary hero George Rogers Clark.
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Miscellaneous
9
Yellow Jack: How the Cause of Yellow Fever was Discovered

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Harold De Lay
Harold De Lay ?
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Subject Matter
informational
How the cause of Yellow Fever was discovered in Cuba.
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Miscellaneous
7
My Greatest Adventure

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lowell Thomas
Bernard Flinton; Harry Ramsey
Bernard Flinton; Harry Ramsey
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Typeset
Subject Matter
biography
Lowell Thomas
Lowell Thomas, world-wide explorer, recounts his greatest adventure flying in a plane over the Andalusian Desert.
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Miscellaneous
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The First Naval Submarine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Logan Reavis
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Subject Matter
informational
The story of Bushnell's Turtle during the American Revolutionary war.
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Miscellaneous
4
The Marathon Run

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Henry Kiefer
Henry Kiefer ?
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Subject Matter
informational
The story of the Battle of Marathon in 500 B.C.
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Miscellaneous
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Simon Bolivar: The South American Liberator

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Michel Roy [Mike Roy]
Michel Roy [Mike Roy]
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Subject Matter
biography
The story of Simon Bolivar, father of 5 South American nations.
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Miscellaneous
9
This beautiful desk for only $1.00

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
The Conspirators

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Ad for Nestle's Semisweet chocolate done in comic form. Friends of a girl on a date bake cookies for her man so she can impress him.
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