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Issue: True Comics #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1941
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Issues: #3 of 84 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagParents' Magazine Press
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Indicia Publisher: Parents' Institute, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/15/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): David T. Marke
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
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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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Genres: biography, informational
Feature(s): True Comics
Character(s): Chiang Kai-Shek
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We Become a Monthly

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Writer(s): George J. Hecht
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Character(s): Virginia Weidler (photo, March 21, 1927 - July 1, 1968, child actor); Mickey Rooney (photo, September 23, 1920, actor); Dr. George H. Gallup (photo, November 18, 1901 - July 26, 1984); Dr. George Johnson (photo)
Synopsis: Announcement that True Comics has become a monthly title.
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Chinese Hero No. 1 [Part 1]

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Genres: biography, informational
Character(s): Chiang Kai-Shek (October 31, 1887 - April 5, 1975); Doctor Sun Yat-Sen (November 12, 1866 - March 12, 1925); Yuan Shih-Kai (September 16, 1859 - June 6, 1916)
Synopsis: The story of Chaing Kai-Shek's life from birth until leaving of China after failing to stop Yuan Shih-Kai from declaring himself Emperor.
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Pages: 8
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A Forgotten Woman in History

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Genres: informational, war
Character(s): Deborah Sampson (1760 - 1827); General John Patterson (1744 - 1808)
Synopsis: The story of Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man so she could fight in the Revolutionary War.
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Death Fighter

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Genres: biography, informational
Character(s): Dr. Robert Koch (1843-1910)
Synopsis: Biography of Dr. Robert Koch, the "Father of Bacteriology" who discovered germs and how they work. He received the Nobel Prize in 1905.
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Billy Bishop, Canadian Air Ace

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Genres: biography, war
Character(s): William Avery "Billy" Bishop (1894-1956)
Synopsis: Biography of Canadian WWI Ace "Billy" Bishop.
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Daniel Boone

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Genres: biography, western
Feature(s): Frontier Fighter
Character(s): Daniel Boone (1734 - 1820)
Synopsis: The life story of Daniel Boone, primarily focused on his opening of Kentucky to settlement.
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Baseball's Hall of Fame

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Genres: biography, sports
Character(s): Ty Cobb (1886 - 1961); John Henry "Honus" Wagner (1874 - 1955); George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1895 - 1948); Cristy Mathewson (1880 - 1925); Walter Johnson (1887 - 1946); Napoleon Lajoie (1874 - 1959)
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Captain John Jouett

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Genres: biography, informational, war
Feature(s): Unsung Hero
Character(s): Captain John Jouett (1754-1822); Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805); Colonel Tarleton; Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Synopsis: How Captain Jouett helped Thomas Jefferson and other patriots escape cature from British forces.
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From Fun to Fortune

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Genres: informational
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Land War

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Genres: informational, war
Character(s): Lt. Colonel E.D. Swinton (1868-1951); Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Synopsis: History of tank warfare and information on various types of tanks created by different countries for use in World War II.
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The Town that Can't Be Licked: Ware, Massachusetts

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Genres: informational
Character(s): Minot C. Wood (Bank President)
Synopsis: How the citizens of Ware Massachusetts bought the failing factory in their town and turned around their economy.
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The Battle of Lake Erie: Oliver Hazard Perry

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Genres: war
Character(s): Oliver Hazard Perry (1785 - 1819)
Synopsis: Commander Perry battles the English Navy on Lake Eerie during the war of 1812.
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