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Issue: True Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1941
 
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On Sale Date: 07/15/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): David T. Marke; Ralph Ellsworth (Art Editor); Lloyd Jacquet (Art Editor)
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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True Comics
General George C. Marshall (December 31, 1880 - October 16, 1959)
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Miscellaneous
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Have You Written Us a Letter?

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George J. Hecht
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Elanor Roosevelt (Photo); George Hecht (Photo); Gerard Darrow (Photo); Daniel C. Knowlton (Photo)
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U.S. Army Chief General George C. Marshall

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Harry G. Peter
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biography, war
General George C. Marshall (December 31, 1880 - October 16, 1959); General Johnson Hagood (June 16, 1873 - December 22, 1948); General John J. Pershing (September 13, 1860 - July 15, 1948); President Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945)
Life story of General Marshall from his beginnings at Virginia Military Institute to shortly before World War II.
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Danger in the Arctic

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adventure, informational
Joe Crosson (1903-1949; Alaskan Hall of Fame Pilot); Carl Benjamin "Ben" Eielson (1897 - 1929; Alaskan Hall of Fame Pilot)
The story of Joe Crosson, once of the first pilots in Alaska.
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Record Breakers

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Benjamin "Ben" Bangs Eastman (July 19, 1911 – October 6, 2002); Frank Clifford Wykoff (October 29, 1909 – January 1, 1980); James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980); Fred Wolcott; Helen Herring Stephens (February 3, 1918 – January 17, 1994); Cornelius ("Dutch") Warmerdam (June 22, 1915 – November 13, 2001); Stella Walasiewicz (3 April 1911 – 4 December 1980); Matti Henrikki Järvinen (February 18, 1909 – July 22, 1985); Elroy Robinson; Luhaar; Sydney Charles Wooderson (30 August 1914 – 21 December 2006); Cornelius Cooper Johnson (August 28, 1913 – February 15, 1946); David Donald Albritton (April 13, 1913 – May 14, 1994); Miklós Szabó (6 December 1908 – 3 December 2000); Richard Atley Donald (August 19, 1910 - October 19, 1992); Miss Lunn; Zdenka Koubkova; Curtis Hill; Glendolene Vinyard; Willemijntje "Willy" den Ouden (January 1st, 1918 – December 6th, 1997); John Rhodes Cobb (December 2, 1899 – September 29, 1952); Johnny Weissmuller (Born as Johann Peter Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984); Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933—May 17, 1947; Horse); Greyhound (Horse); Fritz Wendel (February 21, 1915–February 9, 1975)
Details on various sports records.
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Old Glory

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George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799); Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790); John Paul Jones (July 6, 1747(1747-07-06) – July 18, 1792); Betsy Ross (January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836)
The story of the American Flag from the Revolutionary War thru 1940's.
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Sail, Ho! How to Recognize Many Sailing Ships

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My Greatest Adventure

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Linton Wells
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adventure
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John Weatherby Blockade Breaker of 1812

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war
Unsung Heroes
Lieutenant John Weatherby
Lt. Weatherby has a plan to capture a British Clipper ship.
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War of 1812 story
Heroine of the White House

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Dolley Payne Todd Madison (May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849); James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836)
The story of how Dolly Madison rescued many valuables from the White House before the British arrived and burned it to the ground in the war of 1812.
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Chinese Hero No. 1 Part II

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Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975); Sun Yat-sen (November 12th 1866 – March 12th 1925); Soong Mei-ling (March 5, 1897 – October 23, 2003); Chang Hsuch-Ling
The story of Chaing Kai-shek from before World War I thru World War II.
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Continued from previous issue.

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Builder of Canada

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adventure, informational
Alexander Mackenzie (1764 – March 12, 1820); Simon MacTavish
The story of Alexander Mackenzie and his expedition that travelled across all of Canada to become the first to reach the Pacific Ocean.
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Captain John Charles Fremont

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informational, western
Frontier Fighters
Captain John Charles Fremont (1813 - 1890); Kit Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868); Lieutenant Gillespie
The story of Captain Fremont and how he forced Mexico to surrender California to America.
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Miscellaneous
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