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Issue: True Comics #34 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1944
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Issues: #34 of 84 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagParents' Magazine Press
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: True Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/29/1944
Volume: 4
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Garn (managing editor); George J. Hecht (president, publisher); Ralph O. Ellsworth (art editor)
Disclose Notes: Circulation: 507,149 copies (data from Audit Bureau of Circulation via Russ Mahera)

DISTRIBUTOR:
International Circulation Company (listed by its initials, ICC) is the distributor named on the cover.

ON SALE DATE:
On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Volume 39, Number 1. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 623234.

EDITORS:
Page 1, below the indicia, lists the Senior Advisory Editors:
Karl S. Bernhardt (Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada),
George H. Gallup (Director, Institute of Public Opinion),
Arthur T. Jersild (Professor of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University),
Dr. George Johnson (Director of the Department of Education, National Catholic Welfare Conference),
Daniel C. Knowlton (Professor of Education, Social Studies Department, New York University),
Clara Savage Littledale (Editor, Parents' Magazine),
Rudolf Modley (President, Pictograph Corporation),
David S. Muzzey (Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia University, Author of "A History of Our Country"and other history books), and Hendrik Willem Van Loon (Famous historian, artist and Author of "The Story of Mankind" and other books).
Junior Advisory Editors:
Janet Cantor (daughter of Eddie Cantor), Gloria Jean, Roddy McDowall, Shirley Temple, Virginia Weidler, and Darryl Hickman (movie star).
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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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Penciller(s): Sam Glankoff
Inker(s): Sam Glankoff
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Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational
Character(s): Claude Weaver of the R.A.F.
Synopsis: The cover has 4 panels illustrating interior stories taken from the stories.
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New Commando Machine Gun

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Advertisement for a "Krak-A-Jap" toy machine gun from Illinois Merchandise Mart.
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The Doctor Declares War!

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave
Character(s): Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave
Synopsis: Burma Surgeon
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Champion of Democracy

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Wendell Wilke
Character(s): Wendell Wilke
Synopsis: The story of Wendell Wilke.
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Thrill Hunter

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Claude Weaver
Character(s): Claude Weaver
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Pages: 3.5
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Be Popular - Learn the Newest Dances in 5 Days - or No Cost!

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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for learning how to dance books from Pioneer Publications, Inc. of New York, New York.
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Writer(s): Natalie Purvin Prager (signed)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: activity
Feature(s): Is It True?
First Line: Is it true that the mouth of a volcano...
Synopsis: Quiz over trivia.
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Angel of the Battlefield

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Clara Barton
Character(s): Clara Barton
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Brief Reviews of Films You Will Want to See

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: celebrity
Feature(s): True's Movie Guide
Synopsis: Brief reviews of the movies: The Desert Song; The Fighting Seabees; Lady, Let's Dance; My Best Gal; and See Here, Private Hargrove.
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Disclose Notes: The picture is of Lieutenant Commander William McManus, technical advisor for the movie, The Fighting Seabees.
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The Girl They're All Talking About

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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the movie from Republic Pictures, Nobody's Darling.
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First in War ...First in Peace, First in the Hearts of His Countrymen

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): George Washington
Character(s): George Washington
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Sabotage!

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Character(s): Steve Saunders; J. Edgar Hoover
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Penciller(s): ? [as Rex] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Rex] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: See! No trouble at all making him open up and say Ah-h-h.
Synopsis: Ad for Wheaties cereal plus a 1-panel gag cartoon.
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Flak Happy

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Genres: biography, informational
Feature(s): Lt. Richard H. McGibney
Character(s): Lt. Richard H. McGibney
Synopsis: A Flying Fortress drops its bombs by accident.
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Our Good Neighbor, Paraguay

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Feature(s): Our South American Neighbors
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Truly Comic
First Line: A customer went into a grocery store...
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Disclose Notes: Two classified style ads for model airplanes from the Model Airplane Company and Capitol Model Aircraft both of Brooklyn, New York.
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Terror Bound!

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Genres: informational, war
Synopsis: Crew of a sunken merchant ship in World War II survives eleven days adrift.
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Free 150 Power Microscope with this Offer

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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the book Wonders of Living Things from Metro Publications of New York, New York.
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Amazing Forecaster

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

Advertisement for The "Swiss" Weather House, a device to help predict the weather 24 hours in advance, from The Weather Man of Chicago, Illinois.
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Fortified with Energy!

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

Advertisement for the Baby Ruth candy bar from Curtiss Candy Company from Chicago, Illinois.

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