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Feature(s): True Comics

Character(s): Larry MacPhail; Rin Tin Tin; highwaymen; Scotland Yard men

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Trapping a Bandit

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Feature(s): "U.S." Royal with His Jet-Propelled Bike

Character(s): U. S. Royal; bandit; Elm City Bike Club boys; police officer; newspaper editor

First Line: We've got to stop these jewel robberies!

Synopsis: The police plant a fake news story in order to lure the bandit. When he escapes with the swag, the bicycle boys follow him, then alert the police.

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Notes: Ad, in comic story form, for U. S. Royal bicycle tires from United States Rubber Company. Despite the title, none of the bicycles are jet-propelled.

The Automobile Industry

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Genres: historical, non-fiction

Feature(s): American Adventures in Industry

Character(s): Henry Ford; Barney Oldfield; Charles F. Kettering; repairmen; motorists

First Line: Millions of cars, billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of people make up the gigantic business that grew from a 'childish invention.'

Synopsis: Beginning with Henry Ford, both cars and the technology of manufacturing cars advance to gigantic effect.

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Notes: 1st in series

Boss of the N.Y. Yankees

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Genres: biography, non-fiction, sports

Character(s): Larry MacPhail; American doughboys; baseball fans; professional baseball players; Pete Reiser; Peewee Reese; Joe Dimaggio

First Line: The jovial and happy-go-lucky promoter of baseball, Larry MacPhail, is the colorful dean of winning ball clubs.

Synopsis: After being wounded in World War I, Larry MacPhail goes into baseball management. His innovative ideas attract fans in large numbers.

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Composer and Secret Agent

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Writer(s): Louis Wolfe

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Genres: espionage

Feature(s): What Would You Do?

Character(s): A British secret agent develops a code written in musical notation to fool the Germans.

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Chart Your Course for More Fun, Thrills, Adventure

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Character(s): Helmsman

First Line: You'll discover a great treasure of rip-roaring reading in the coming issues of True Comics.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Subscription promo, with order coupon

Chicago

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Genres: historical, non-fiction

Feature(s): How It Got Its Name

Character(s): French explorers; Indian guide; Chicago residents

First Line: In 1688, French explorers were traveling through the Great Lakes region when...

Synopsis: Researchers learn how Chicago got its name.

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Most Dangerous Passage

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Genres: adventure, non-fiction

Character(s): John Cabot; Henry Hudson; Sir John Franklin; Roald Amundsen; Godfred Hansen

Synopsis: After explorers fail for centuries… some at the cost of their lives... Amundsen navigates the Northwest Passage.

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Notes: Northwest Passage

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First Line: Want extra money and prizes too?

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: Two subscription offers, with order coupons

Winners in Rin Tin Tin Pup Contest

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Character(s): Jeanne Craig; O'Rin

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Notes: Contest from issue 59

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): True's News from Hollywood

Character(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt

First Line: The Roosevelt Story is a dramatic film of forty years in the private and public life of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Genuine Army Air Forces Pilot Helmet

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Character(s): Pilot

First Line: Fellows, here's a bargain you won't want to miss!

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Pages: 0.17

Notes: Ad, with order coupon, from North American Sales, Inc.

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Character(s): Wally Butts; reporter; football players

First Line: Wally Butts champion coach of the champion Georgia Bulldogs

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Notes: Ad for Wheaties cereal from General Mills, Inc.

Balkan Escape

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Genres: espionage, non-fiction, war

Character(s): Nurses; airmen; Albanian partisans; German soldiers; British liaison

First Line: Lurking danger was a constant companion of the nurses and soldiers who suddenly found themselves in Nazi-occupied territory.

Synopsis: Survivors of a downed airplane evade capture and escape to Allied territory, thanks to Albanian partisans and the British mission.

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Notes: Nazi-occupied Albania

Truly Comic!

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Truly Comic!

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Notes: Jokes from readers Walter Griffo, David Berner, Charles Campbell, Frances Lamparski, Roy Cox, George House, Jo Anne Smith, Jack Cresbaugh, Jack Dormis, Burton Gher, Grant Richtmyer, Juralee Burton, Lucille Brown, William Groeger, Eugene Bond, Ann Ellingham, Raymond Yahr, Thomas Cook, Harriet Zitrin, William George, Berdinia Ware, Louise Ware, A. T. Ratliffe, Glenn Buckarama, Rose Green, Helen Maringas.

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Notes: Three small ads, for: chemistry and atomic energy books from the Porter Chemical Co,; trading cards from Evanston Gift House; school and camp information from Parents' Magazine.

The Story of Scotland Yard

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Genres: historical, non-fiction

Character(s): Watchmen; Bow Street Runners; King George III; Sir John Fielding; thieves; highwaymen; Peelers; Sir Robert Peel; bobbies; detectives; saboteurs

Synopsis: Over a period of a hundred years or so, a highly professional police force develops in London.

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Jack Armstrong

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Character(s): Jack Armstrong

First Line: Here you are, Jack Armstrong radio fans and all you boys and girls who love interesting, exciting reading...

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Notes: Subscription promo, with order coupon, for Jack Armstrong magazine

Strange Travelers

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Genres: nature, non-fiction

Character(s): Ambassador Makin

First Line: As some travelers began a trip from Australia...

Synopsis: Facts about the platypus.

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Notes: Platypus in Bronx Zoo

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Character(s): Boy

First Line: We, the boys of America, believe in these our rights

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Any time's the right time... to enjoy Curtiss Baby Ruth candy

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Character(s): Girl; boys

First Line: You know that Baby Ruth tastes swell any time!

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Notes: Ad for Baby Ruth candy bar from Curtiss Candy Company