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Issue: True Comics #73 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1948
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Issues: #73 of 84 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagParents' Magazine Press
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: True Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/30/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jack De Simone; Ralph O. Ellsworth (associate art director); Dorothea Filosa (associate art director); George J. Hecht (president); Elliott A. Caplin (publisher); Karl S. Bernhardt (senior advisory editor); Arthur T. Jersild (senior advisory editor); George H. Gallup (senior advisory editor); David S. Muzzey (senior advisory editor); Clara Savage Littledale (senior advisory editor); Frederick G, Hochwalt [as The Very Rev. Monsignor Frederick G. Hochwalt] (senior advisory editor); Rudolf Modley (senior advisory editor); Daniel C. Knowlton (senior advisory editor); Margaret O'Brien (junior advisory editor); Roddy McDowall (junior advisory editor); Peggy Ann Garner (junior advisory editor); Bobby Blake (junior advisory editor); Darryl Hickman (junior advisory editor); Joel Kupperman (junior advisory editor)
Disclose Notes: True Comics, Inc. (a subsidiary of the publishers of Parents' Magazine). Printed in the U.S.A.
Publication office: 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago 39, Illinois.
Executive and editorial offices: 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York 17, New York.

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 2, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1948. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B146798.
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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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Feature(s): True Comics
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Pages: 1
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Lou Gehrig

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): D'Antoni (signed)
Inker(s): D'Antoni (signed)
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Genres: informational, sports
Feature(s): Stars of the Past
Character(s): Lou Gehrig
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Pages: 1
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The Case of the Frightened Criminals

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Genres: crime, informational
Character(s): Steve Saunders (FBI Agent)
Synopsis: FBI crack down on two cunning extortionists.
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Pages: 6
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): What's Your Sky I-Q?
First Line: You often look into the sky...
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The Cotton-Textile Industry

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Genres: informational
Feature(s): American Adventures in Industry
Character(s): Samuel Slater (textile mechanic)
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Disclose Notes: 8th in series
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling
Inker(s): Jack Sparling
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, informational, mystery
Feature(s): You're the Detective
Character(s): Jack Robbins (detective); Jimmy Williams (bank robber); George Gordon (bank robber)
First Line: At a small town bank, one day...
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Supersonics

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Genres: informational, science and technology
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Robert Ryan (byline)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): My Most Interesting True Experience
First Line: I have done many different things in my lifetime.
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Ralph Kiner

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Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, sports
Feature(s): Wheaties
Character(s): Ralph Kiner
Synopsis: Profile of Ralph Kiner, who hit 51 home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1947.
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement featuring Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates done in a sports cartoon format. Promoting Wheaties' the "Breakfast of Champions." Advertising agency edited its contents.
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The Amazing Story of Walt Disney

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Genres: biography, informational
Character(s): Walt Disney; Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Pluto; Goofy; Roy Disney; Lillian Marie Bounds (Lillian Marie Disney); Peg-Leg Pete: George J. Hecht
Synopsis: A short story on the development of the Walt Disney Company with the focus on Walt Disney's role.
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Disclose Notes: Walt Disney characters were used in this story with the permission of the Walt Disney Productions.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Truly Comic!
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Disclose Notes: Reader submitted gags and jokes. Also included on these pages are about a half of page worth of small classified-style advertisements and the solution to the You're the Detective story.
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A Priceless Treasure in Reading Pleasure!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Subscription coupon and promotional advertisement for Parents' Magazine comic books and magazines.
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26-Mile Dash!

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Genres: historical, informational, sports
Character(s): Pheidippides; Charles Hefferon; Dorando Pietri; Johnny Hayes; Ted Vogel; Johnny Kelley; Ollie Manninen
Synopsis: The history of the marathon race and its place in the Olympics.
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Bobby Shelby Gets a Job

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): Lee Elias (signed)
Inker(s): Lee Elias (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Bobby Shelby; Shelby Cycle Company
Character(s): Bobby Shelby; Mr Jones; Mr. Shelby (Bobby's father)
Synopsis: Newspaper circulation man Mr. Jones lets Bobby used The Shelby bicycle to do the paper route.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

Advertisement in comic format for The Shelby bicycle from the Shelby Cycle Company of Shelby, Ohio.
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New Target Range for Daisy BB Rifle Shooters!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

Advertisement for the Daisy Target box plus an offer for the Daisy Handbook from the Daisy Manufacturing Company of Plymouth, Michigan.

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