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Publisher: Parents' Magazine Press
Years in Operation: 1941 - 1965
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Country: Flag United States Web Site: Brands: 0 Indicia Publishers: 18 Series: 39 Printings: 885 (880 Issues) Disclose Notes:     Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Series Name Years in Print Issues (Printings)
Aviation Adventures and Model Building {Comic Books} 1946 - 1947 2
Calling All Boys {Comic Books} Public Domain 1946 - 1948 17
Calling All Girls {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Though this magazine continued publication through its 89th issue in 1949, #43 was the last to contain comics. Issues from #44 onwards could contain the occasional cartoon or comic style advertisement.
Public Domain
1941 - 1949 84
Calling All Girls {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Becomes "Young Miss" magazine at some point in 1967. Second version of this series published by this publisher, contained comic stories and cartoons as a part of its regular features and articles.
1955 - 1966 102
Calling All Kids {Comic Books} Public Domain 1945 - 1949 26
Children's Digest {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Continues as "Children's Digest" published by Children’s Better Health Institute — a division of the Saturday Evening Post Society Inc., through 2009. Publishing information from Wikipedia. This site confirms it is no longer in publication and final publisher name: http://www.magazine-agent.com/childrens-digest/magazine .
1950 - 1980 351
Clothing for Courage {Comic Books} 1945 - 1
Comics Digest {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: 100 pages
1942 - 1
Extra {Comic Books} 1942 - 1
Funny Book {Comic Books} 1942 - 1946 9
George Westinghouse {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Repackaged from original printing of story in True Comics.
1946 - 1
Girls' Fun and Fashion Magazine {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: A magazine with a few pages of comics.
1950 - 5 (6)
Great Stories for Young Folks {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: May have been distributed in Canada only.
1943 - 1
How Boys and Girls Can Help Win the War {Comic Books} 1942 - 1
Jack Armstrong {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: #1-#2 say "Jack Armstrong Adventure Magazine" on the cover only.
Public Domain
1947 - 1949 13
Man-Made Miracle {Comic Books} 1946 - 1
Negro Heroes {Comic Books} 1947 - 1948 2
Outstanding American War Heroes {Comic Books} 1944 - 1
Polly {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Mix of black and white and color pages. The comics are in color.
1949 - 4
Polly Pigtails {Comic Books} Public Domain 1946 - 1949 39
Polly Pigtails' Magazine {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Some later issues may have been titled "Polly Pigtails' Fun Magazine".
1953 - 1955 14
Real Heroes {Comic Books} Public Domain 1941 - 1946 16
Red Ball Comic Book {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Contains reprints from other Parent's Magazine titles.
1947 - 1948 2 (5)
Red Feather {Comic Books} 1946 - 1948 3
Red Goose Comic Selections {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Consist of reprints from other Parents' Magazine Press titles. Title from cover; no indicia.
1944 - 1946 6
Round the World Gift {Comic Books} 1944 - 1 (2)
Special Agent {Comic Books} 1947 - 1949 8
Sport Stars {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Half-comic, half-photograph magazine.
Public Domain
1946 - 4
Sweet Sixteen {Comic Books} 1946 - 1948 13
Tex Granger Adventure Magazine {Comic Books} Public Domain 1948 - 1949 7
There Are No Master Races {Comic Books} 1944 - 1
They Got the Blame {Comic Books} 1943 - 1943 1
Three Fronts - One Cause {Comic Books} 1943 - 1
True Animal Picture-Stories {Comic Books} 1947 - 2
True Aviation Comics Digest {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Actually not digest size.
1942 - 1943 2
True Aviation Picture-Stories {Comic Books} 1943 - 1946 13
True Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Non-fiction comics.
Public Domain
1941 - 1950 84
True Comics and Adventure Stories {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: #2 is listed in Overstreet but almost certainly doesn’t exist.
1965 - 1
True Picture-Magazine {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: This series has the exact same contents as True Comics (Parents' Magazine Press, 1941 series) and published at the same time per entries within the Catalog of Copyright Entries and the story "Cartoon Magazine for Children Big Success" in Publishers Weekly (March 8, 1941, page 1127). The title was True Picture-Magazine for the Canadian market only.
1941 - ? 39

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