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Issue: Real Life Comics #1 (4) Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1942
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Issues: #1 (4) of 59 Issues (60 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/29/1942
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): N. L. Pines (president); ?
Disclose Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Joan of Arc; General Charles de Gaulle; Aaron Burr (inset); John Brown (inset); Robert Fulton (inset); Theodore Roosevelt (inset)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The figure of de Gaulle is taken from the splash page of the lead story.
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Hour of Destiny

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Talks with the Editor
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover.
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The Rise of Free France

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Joan of Arc; General Charles de Gaulle; Count de Vergennes; Lafayette; General George Washington
First Line: A nation casts off its shroud of betrayal...
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Saltarella.

Keith Chandler : Froehlich signs in the final panel.
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Aaron Burr

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Aaron Burr; Rev. Timothy Edwards; General George Washington; General Montgomery; Alexander Hamilton
First Line: Seldom have the annals of history...
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Pages: 10
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John Brown

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): John Brown; Colonel Buford; Mary Brown; Fred Brown; Governor Woodin; Atchison
First Line: A fiery prophet who fought and died for human equality.
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Pages: 9
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Robert Fulton Father of the Steamship

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Robert Fulton; James Watt; Napoleon I
First Line: Mighty and luxurious ocean liners...
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Signed "Frollo" at bottom right of final panel of story.
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The Rough Rider

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Theodore Roosevelt; Sheriff Pat Garrett; Colonel Carroll
First Line: On a chill October day in 1858...
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Pages: 2
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Heroes of the Mounties

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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Constable Pedley; Anton Ribeaux; Willis (crook)
First Line: "Get your man"
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Pages: 10
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Johnny Clem -- the Yankee Devil

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Genres: biography, non-fiction, war
Character(s): Johnny Clem; General Beauregard; General Rosecrans; General Hazen
First Line: The twelve year old sergeant...
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Pages: 5
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The Story of Old Glory

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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Leif Erikson; Christopher Columbus; John Endicott; Sir Edmund Andros; Paul Revere; Lt. J.C. Fremont; Uncle Sam
First Line: America's flags...
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Pages: 8

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