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Issue: True Comics #16 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1942
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Issues: #16 of 84 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagParents' Magazine Press
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: The Parents' Magazine Press Division of The Parents' Institute Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/15/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): G. G. Telfer
Disclose Notes: 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. 3.
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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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How Jimmie Doolittle Bombed Tokyo]; [Flying Viking]; [Young America Hits the Trail]; [Netherlands East Indies]; [The Lost Colony]; [He Fought For Freedom]; [Cave Nurse]; [Hobby Lobby]; [Three Men on a Raft

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Genres: war
Synopsis: Cover consists of four panels illustrating interior biographical stories, taken from those stories.
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Feature(s): Letters to the Editor
Synopsis: Letters page.
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He Bombed Toyko

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): General Jimmie Doolittle
Character(s): General Jimmie Doolittle
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The Lost Colony

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Genres: historical, informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Roanoke
Synopsis: Historical feature on Roanoke, the "Lost Colony" off the coast of North Carolina.
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Flying Viking

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Major Ole Rieistad
Character(s): Major Ole Rieistad
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Friend of Animals

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Henry Bergen
Character(s): Henry Bergen
Synopsis: Biography of the founder of the S.P.C.A. [Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals].
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Young America Hits the Trail

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Monroe Smith
Character(s): Monroe Smith
Synopsis: Biography of the director of American Youth Hostels.
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Writer(s): Natalie Purvin Prager (signed)
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Genres: activity
Feature(s): Is It True?
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Cave Nurse

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Joanna Stavridi
Character(s): Joanna Stavridi
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The Netherlands East Indies

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He Fought for Freedom

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): William Wallace
Character(s): William Wallace
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The Modest Miracle

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Robert R. Williams
Character(s): Robert R. Williams
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Genres: celebrity, non-fiction
Feature(s): True's Movie Guide
Character(s): Bambi; Gary Cooper (photo); Gene Autry (photo)
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Hobby Lobby

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Dave Elman
Character(s): Dave Elman
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Three Men on a Raft

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Harold S. Dixon; Anthony Pastula; Gene Aldrich
Character(s): Harold S. Dixon; Anthony Pastula; Gene Aldrich
Synopsis: Biographies of these three men named above.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Truly Comic!
Synopsis: Jokes.
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Genres: activity
Feature(s): 20 Questions
Synopsis: Quiz based on the contents of this issue.
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Feature(s): Calling All Girls; True Comics
Synopsis: Promotional ads for True Comics and Calling All Girls comic magazines.
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Feature(s): Real Heroes; Calling All Girls
Synopsis: Promotional ads for Real Heroes and Calling All Girls comic magazines.
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Disclose Notes: On the back cover.

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