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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): Karl S. Bernhardt (senior advisory editor); Arthur T. Jersild (senior advisory editor); George H. Gallup (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); 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): True Comics
Character(s): Steve Saunders
First Line: 26-mile dash! The story of the marathon
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Pages: 1
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Lou Gehrig

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): D'Antoni (signed)
Inker(s): D'Antoni (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational, non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Stars of the Past
Character(s): Lou Gehrig
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Baseball
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The Case of the Frightened Criminals

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Genres: crime, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Steve Saunders (FBI Agent); Mr. Blank; Anthony De Pasquale; Anthony Catalano
Synopsis: FBI crack down on two cunning extortionists.
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Pages: 6
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Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): What's Your Sky I-Q?
First Line: You often look into the sky at the sun, the moon, or the stars.
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Disclose Notes: Fifteen astronomy questions.
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The Cotton-Textile Industry

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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): American Adventures in Industry
Character(s): Samuel Slater (textile mechanic); Mr. Brown; Francis Cabot Lowell; William Mowry; William Gregg
Synopsis: The history of the American textile industry.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Eighth in the series.
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, informational, mystery, non-fiction
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...
Synopsis: Who was the masked criminal who lead a bank robbery?
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Disclose Notes: The solution is given on the second Truly Comic! page.
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Supersonics

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
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Disclose Notes: Fact page about airplanes that have broken the supersonic limit.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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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.
Synopsis: Actor Robert Ryan tells of his experience filming Berlin Express in Germany.
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Ralph Kiner

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, sports
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): Roy Disney; Lillian Marie Bounds (Lillian Marie Disney); George J. Hecht; John J. Pershing; Mortimer Mouse
Synopsis: A short story on the development of the Walt Disney Company with the focus on Walt Disney's role.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Walt Disney characters were used in this story with the permission of the Walt Disney Productions.
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Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Truly Comic!
Character(s): Bill; Chloe; Zoe; Johnny; John; Hank; Billy; Mr. Smith; Mr. Jones; Bob; Len
First Line: Guest: Waiter!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Reader submitted gags and jokes from Donna Watkins, Anne E. Scovel, Walter Cecil Harrison, Delton Phelps, Andy Ketterson, Randall Taylor, Russell Lewis Jr., Eldor Bethke, Helen Lauderdale, Dorothy Zang, Donald Simpson, James Schooler, Marlene Stephens, Bobby Allinger, Emmajean Doust, Noel Azzopardi, Clarence Colvin, Theresa De Francesco, Donald Lee Duncon, Jackie Peterson, Velma Marcia Burns, Melvin W. Evans, and Jimmie Kelley. 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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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
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!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, informational, non-fiction, 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 (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Bobby Shelby; Mr. Jones; Mr. Shelby (Bobby's father)
Synopsis: Newspaper circulation man Mr. Jones lets Bobby use 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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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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