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True Comics #1 - 1941 Diff Scan
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | April 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 68 | Editing: George J. Hecht (publisher); David T. Marke (editor); Dr. Hendrick Willem van Loon (advisory editor) |
| Cover | various vignettes of interior stories including Winston Churchill |
| Content | Genre: Biography; History | Characters: Winston Churchill |
| Foreword/Afterword | A New and Different Comic Magazine (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: George J. Hecht | Letters: Typeset |
| Notes | Introduction to comic including list of all associate editors. |
| Comic Story | World Hero No. 1 (17 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bio of Winston Churchill. |
| Credits | Pencils: George Harrison; August M. Froehlich | Inks: George Harrison; August M. Froehlich |
| Content | Genre: Biography | Characters: Winston Churchill |
| Notes | Titled "World Hero Number One" on introduction page to comic. |
| Text Story | Famous Failure (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The first attempt to sail north of Russia to China. |
| Credits | Script: Hendrik Willem van Loon | Pencils: Hendrik Willem van Loon | Inks: Hendrik Willem van Loon? |
| Content | Genre: Fact |
| Comic Story | Air War: Fighting Planes of Leading Nations (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of men and planes who made military aviation during WWII. |
| Credits | Script: Nathaniel Nitkin | Pencils: Edwin Smalle Jr. |
| Content | Genre: Fact |
| Comic Story | Frontier Fighters (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Story of American Revolutionary hero George Rogers Clark. |
| Credits | Pencils: John Daly | Inks: John Daly? |
| Content | Genre: Biography; History | Characters: George Rogers Clark |
| Comic Story | Yellow Jack: How the Cause of Yellow Fever was Discovered (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | How the cause of Yellow Fever was discovered in Cuba. |
| Credits | Pencils: Harold De Lay | Inks: Harold De Lay? |
| Content | Genre: Fact |
| Text Story | My Greatest Adventure (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lowell Thomas, world-wide explorer, recounts his greatest adventure flying in a plane over the Andalusian Desert. |
| Credits | Script: Lowell Thomas | Pencils: Bernard Flinton; Harry Ramsey | Inks: Bernard Flinton; Harry Ramsey | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Biography | Characters: Lowell Thomas |
| Comic Story | The First Naval Submarine (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Bushnell's Turtle during the American Revolutionary war. |
| Credits | Pencils: Logan Reavis |
| Content | Genre: Fact |
| Comic Story | The Marathon Run (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of the Battle of Marathon in 500 B.C. |
| Credits | Pencils: Henry Kiefer | Inks: Henry Kiefer? |
| Content | Genre: Fact |
| Comic Story | Simon Bolivar: The South American Liberator (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Simon Bolivar, father of 5 South American nations. |
| Credits | Pencils: Michel Roy [Mike Roy] | Inks: Michel Roy [Mike Roy] |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
| Advertisement | This beautiful desk for only $1.00 (1 page) |
| Advertisement | The Conspirators (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Nestle's Semisweet chocolate done in comic form. Friends of a girl on a date bake cookies for her man so she can impress him. |
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