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| Name | How Boys and Girls Can Help Win The War | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Editing: George J. Hecht (publisher) |
| Notes | Notation about the indicia publisher: The indicia lists Parents' Institute, Inc. only. However, based on the research of Elena Hristove, in her dissertation from the University of Sussex (UK), "Imagining Brotherhood: The Comics of the American Jewish Committee, 1941-1946" (no date, circa 2010, retrieved 10 November 2014: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/44211/1/Hristova,_Elena.pdf), the actual producer of comics was done by the War Services Division of Parents' Institute, Inc. and is included in brackets here for historical accuracy. On sale date from the publication date as reported to the U.S. Copyright Office in the Catalog of Copyright Entries; Part 1; Books; Group 2; Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers of Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Address for Oral Delivery, and Maps; 1943, New Series, Volume 40, Number 4. Submitted as a book. Copyright registration number AA 425234. All proceeds went to buy War Bonds. Copyright 1942 The Parents' Institute, Inc. Printed in U.S.A. Only copyright date listed in comic. Date is confirmed based on the contents of a letter dated January 20, 1943 sent by Parents' Institute President George J. Hecht to Dr. Wilbur Schramm, head of the Division of Educational Services within the Office of War Information. Copy located in the United States National Archives, Record Group 44 (Office of Government Reports), entry # PI-35 146: General Records, 1942-July 1, 1943 (Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Publications. Division of Educational Services.) Box #1694, Folder: "Correspondences: Division of Educational Services". |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | Uncle Sam; unnamed boy; unnamed girl |
| Foreword/Afterword | You Can Help Win the War...and the Peace! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Text piece encouraging readers to aid the war effort. |
| Script | George J. Hecht |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | Know What We're Fighting For (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Summarizes the principals as outlined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms". |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | Franklin D. Roosevelt; unnamed American citizens; Adolph Hitler; Benito Mussolini; Hideki Tojo |
| Comic Story | Join Up! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Encourages youth to join organizations like the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H Clubs, Junior Red Cross, and the Camp Fire Girls. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | Peter; Susan |
| Comic Story | Know Your Stuff! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Encourages youth to get a good education. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Comic Story | Keep Fit! (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Encourages healthy eating, exercise, and good hygiene. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | General Douglas MacArthur; Young Sloppy Sam; sam's mom; unnamed lifeguard; Healthy Harry; Harry's mom |
| Comic Story | Foods for Strength and Victory (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Encourages healthy eating to be a good soldier. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | unnamed doctor; unnamed army recruits; unnamed recruit's family |
| Comic Story | You Can't Keep Fit Unless You Eat the Right Foods Every Day (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Encouraging eating of the "right foods" to stay fit. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | Unnamed athletes |
| Activity | Call to the Colors (2 pages) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Activity page designed to encourage daily good nutrition. |
| Comic Story | Garden for Victory (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Encourages to growing of "victory" gardens. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | Sue; Vic |
| Comic Story | Learn First Aid (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Drawing from the example of three English children and their actions after a bombing raid, the story encourages children to learn first aid. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | unnamed English children and adults |
| Comic Story | Ways to Earn Money (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Encourages the young to engage in odd jobs to earn money to buy war bonds and stamps. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | Jerry; Bob; Mrs. Clark; George; unnamed adults and children |
| Notes | A mention is made in the story that one could sell subscriptions to Parent's Institute comic titles; True Comics, Real Heroes, and Calling All Girls, as a way to help make money. |
| Comic Story | Buy War Bonds and Stamps! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Encourages the purchase, even in small amounts, of war bonds and stamps--listing items that can be purchased even in small amounts. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Notes | Story goes across the center spread. |
| Comic Story | Get in the Scrap (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Encourages children to collect scrap metal, rubber, and paper for the war effort. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | Pudge; Bill; unnamed children |
| Comic Story | Collect Books (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Encourages children to give "good" books to service personnel through the Victory Book Campaign. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | unnamed children and adults |
| Comic Story | Help at Home! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Encourages children to do their chores at home. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | unnnmaed children and adults |
| Comic Story | Take Care of Your Things! (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Encourages children to maintain the things they have as buying replacement goods taxes money and supplies better used in the war effort. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | unnamed family |
| Comic Story | Save the Family Car (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Encourages limiting the use of the car so it is not wasting valuable resources. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | unnamed family |
| Comic Story | Don't Get Hurt! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Encourages safety in daily activities. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | Unnamed boy |
| Comic Story | Write 'em Often. (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Sergeant Johnny Doughboy is no longer unhappy now he gets mail. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | Sergeant Johnny Doughboy; Corporal Blake |
| Comic Story | Don't Help the Enemy (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Encourages the reader not to spread rumors, military information, and to engage in racial tolerance. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | Unnamed man; Adolph Hitler; Benito Mussolini; Hideki Tojo |
| Notes | Even while encouraging racial tolerance, the only African-American character drawn on the page is in "black-face". |
| Comic Story | Don't Believe Nazi Lies (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Encourages the reader not to believe Nazi propaganda and to trust official statements of the U.S. Government and the United Nations. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | Joseph Goebbels |
| Comic Story | What to Do in an Air Raid (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Giving instructions on what to do during an air raid. |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Advocacy |
| Comic Story | 4 Pals Go Through Their First Raid (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Four friends keep their composure while properly doing what needs to be done during an air raid. |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Characters | Johnny; Eddie; Dick; Jimmy |
| Comic Story | This Is the Way to Fix Up a Refuge Room (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Demonstrates how to prepare a refuge room to use in case of an air raid. |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Advocacy |
| Characters | Unnamed boys and girls |
| Activity | Victory Quiz (2 pages) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Notes | A quiz about what the reader just read. |
| Publisher advertisement | Don't Miss These Swell Comics (1 page) |
| Script | ? (promo copy) |
| Pencils | ? (vignettes of covers) |
| Inks | ? (vignettes of covers) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Promoting Parents' Magazine Press comic titles. Cover reproductions of True Comics #14 (July 1942), Real Heroes #5 (July 1942), and Calling All Girls # 4 (March 1942). |
| Activity | Tell the World You're Doing Your Part (1 page) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Uncle Sam; Minuteman; Bald Eagle; unnamed boys and girl |
| Notes | Sticker cut-outs for children to paste up to show they are doing their part for the war effort. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
