The vast majority of the books on our site fall heavily into the fictional category.
That is unless you believe in talking animals, superpowered humans or corpses rising from the grave.
However, we do have a small collection of books that lay claim to be non-fiction. Let's be honest
comic book publishers were never ones to let 'truth get in the way of a good story'. In a similar
vein Government propaganda and giveaways are also represented here.
Stamps Comics followed a rather unusual theme. It used images pictured on postage stamps
as a vehicle to explain historical events. If you have
a practical mind, then why not try making some of the items in Model Fun. All the plans are there!
One very interesting and unique title, still running strong, is 'The Preventive Maintenance Monthly'
produced the US Army for their technicians.
We have 75 titles and 1,887 issues in our 'Non-fiction Category' for you to enjoy.
Non-fiction Comics, Books and Radio Shows
| Alphabet Books |
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| Section: | Children's Books |
| Categories: | Non-fiction |
| Description: | Welcome to a rather wonderful little section of our site, in which we are building a cool collection of alphabet picture books, most of which feature great art.
For most of us an ABC book was where we first began learning to read, and so it has been for many ... |
| Cavalcade |
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| Available: | 90 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1941 |
| To: | 1969 |
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| Section: | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Categories: | Crime | Non-fiction | Humor | War / Armed Forces |
| Description: | Australian men's magazine that began in the early 1940s during WWII. The book started out with some fairly serious subject matter as much of the features had to to do with the war. The early cartoons and gags were also benign at first. As time went on the magazine ... |
| Collier's Weekly |
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| Section: | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Non-fiction |
| Description: | Collier's is an American magazine, founded in 1888 by Irish immigrant Peter F. Collier (1849-1909). As a result of Peter Collier's pioneering investigative journalism, Collier's Weekly established a reputation as a proponent of social reform. When ... |
| Crime Classics |
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| Available: | 51 Shows |
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| Broadcasting History |
| From: | Jun 1953 |
| To: | Jun 1954 |
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| Categories: | Crime | Non-fiction |
| Description: | Crime Classics is a United States radio docudrama which aired as a sustaining series over CBS Radio from June 15, 1953, to June 30, 1954.
Created, produced, and directed by radio actor/director Elliott Lewis, the program was a historical true crime series, ... |
| Encore Theater |
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| Available: | 13 Shows |
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| Broadcasting History |
| Shows: | 13 |
| From: | Jun 1946 |
| To: | Aug 1946 |
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| Categories: | Non-fiction |
| Description: | Encore Theatre is based on true stories and sponsored by Schenley Labs, Inc, who skimped on nothing for this brief series. It is one of those overlooked dramatic anthologies that deserve a deal more attention than they have generally achieved. You will find ... |
| Heroines Showcase |
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| Section: | Fanzines |
| Categories: | Non-fiction |
| Description: | This fanzine contains artwork by Trina Robbins, Dick Giordano and others. Publications without a copyright through February 1989 are public domain. |
| High Lights of History |
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| Section: | Newspaper Comic Strips |
| Categories: | Non-fiction |
| Description: | James Carroll Mansfield created several, mostly educational, newspaper features for Bell Syndicate.
His most successful feature was 'Highlights of History', which debuted as a daily strip on November 17, 1924.
In 1925 Mansfield "published a junior ... |
| Mark Trail |
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Non-fiction |
| Description: | Mark Trail started life as a newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Ed Dodd. Introduced April 15, 1946, the strip centers on environmental and ecological themes. It was syndicated through the New York Post in 1946 to 45 newspapers. Dodd, working as a national ... |
| Marvels of Science |
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| Available: | 4 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 4 |
| From: | Mar 1946 |
| To: | Jun 1946 |
| Seq: | 1 - 4 |
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| Publisher: | Charlton |
| Categories: | Non-fiction |
| Description: | (1946 Series)
March 1946-June 1946
SERIES COMPLETE
Issues published: 1-4
Artists on this title include Herbert C. Browner, Sid Greene, Art Helfant, George A. Marko & Robert Sanders |
| Meccano Magazine |
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| Available: | 8 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1916 |
| To: | 1981 |
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| Section: | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Categories: | Aviation | Automobiles | Non-fiction |
| Description: | Meccano Magazine was an English monthly hobby magazine published by Meccano Ltd between 1916 and 1963, and by other publishers between 1963 and 1981. The magazine was initially created for Meccano builders, but it soon became a general hobby magazine aimed ... |
| Model Fun |
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| Available: | 3 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 4 |
| From: | 1954 |
| To: | 1955 |
| Seq: | 2 - 5 |
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| Publisher: | Centaur Publishing |
| Categories: | Non-fiction |
| Description: | Model Fun was published by Harle Publications which was owned by Joseph J. Hardie and Raymond Kelly, who were also the owners of Centaur Publications,
As only 4 comics (all in the Model Fun Series) were published by Harle it makes sense to put them here. |
| Private Lives |
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| Available: | 4 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1938 |
| To: | 1948 |
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| Section: | Newspaper Comic Strips |
| Categories: | Non-fiction |
| Description: | The full title for this series is: "Private Lives by Edwin Cox. Candid Cartoons of the World's Celebrities. The Unconventional News of the News-names".
It was syndicated to American newspapers by Edwin Cox and Jack Bliss from November 1938 to May 1943. ... |
| Real Life Comics |
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| Available: | 65 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 59 |
| From: | Sep 1941 |
| To: | Sep 1952 |
| Seq: | 1 - 59 |
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| Publisher: | Better / Nedor / Standard / Pines |
| Categories: | Non-fiction |
| Description: | (1941 series)
September 1941 - September 1952
issues: #1 - 59
Notes: Standard imprint on covers of #48-59.
Artists on this title include Joe Archibald, Rafael Astarita, Ken Battefield, Pete Costanza, Bill Elder, Max Elkan, George Evans, Frank Frazetta, ... |
