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True Comics
Date | Number: 34 | Lang: English (en)
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NameTrue Comics 34 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: monthly
NotesCirculation: 507,149 copies (data from Audit Bureau of Circulation via Russ Mahera)

DISTRIBUTOR:
International Circulation Company (listed by its initials, ICC) is the distributor named on the cover.

ON SALE DATE:
On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Volume 39, Number 1. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 623234.

EDITORS:
Page 1, below the indicia, lists the Senior Advisory Editors:
Karl S. Bernhardt (Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada),
George H. Gallup (Director, Institute of Public Opinion),
Arthur T. Jersild (Professor of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University),
Dr. George Johnson (Director of the Department of Education, National Catholic Welfare Conference),
Daniel C. Knowlton (Professor of Education, Social Studies Department, New York University),
Clara Savage Littledale (Editor, Parents' Magazine),
Rudolf Modley (President, Pictograph Corporation),
David S. Muzzey (Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia University, Author of "A History of Our Country"and other history books), and Hendrik Willem Van Loon (Famous historian, artist and Author of "The Story of Mankind" and other books).
Junior Advisory Editors:
Janet Cantor (daughter of Eddie Cantor), Gloria Jean, Roddy McDowall, Shirley Temple, Virginia Weidler, and Darryl Hickman (movie star).
 
Cover1 page
GenreNon-fiction; Biography
CharactersClaude Weaver of the R.A.F.
PencilsSam Glankoff
InksSam Glankoff
NotesThe cover has 4 panels illustrating interior stories taken from the stories.
Genre, editor, synopsis, and character appearance added by Craig Delich (February 2006). Cover art identification by the artist's website.
 
AdvertisementNew Commando Machine Gun / Krak-a-Jap Machine Gun (1 page)
Script? (ad copy)
Letterstypeset
NotesInside front cover.
Advertisement for a "Krak-A-Jap" toy machine gun from Illinois Merchandise Mart.
 
Comic StoryThe Doctor Declares War! (6 pages)
SynopsisBurma Surgeon
FeatureDr. Gordon S. Seagrave
GenreBiography; War
CharactersDr. Gordon S. Seagrave
NotesFeature, genre, and character appearance added by Craig Delich (February 2006).
 
Comic StoryChampion of Democracy (4 pages)
SynopsisThe story of Wendell Wilke.
FeatureWendell Wilke
GenreBiography
CharactersWendell Wilke
NotesFeature, genre, and synopsis added by Craig Delich (February 2006).
 
Comic StoryThrill Hunter (3.5 pages)
FeatureClaude Weaver
GenreBiography
CharactersClaude Weaver
NotesFeature and genre added by Craig Delich (February 2006).
 
AdvertisementBe Popular - Learn the Newest Dances in 5 Days - or No Cost! / Dancing Book
Script? (ad copy)
Letterstypeset
NotesAdvertisement for learning how to dance books from Pioneer Publications, Inc. of New York, New York.
 
StoryIs it True? (1 page)
SynopsisQuiz over trivia.
Letterstypeset
Script (signed)
First LineIs it true that the mouth of a volcano...
 
Comic StoryAngel of the Battlefield (7 pages)
FeatureClara Barton
GenreBiography
CharactersClara Barton
NotesFeature and genre added by Craig Delich (February 2006).
 
Text ArticleBrief Reviews of Films You Will Want to See
SynopsisBrief reviews of the movies: The Desert Song; The Fighting Seabees; Lady, Let's Dance; My Best Gal; and See Here, Private Hargrove.
FeatureTrue's Movie Guide
Letterstypeset
GenreNon-fiction
NotesThe picture is of Lieutenant Commander William McManus, technical advisor for the movie, The Fighting Seabees.
 
AdvertisementThe Girl They're All Talking About / Republic Pictures Movies
Script? (ad copy)
Letterstypeset
NotesAdvertisement for the movie from Republic Pictures' *Nobody's Darling*.
 
Comic StoryFirst in War ...First in Peace, First in the Hearts of His Countrymen (2 pages)
FeatureGeorge Washington
GenreBiography
CharactersGeorge Washington
NotesFeature added by Craig Delich (February 2006).

Story covers the center spread.
 
Comic StorySabotage! / Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (5 pages)
GenreDetective-mystery
CharactersSteve Saunders; J. Edgar Hoover
NotesSecond of a series.

Story title, feature, and genre added by Craig Delich (February 2006).

Story has a note at the bottom of the first page that it was created with the cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and that Steve Saunders is a fictional character designed to represent an "example of the caliber of men who make up...the F.B.I."
 
AdvertisementWheaties (1 page)
Pencils? [as Rex] (signed)
Inks? [as Rex] (signed)
Letters?; typeset
GenreHumor
First LineSee! No trouble at all making him open up and say Ah-h-h.
NotesAd for Wheaties cereal plus a 1-panel gag cartoon.
Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (February 2006).
 
Comic StoryFlak Happy (3 pages)
SynopsisA Flying Fortress drops its bombs by accident.
FeatureLt. Richard H. McGibney
GenreNon-fiction; Biography
CharactersLt. Richard H. McGibney
NotesFeature, genre, and character appearance added by Craig Delich (February 2006).
 
Comic StoryOur Good Neighbor, Paraguay (5 pages)
FeatureOur South American Neighbors
GenreNon-fiction
 
Text ArticleNo Title
FeatureTruly Comic
Letterstypeset
GenreHumor
First LineA customer went into a grocery store...
NotesJokes sent in by the readers.

Readers who submitted jokes were Bud Kelly (from Winston-Salem, North Carolina), R. Pizio (from Sioux City, Ontario), Arlene Rose (from University Heights, New York), Daniel Remenaugh (from Fablegrove, Illinois), Jo-Ann Parks (from Boston, Massachusetts), Arlene Krause (from Ely, Minnesota), Bill McCarthy (from Milwaukee, Wisconsin), J. Chambers (from Kingston, Ontario), James Hall (from Bradford, Massachusetts), Maxwell Abramson, (from Long Island City, New York), Phyllis Kerley (from Hiddenite, North Carolina), and Irving Watanabe (from New York, New York).

Watanabe is almost certainly the later long-time letterer for Lev Gleason and Marvel Comics.

Genre added by Craig Delich (February 2006).
 
AdvertisementModel Airplane Company Models
Script? (ad copy)
Pencils? (photographs)
Inks? (photographs)
Letterstypeset
NotesTwo classified style ads for model airplanes from the Model Airplane Company and Capitol Model Aircraft both of Brooklyn, New York.
 
Comic StoryTerror Bound! (7 pages)
SynopsisCrew of a sunken merchant ship in World War II survives eleven days adrift.
GenreNon-fiction; War
NotesGenre added by Craig Delich (February 2006).
 
AdvertisementFree 150 Power Microscope with this Offer / Wonders of Living Things (1 page)
Script? (ad copy)
Letterstypeset
NotesAdvertisement for the book Wonders of Living Things from Metro Publications of New York, New York.
 
AdvertisementAmazing Forecaster / Weatherman Weather House (1 page)
Script? (ad copy)
Letterstypeset
NotesInside back cover.

Advertisement for The "Swiss" Weather House, a device to help predict the weather 24 hours in advance, from The Weather Man of Chicago, Illinois.
 
AdvertisementFortified with Energy! / Baby Ruth (1 page)
Script? (ad copy)
Letterstypeset
NotesBack cover.

Advertisement for the Baby Ruth candy bar from Curtiss Candy Company from Chicago, Illinois.
 
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