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| Parents' Magazine Press gave art credits for only two issues. I wonder what editorial reasoning changed their mind about credit where credit is due. Pfui. |
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| Publication | August 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Featuring | True Comics |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Chiang Kai-Shek |
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| Text Article | We Become a Monthly (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Announcement that True Comics has become a monthly title. |
| Credits | Script: George J. Hecht | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Characters: Virginia Weidler (photo, March 21, 1927 - July 1, 1968, child actor); Mickey Rooney (photo, September 23, 1920, actor); Dr. George H. Gallup (photo, November 18, 1901 - July 26, 1984); Dr. George Johnson (photo) |
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| Comic Story | Chinese Hero No. 1 [Part 1] (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Chaing Kai-Shek's life from birth until leaving of China after failing to stop Yuan Shih-Kai from declaring himself Emperor. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Chiang Kai-Shek (October 31, 1887 - April 5, 1975); Doctor Sun Yat-Sen (November 12, 1866 - March 12, 1925); Yuan Shih-Kai (September 16, 1859 - June 6, 1916) |
| Notes | Writer credit was determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin to be Patricia Highsmith. Now listed as unknown.
Joan Schenkar, writer of the Highsmith biography, "The Talented Miss Highsmith," worked with Highsmith's notebooks, now in possession of the Swiss Literary Archives, and in them, Highsmith did not start working on comics until after she graduated from Barnard College. She joined the Sangor-Pines shop in December, 1942, meaning that no credits before early 1943 can be attributed to Patricia Highsmith (as reported by Ken Quattro on 22 March 2016 in the Comics History Exchange on Facebook). |
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| Comic Story | A Forgotten Woman in History (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man so she could fight in the Revolutionary War. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Deborah Sampson (1760 - 1827); General John Patterson (1744 - 1808) |
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| Comic Story | Death Fighter (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biography of Dr. Robert Koch, the "Father of Bacteriology" who discovered germs and how they work. He received the Nobel Prize in 1905. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Dr. Robert Koch (1843-1910) |
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| Comic Story | Billy Bishop, Canadian Air Ace (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biography of Canadian WWI Ace "Billy" Bishop. |
| Content | Genre: Biography; War | Characters: William Avery "Billy" Bishop (1894-1956) |
| Notes | Writer credit was determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin to be Patricia Highsmith. Now listed as unknown.
Joan Schenkar, writer of the Highsmith biography, "The Talented Miss Highsmith," worked with Highsmith's notebooks, now in possession of the Swiss Literary Archives, and in them, Highsmith did not start working on comics until after she graduated from Barnard College. She joined the Sangor-Pines shop in December, 1942, meaning that no credits before early 1943 can be attributed to Patricia Highsmith (as reported by Ken Quattro on 22 March 2016 in the Comics History Exchange on Facebook). |
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| Comic Story | Daniel Boone (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The life story of Daniel Boone, primarily focused on his opening of Kentucky to settlement. |
| Featuring | Frontier Fighter |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Western-frontier | Characters: Daniel Boone (1734 - 1820) |
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| Comic Story | Baseball's Hall of Fame (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Biography; Sports | Characters: Ty Cobb (1886 - 1961); John Henry "Honus" Wagner (1874 - 1955); George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1895 - 1948); Cristy Mathewson (1880 - 1925); Walter Johnson (1887 - 1946); Napoleon Lajoie (1874 - 1959) |
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| Comic Story | Captain John Jouett (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | How Captain Jouett helped Thomas Jefferson and other patriots escape cature from British forces. |
| Featuring | Unsung Hero |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; War | Characters: Captain John Jouett (1754-1822); Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805); Colonel Tarleton; Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) |
| Notes | American Revolutionary War story. |
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| Text Article | From Fun to Fortune (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Land War (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | History of tank warfare and information on various types of tanks created by different countries for use in World War II. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Lt. Colonel E.D. Swinton (1868-1951); Winston Churchill (1874-1965) |
| Notes | Writer credit was determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin to be Patricia Highsmith. Now listed as unknown.
Joan Schenkar, writer of the Highsmith biography, "The Talented Miss Highsmith," worked with Highsmith's notebooks, now in possession of the Swiss Literary Archives, and in them, Highsmith did not start working on comics until after she graduated from Barnard College. She joined the Sangor-Pines shop in December, 1942, meaning that no credits before early 1943 can be attributed to Patricia Highsmith (as reported by Ken Quattro on 22 March 2016 in the Comics History Exchange on Facebook). |
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| Comic Story | The Town that Can't Be Licked: Ware, Massachusetts (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | How the citizens of Ware Massachusetts bought the failing factory in their town and turned around their economy. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Minot C. Wood (Bank President) |
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| Comic Story | The Battle of Lake Erie: Oliver Hazard Perry (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Commander Perry battles the English Navy on Lake Eerie during the war of 1812. |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Oliver Hazard Perry (1785 - 1819) |
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