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| Publication | October 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
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| Featuring | True Comics |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Steve Saunders |
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| Text Article | Lou Gehrig (1 page) |
| Featuring | Stars of the Past |
| Credits | Pencils: D'Antoni (signed) | Inks: D'Antoni (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Sports | Characters: Lou Gehrig |
| Notes | Baseball |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Frightened Criminals (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | FBI crack down on two cunning extortionists. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime | Characters: Steve Saunders (FBI Agent); Mr. Blank; Anthony De Pasquale; Anthony Catalano |
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| Featuring | What's Your Sky I-Q? |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Fifteen astronomy questions. |
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| Comic Story | The Cotton-Textile Industry (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The history of the American textile industry. |
| Featuring | American Adventures in Industry |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Samuel Slater (textile mechanic); Mr. Brown; Francis Cabot Lowell; William Mowry; William Gregg |
| Notes | Eighth in the series. |
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| Synopsis | Who was the masked criminal who lead a bank robbery? |
| Featuring | You're the Detective |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime; Detective-mystery | Characters: Jack Robbins (detective); Jimmy Williams (bank robber); George Gordon (bank robber) |
| Notes | The solution is given on the second Truly Comic! page. |
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| Comic Story | Supersonics (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Math & Science |
| Notes | Fact page about airplanes that have broken the supersonic limit. |
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| Synopsis | Actor Robert Ryan tells of his experience filming Berlin Express in Germany. |
| Featuring | My Most Interesting True Experience |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Ralph Kiner (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Profile of Ralph Kiner, who hit 51 home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1947. |
| Content | Genre: Biography; Sports | Characters: Ralph Kiner |
| Notes | Advertisement featuring Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates done in a sports cartoon format. Promoting Wheaties' the "Breakfast of Champions." Advertising agency edited its contents. |
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| Comic Story | The Amazing Story of Walt Disney (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A short story on the development of the Walt Disney Company with the focus on Walt Disney's role. |
| Content | Genre: Biography | Characters: Roy Disney; Lillian Marie Bounds (Lillian Marie Disney); George J. Hecht; John J. Pershing; Mortimer Mouse |
| Notes | Walt Disney characters were used in this story with the permission of the Walt Disney Productions. |
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| Featuring | Truly Comic! |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bill; Chloe; Zoe; Johnny; John; Hank; Billy; Mr. Smith; Mr. Jones; Bob; Len |
| Notes | Reader submitted gags and jokes from Donna Watkins, Anne E. Scovel, Walter Cecil Harrison, Delton Phelps, Andy Ketterson, Randall Taylor, Russell Lewis Jr., Eldor Bethke, Helen Lauderdale, Dorothy Zang, Donald Simpson, James Schooler, Marlene Stephens, Bobby Allinger, Emmajean Doust, Noel Azzopardi, Clarence Colvin, Theresa De Francesco, Donald Lee Duncon, Jackie Peterson, Velma Marcia Burns, Melvin W. Evans, and Jimmie Kelley. Also included on these pages are about a half of page worth of small classified-style advertisements and the solution to the You're the Detective story. |
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| Publisher advertisement | A Priceless Treasure in Reading Pleasure! (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) | Pencils: various | Inks: various | Colors: various | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Subscription coupon and promotional advertisement for Parents' Magazine comic books and magazines. |
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| Comic Story | 26-Mile Dash! (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The history of the marathon race and its place in the Olympics. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Historical; Sports | Characters: Pheidippides; Charles Hefferon; Dorando Pietri; Johnny Hayes; Ted Vogel; Johnny Kelley; Ollie Manninen |
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| Bobby Shelby Gets a Job (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Newspaper circulation man Mr. Jones lets Bobby use The Shelby bicycle to do the paper route. |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Bobby Shelby; Mr. Jones; Mr. Shelby (Bobby's father) |
| Notes | Inside back cover.
Advertisement in comic format for The Shelby bicycle from the Shelby Cycle Company of Shelby, Ohio. |
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| Advertisement | New Target Range for Daisy BB Rifle Shooters! (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover.
Advertisement for the Daisy Target box plus an offer for the Daisy Handbook from the Daisy Manufacturing Company of Plymouth, Michigan. |
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