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| Date | | Number: 49 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | True Comics 49 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Harold C. Field; Karl S. Bernhardt (senior advisory editor); George H. Gallup (senior advisory editor); Frederick G, Hochwalt [as The Very Rev. Monsignor Frederick G. Hochwalt] (senior advisory editor); Arthur T. Jersild (senior advisory editor); Daniel C. Knowlton (senior advisory editor); Rudolf Modley (senior advisory editor); Margaret O'Brien (junior advisory editor); Peggy Ann Garner (junior advisory editor); Bobby Blake (junior advisory editor); Darryl Hickman (junior advisory editor); Joel Kupperman (junior advisory editor) |
| Notes | True Comics, Inc. (a subsidiary of the publishers of Parents' Magazine). Printed in the U.S.A. Publication office: 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago 39, Illinois. Executive and editorial office: 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York 17, New York. On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume I, Part 2, Numbers 1 and 2, Periodicals, 1946-1947. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B20338. |
| Cover | Truth Is Stranger and a Thousand Times More Thrilling Than Fiction / 1 page |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Pencils | Sam Glankoff |
| Inks | Sam Glankoff |
| Notes | Cover artist identification from the artist's website. |
| Advertisement | 20th Century Fox Movies (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | ? (photographs); ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (photographs); ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Clint Barkley (photo of Fred MacMurray); Julie Richards (photo of Anne Baxter) |
| First Line | On the screen at last... |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Advertisement for 20th Century Fox movie "Smoky" starring Fred MacMurray and Anne Baxter. |
| Story | The Secret Warriors (5 pages) |
| Genre | History; Spy |
| Characters | Franklin Delano Roosevelt; William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan; Joe; unnamed trainee |
| Pencils | Jack Sparling |
| Inks | Jack Sparling |
| First Line | One of the most dramatic stories to come out of the war... |
| Notes | First of a series. Office of Strategic Services. Art identification by Ger Apeldoorn. |
| Comic Story | Smoking Fists (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Abilene's new marshal won't carry a gun. |
| Genre | History; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Tom J. Smith; Mayor Henry; Wyoming Frank; Big Hank; unnamed saloon keeper |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A song inspires the name for the town of Bangor, Maine. |
| Feature | How It Got Its Name |
| Genre | History |
| First Line | Let us send the minister to Boston to fill out the papers. |
| Story | Great Hoaxes (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Trinity college students pretend to be the Sultan of Zanzibar and his entourage to trick the Mayor of Cambridge. They later pull the same trick as the Emperor of Abyssinia and trick an Admiral of the British Royal Navy. |
| Genre | History |
| Characters | Adrian; Mayor of Cambridge; Horace; unnamed admiral; unnamed students |
| First Line | About thirty-five years ago, a group of college pranksters... |
| Comic Story | Battle of the Beard (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The right to whiskers in 1830s Massachusetts. |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | Joseph Palmer; unnamed townspeople of Fitchburg, Massachusetts; Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson; Jefferson Davis; Abraham Lincoln; Ulysses S. Grant; George Armstrong Custer; Robert E. Lee |
| Advertisement | Mel Ott / Wheaties (1 page) |
| Genre | Biography; Sports |
| Characters | Mel Ott |
| Notes | Advertisement biography of baseball player Mel Ott to promote Wheaties breakfast cereal. |
| Comic Story | Chapter VIII (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Chapter 8 covering British history from 1930 to 1946 AD. |
| Feature | Cavalcade of England |
| Script | Joseph H. Park |
| Genre | Non-fiction; History |
| Pencils | Charles Raab ? |
| Inks | Charles Raab |
| Notes | Last in a series. Joseph H. Park is listed as a Professor of History at New York University. Art identification by Ger Apeldoorn. |
| Comic Story | Farewell Symphony (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Creation of the "Farewell" symphony. |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | Franz Joseph Haydn |
| Comic Story | Sizzling Southpaw (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The baseball career of baseball pitcher Richard "Rube" Marquard. |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | Richard "Rube" Marquard |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The wagon train is about to be stampeded by a herd of buffalo, what will Captain John do? |
| Feature | What Would You Do? |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Captain John; unnamed pioneers |
| Script | Louis Wolfe |
| First Line | The early American pioneers faced many dangers in their westward trek... |
| Notes | Louis Wolfe is listed as being of the New York City School System. Puzzle-story where the answer to the problem presented is found on the "Truly Comic" page. |
| Text Article | Brief Reviews of Films You Will Want to See (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief reviews of the movies Abilene Town, Road to Utopia, Tars and Spars, Tarzan and the Leopard Woman, and What Next, Corporal Hargrove?. |
| Feature | True's Movie Guide |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Chester Hooton (photo of Bob Hope; Duke Johnson (photo of Bing Crosby) |
| Comic Story | Nisei Hero (4.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Fred Kuroki overcomes the racism he encounters as a Japanese-American to earn three Distinguished Flying Crosses for his combat tours in Europe and the Pacific theaters of World War II. |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | Ben Kuroki; Fred Kuroki |
| Notes | True Comics subscription coupon at the bottom 1/4 of pages 4 and 5 of this story. |
| Publisher advertisement | Want Extra Money? |
| Script | ? (promo copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Promotional advertisement for earning extra money for having friends submit this coupon for subscriptions to True Comics. Promo is on the bottom quarter of pages 4 and 5 of the "Nisei Hero" story. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A brief history of the bicycle. |
| Feature | How Industry Serves the Nation |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | The story of the bicycle begins with the 'Hobby Horse'... |
| Text Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Reader submitted jokes and gags. |
| Feature | Truly Comic! |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Humor |
| Notes | Jokes and gags submitted by Curtis Van Etten (Mendota, Illinois), Dorene Nemer (Brandywine, West Virginia), Peter Zambito (Brooklyn, New York), Dorothea Orne (Stockholm, Wisconsin), Keith Charles (Brookdale, Manitoba), Morris Goldberg (Forest Hills, New York), John Gostanian (Lawrence, Massachusetts), Peter Jones (McIntosh, South Dakota), Dolores Brown (Yuba City, California), Sarah Tallamy (Albany, New York), Arthur Zuckerman (Brooklyn, New York), Phyllis Philipsen (Lincoln, Nebraska), David Towns (Orange, California), Vally Jane Howley (Wallace, Idaho); George Burritt (Stratford, Connecticut), Norma Nicase (Pittsburgh, Kansas), George Maclean (Lewiston, Maine), Robert Guerin (Portsmouth, Rhode Island), Ann Davison (New York, New York), Margaret Wilkins (Sycamore, Oregon), Joseph Dunn (Trenton, New Jersey), and James (Jas.) Moruin Beall (Albuquerque, New Mexico). These pages also includes the answer to the puzzle-story "What Would You Do?": advertisement for Flight Jacket Insignias from Insignia Mart of New York, New York; and where to write to for school and camp information from Parents' Magazine. |
| Comic Story | Lucie to the Rescue (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biography of Lucie Aubrac with the French underground during World War II. |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | Lucie Aubrac; Mr. Aubrac; unnamed Germans; unnamed French; unnamed Allied prisoners |
| Pencils | Charles Raab ? |
| Inks | Charles Raab |
| Notes | Art identification by Ger Apeldoorn. |
| Publisher advertisement | These Are Your Magazines! (1 page) |
| Script | ? (promo copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Promotional advertisement for subscriptions of publications by Parents' Magazine Press, Inc. Includes pictures of True Comics #46 (Winter 1945), Calling All Girls #43 (October - November 1945), Polly Pigtails #1 (January 1946), Calling All Boys (mock-up cover, not reflective of any actual issue), True Aviation Picture-Stories #11 (January 1946), Sport Stars (mock-up cover, not reflective of any actual issue), and Calling All Kids #1 (December 1944 - January 1945). |
| Comic Story | Heaven on the House (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Frank Lillyman are treated to dream package at the Statler Hotel in New York City. |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | Captain Frank Lillyman (101st Airborne, U.S. Army); Jane Lillyman (Frank's wife); Susan Lillyman (child); two unnnamed Lillyman sons; unnamed hotel clerk; unnamed hotel manager |
| Advertisement | "Pepsi", the Pepsi-Cola Cop (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Pepsi and his partner capture the jockey doping horses. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Pepsi; Feedbag (a horse); unnamed police partner; unnamed jockey |
| First Line | Is a track meet, the same as horse meat, Pepsi? |
| Notes | Advertisement in comic format for Pepsi-Cola featuring the Pepsi-Cola Cop. |
| Advertisement | It's on the Way Back...to You / Beech-Nut Gums and Candies (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Notes | On inside back cover. Advertisement for Beech-Nut Gum. |
| Advertisement | Free 150 Power Microscope / Wonders of Living Things (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Advertisement for a microscope with the offer of the book Wonders of Living Things from Metro Publications of New York, New York. |
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