| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Truth Is Stranger and a Thousand Times More Thrilling Than Fiction |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Featuring | Red Ryder; Daisy Manufacturing Company |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils: Fred Harman (Red Ryder, Little Beaver figures) (signed);? (illustrations) | Inks: Fred Harman (Red Ryder, Little Beaver figures) (signed);? (illustrations) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Red Ryder; Little Beaver |
| Notes | Inside front cover.
An advertisement for the Daisy Handbook (Daisy Manufacturing Company, 1946 series) #1 and the 100 Shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine from the Daisy Manufacturing Company of Plymouth, Michigan. |
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| Comic Story | They Got Their Man! (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Historical |
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| Comic Story | Kilroy Was Here (3 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Sutter's Gold (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Historical |
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| Comic Story | New York City: Part II (3 pages) |
| Featuring | Cities of Destiny |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Advertisement | It's New, It's for You (1 page) |
| Featuring | Varsity |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Varsity magazine from Parents' Magazine Press, Inc. |
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| Comic Story | That Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned (2 pages) |
| Featuring | It Isn't True... |
| Credits | Pencils: Sam Glankoff | Inks: Sam Glankoff |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Credit from artist's website. |
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| Comic Story | Francois At the Bat (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports |
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| Advertisement | Pete Reiser (1 page) |
| Featuring | Wheaties |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Pete Reiser |
| Notes | Advertisement done in comic format using Brooklyn Dodger baseball player Pete Reiser to promote the breakfast cereal, Wheaties, Breakfast of Champions from General Mills, Inc. |
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| Featuring | What Would You Do? |
| Credits | Script: Louis Wolfe |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Louis Wolfe is listed as being from the New York City school system.
Solution listed in the Truly Comic! feature. |
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| Featuring | True's News from Hollywood |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | News from Hollywood, including mentions of the movies Blaze of Noon, Great Expectations, The Yearling, High Barbaree, Carnegie Hall, It Happened in Brooklyn, High Conquest, Cheyenne, and actors within them. |
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| Comic Story | Pigeon Hero (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War |
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| Featuring | Truly Comic! |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Jokes page from reader's submissions.
Includes the solution to the "What Would You Do?" feature.
Also includes three small advertisements: Trading cards from the Evanston Gift House of Evanstan, Illinois; 16mm trimmed versions of Walt Disney movies from Craftsmans Guild of Hollywood, California; and School and camp information from Parents' Magazine from New York, New York. |
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| Comic Story | Nancy Merki (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports |
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| Advertisement | Bob Feller (1 page) |
| Featuring | Popsicle Pete; Popsicle |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Bob Feller; Popsicle Pete |
| Notes | An advertisement including Cleveland Indian baseball pitcher, Bob Feller for the Popsicle Pete Fun Book (Joe Lowe Corp., 1947 series) and Popsicle ice creams. |
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| Comic Story | Surprised Sub (2.5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War |
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| Publisher advertisement | Why Not Subscribe to the Best Magazines for Boys and Girls |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Subscription coupon for Parents' Magazine Press comics, taking up bottom quarter of pages 2 and 3 (reverse side of coupon) of the story Surprised Sub (totaling a half a page). |
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| Featuring | Kodak |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (photograph);? (illustration) | Inks:? (photograph);? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover.
Advertisement for the Baby Brownie Special camera from Kodak. |
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| Featuring | Arnold, Schwinn & Co. |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Back cover.
Advertisement for Schwinn bicycle from Arnold, Schwinn & Co. of Chicago, Illinois. |
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