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| Date | | Number: 65 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | True Comics 65 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Copyright 1947 by True Comics, Inc. Printed in the U.S.A. Senior Advisory Editors Karl S. Bernhardt; George H. Gallup; Clara Savage Littledale; Rudolf Modley; Arthur T. Jersild; David S. Muzzey; the Very Reverend Monsignor Frederick G. Hochwalt; Daniel C. Knowlton. Junior Advisory Editors Margaret O'Brien; Roddy McDowell; Peggy Ann Garner; Bobby Blake; Darryl Hickman; Joel Kupperman. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Feature | True Comics |
| Characters | Larry MacPhail; Rin Tin Tin; highwaymen; Scotland Yard men |
| Trapping a Bandit / "U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad] (1 page) | |
| Synopsis | The police plant a fake news story in order to lure the bandit. When he escapes with the swag, the bicycle boys follow him, then alert the police. |
| Characters | U. S. Royal; bandit; Elm City Bike Club boys; police officer; newspaper editor |
| First Line | We've got to stop these jewel robberies! |
| Notes | Ad, in comic story form, for U. S. Royal bicycle tires from United States Rubber Company. Despite the title, none of the bicycles are jet-propelled. |
| Comic Story | The Automobile Industry (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Beginning with Henry Ford, both cars and the technology of manufacturing cars advance to gigantic effect. |
| Feature | American Adventures in Industry |
| Genre | Non-fiction; History |
| Characters | Henry Ford; Barney Oldfield; Charles F. Kettering; repairmen; motorists |
| First Line | Millions of cars, billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of people make up the gigantic business that grew from a 'childish invention.' |
| Notes | 1st in series |
| Comic Story | Boss of the N.Y. Yankees (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | After being wounded in World War I, Larry MacPhail goes into baseball management. His innovative ideas attract fans in large numbers. |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Biography; Sports |
| Characters | Larry MacPhail; American doughboys; baseball fans; professional baseball players; Pete Reiser; Peewee Reese; Joe Dimaggio |
| First Line | The jovial and happy-go-lucky promoter of baseball, Larry MacPhail, is the colorful dean of winning ball clubs. |
| Comic Story | Composer and Secret Agent / What Would You Do? (1.5 pages) |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | A British secret agent develops a code written in musical notation to fool the Germans. |
| Script | Louis Wolfe |
| Publisher advertisement | Chart Your Course for More Fun, Thrills, Adventure |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Helmsman |
| First Line | You'll discover a great treasure of rip-roaring reading in the coming issues of True Comics. |
| Notes | Subscription promo, with order coupon |
| Comic Story | Chicago (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Researchers learn how Chicago got its name. |
| Feature | How It Got Its Name |
| Genre | Non-fiction; History |
| Characters | French explorers; Indian guide; Chicago residents |
| First Line | In 1688, French explorers were traveling through the Great Lakes region when... |
| Comic Story | Most Dangerous Passage (3.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | After explorers fail for centuries… some at the cost of their lives... Amundsen navigates the Northwest Passage. |
| Genre | Adventure; Non-fiction |
| Characters | John Cabot; Henry Hudson; Sir John Franklin; Roald Amundsen; Godfred Hansen |
| Notes | Northwest Passage |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Want extra money and prizes too? |
| Notes | Two subscription offers, with order coupons |
| Publisher advertisement | Winners in Rin Tin Tin Pup Contest (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Jeanne Craig; O'Rin |
| Notes | Contest from issue 59 |
| Text Article | No Title |
| Feature | True's News from Hollywood |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| First Line | The Roosevelt Story is a dramatic film of forty years in the private and public life of Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
| Advertisement | Genuine Army Air Forces Pilot Helmet / Pilot Helmet |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Pilot |
| First Line | Fellows, here's a bargain you won't want to miss! |
| Notes | Ad, with order coupon, from North American Sales, Inc. |
| Advertisement | Wheaties (1 page) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Characters | Wally Butts; reporter; football players |
| First Line | Wally Butts champion coach of the champion Georgia Bulldogs |
| Notes | Ad for Wheaties cereal from General Mills, Inc. |
| Comic Story | Balkan Escape (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Survivors of a downed airplane evade capture and escape to Allied territory, thanks to Albanian partisans and the British mission. |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Spy; War |
| Characters | Nurses; airmen; Albanian partisans; German soldiers; British liaison |
| First Line | Lurking danger was a constant companion of the nurses and soldiers who suddenly found themselves in Nazi-occupied territory. |
| Notes | Nazi-occupied Albania |
| Text Story | Truly Comic! (1.83 pages) |
| Feature | Truly Comic! |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Humor |
| Notes | Jokes from readers Walter Griffo, David Berner, Charles Campbell, Frances Lamparski, Roy Cox, George House, Jo Anne Smith, Jack Cresbaugh, Jack Dormis, Burton Gher, Grant Richtmyer, Juralee Burton, Lucille Brown, William Groeger, Eugene Bond, Ann Ellingham, Raymond Yahr, Thomas Cook, Harriet Zitrin, William George, Berdinia Ware, Louise Ware, A. T. Ratliffe, Glenn Buckarama, Rose Green, Helen Maringas. |
| Advertisement | Chemcraft Chemistry Sets [Porter] |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Notes | Three small ads, for: chemistry and atomic energy books from the Porter Chemical Co.; trading cards from Evanston Gift House; school and camp information from Parents' Magazine. |
| Comic Story | The Story of Scotland Yard (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Over a period of a hundred years or so, a highly professional police force develops in London. |
| Genre | Non-fiction; History |
| Characters | Watchmen; Bow Street Runners; King George III; Sir John Fielding; thieves; highwaymen; Peelers; Sir Robert Peel; bobbies; detectives; saboteurs |
| Publisher advertisement | Jack Armstrong (1 page) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Characters | Jack Armstrong |
| First Line | Here you are, Jack Armstrong radio fans and all you boys and girls who love interesting, exciting reading... |
| Notes | Subscription promo, with order coupon, for Jack Armstrong magazine |
| Comic Story | Strange Travelers (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Facts about the platypus. |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Nature |
| Characters | Ambassador Makin |
| First Line | As some travelers began a trip from Australia... |
| Notes | Platypus in Bronx Zoo |
| Advertisement | Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns (1 page) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Characters | Boy |
| First Line | We, the boys of America, believe in these our rights |
| Notes | Ad, with response coupon, for B-B guns from Daisy Manufacturing Company. |
| Advertisement | Any time's the right time... to enjoy Curtiss Baby Ruth candy / Baby Ruth (1 page) |
| Characters | Girl; boys |
| First Line | You know that Baby Ruth tastes swell any time! |
| Notes | Ad for Baby Ruth candy bar from Curtiss Candy Company. |
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