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| Name | Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact v17 12 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: every two weeks during the school year |
| Notes | On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress. |
| Cover | The Windy Punch / 1 page |
| Pencils | Graham Hunter (signed) |
| Inks | Graham Hunter ? |
| Notes | Wraparound cover for "Punchy O'Toole and a Puff of Wind". |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Spot the mistakes in the six drawings from history and geography. |
| Feature | Geographical and Historical Quiz Page |
| First Line | Can you spot the mistakes in the six drawings here? |
| Story | Chuck White and His Friends (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Grandpa Norris explains to Chuck how the steam engine on a locomotive works. Suddenly, a news report comes over the radio of a mine explosion that has trapped 22 men, including the mine's assistant supervisor, who happens to be the son of Mr.Borden, the railroad president. Chuck comes up with a plan to take the steam locomotive to the mine, where it will provide steam for the mine's old steam generating plant. Mr. Borden goes with them in the locomotive, in their race against time. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Chuck White; Ray Norris; Mr. Borden; Grandpa Norris; Buddy |
| Script | Frank Moss |
| Pencils | Fran Matera (signed) |
| Inks | Fran Matera (signed) |
| First Line | 'Morning, Chuck - sleep well? |
| Notes | Max Pine was an alias of Frank Moss, per 2006 interview with Frank Borth: "You can find out in reading your things he also uses the word Max Pine as a substitute for him because he didn't want them to think he was writing everything in the place..." http://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A40849 |
| Comic Story | Punchy O'Toole and a Puff of Wind (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | A Puff of Wind explains all about air circulation and it's effect on the Earth's weather to Punchy O'Toole. |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Math & Science |
| Characters | Punchy O'Toole; a Puff of Wind |
| Notes | cover story |
| Comic Story | What Does Your City's Name Mean? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | An explanation of how different cities got their name. |
| Comic Story | No Title (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Under Stalin's rule, millions were sent to forced-labor camps in Russia, where hundreds of thousands died. He began to suspect Communist Party members of plotting against him and thousands were executed on trumped-up charges. When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Russia invaded from the East and divided Poland with Hitler. More than a million Poles were sent to Russia. Families were split and broken apart. Thousands of Polish Army officers were taken to forests and slaughtered with machine guns. In 1941, Stalin is shocked by his own type of treachery, when Hitler attacks Russia. |
| Feature | This Godless Communism |
| Genre | Non-fiction; History |
| Characters | Joseph Stalin |
| Pencils | Reed Crandall (signed) |
| Inks | Reed Crandall (signed) |
| First Line | Stalin had grabbed the power and had whipped his broken country... |
| Comic Story | The Golden Gate (2 pages) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Comic Story | The Story of Tenley Albright (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Tenley Albright, the first American to win the Women's World Figure-Skating Championship and she did it at the age of 17. After she retired from figure skating, she graduated from Harvard Medical School and became a doctor. |
| Feature | Sports Heroes |
| Script | Bob Weber (credited) |
| Genre | Biography; Sports |
| Characters | Tenley Albright |
| Comic Story | Squanto The Pilgrims' Catholic Hero Part 1 (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Squanto, the Indian who helped the Pilgrims survive their first perilous year in America. Few people know that he was a Catholic. When he was 14, he was kidnapped and brought to England, where he stayed for 9 years before he could return to his native land. At the end of part 1 of the story, he was just kidnapped a second time by a ship's captain. |
| Genre | Biography; Historical |
| Characters | Squanto; Capt. John Smith |
| Script | Helen Rein McKay |
| Pencils | Dick Giordano (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Giordano (signed) |
| Text Article | No Title (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Text article with three accompanying illustrations. |
| Feature | Talking It Over With Father John |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Religious |
| Script | John Scott |
| First Line | Bright and early on the second Tuesday in August... |
| Comic Story | No Title (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | As Uncle Harry, Will and Jody are inspecting the train tracks with Cousin Fud, the train trestle starts to collapse and all jump clear of the wreckage, but the engine is destroyed. Evidence is found suggesting that Mr. Sharp was present at the site, but no concrete evidence to say that he was directly involved in the collapse. Uncle Harry thinks Sharp is trying to goad him into making accusations he can't prove, so that he can be set up for a lawsuit. To make matters worse, Sharp shows up with Police Chief Jones, complaining that Harry's pet owls attacked him. |
| Feature | Uncle Harry's Monkey's Uncle |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Uncle Harry; Will; Jody; Cousin Fudley; Mr. Sharp; Mr. Wiffletree; Chief Jones; Florence; Hugo |
| Script | Frank Borth |
| Pencils | Frank Borth |
| Inks | Frank Borth |
| First Line | The trestle's collapsing! |
| Comic Story | Auction (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Hannibal sends some of his effects to an auction and instructs Brutus to buy other auction items he wants. Instead, Brutus comes back with everything Hannibal sold. |
| Feature | Hannibal Bear and Cousin Brutus |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Hannibal Bear; Cousin Brutus |
| Script | Frank Huffman |
| Pencils | Frank Huffman |
| Inks | Frank Huffman |
| Notes | Pantomime gag strip told in six panels. On inside back cover. |
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