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| Publication | March 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Notes | Actually, this was Lieutenant General Holcomb. He was advanced one rank, to General, when he retired in 1944. He was Commandant from Dec 1, 1936 to Dec 31, 1943. |
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| Featuring | True Comics |
| Content | Characters: Major General Commandant Thomas Holcomb |
| Notes | Actually, this was Lieutenant General Holcomb. He was advanced one rank, to General, when he retired in 1944. He was Commandant from Dec 1, 1936 to Dec 31, 1943. |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Reaching for a Star (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: George J. Hecht | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Chief of the U.S. Marines (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Major General Commandant Thomas Holcomb; Thomas Holcomb (father); Midshipman (James) Rogers Holcomb (brother); Beatrice (Clover) Holcomb; Admiral Harold Stark (Chief of Naval Operations) |
| Notes | Writer credit was determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin to be Patricia Highsmith. Now listed as unknown.
Joan Schenkar, writer of the Highsmith biography, "The Talented Miss Highsmith," worked with Highsmith's notebooks, now in possession of the Swiss Literary Archives, and in them, Highsmith did not start working on comics until after she graduated from Barnard College. She joined the Sangor-Pines shop in December, 1942, meaning that no credits before early 1943 can be attributed to Patricia Highsmith (as reported by Ken Quattro on 22 March 2016 in the Comics History Exchange on Facebook). |
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| Comic Story | Inventor of the Telegraph (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Samuel Morse |
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| Comic Story | The General Wouldn't Listen (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: George Washington |
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| Comic Story | Exploring from the Air (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Bowling, America's No. 1 Indoor Sport (2 pages) |
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| Comic Story | Adrift on an Ice Pan (6 pages) |
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| Comic Story | The Story of Sabu, Boy of India (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of how Sabu was discovered at his village by filmmakers from Hollywood, leading to his film career. |
| Credits | Script:?; Frank Borth (co-plot) | Pencils: Frank Borth [as FB] (signed) | Inks: Frank Borth [as FB] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Sabu |
| Notes | In a 2006 interview Frank Borth described rewriting this story from its original plot as his introduction to comics: "So, I got my first assignment there to rewrite this stuff, as well as do the illustrations. Those were stories of my humble beginnings." http://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A40849
Borth's signature is visible at the bottom left of the opening splash page. |
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| Comic Story | He Saved 10,000 Lives, Part 2 (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of the inventor of parachute. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Writer credit was determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin to be Patricia Highsmith. Now listed as unknown.
Joan Schenkar, writer of the Highsmith biography, "The Talented Miss Highsmith," worked with Highsmith's notebooks, now in possession of the Swiss Literary Archives, and in them, Highsmith did not start working on comics until after she graduated from Barnard College. She joined the Sangor-Pines shop in December, 1942, meaning that no credits before early 1943 can be attributed to Patricia Highsmith (as reported by Ken Quattro on 22 March 2016 in the Comics History Exchange on Facebook). |
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| Featuring | Is It True? |
| Credits | Script: Natalie Purvin Prager |
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| Comic Story | Iceland, Stepping-Stone Between the Two Hemispheres (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Theodore Roosevelt Out West (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Theodore Roosevelt |
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| Featuring | True's Movie Guide |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Heroine of the Storm (3 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | The National Anthem (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: James Madison; Francis Scott Key |
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| Text Story | Dollar Pullers |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Activity | How Good is Your Memory? |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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