True Comics #1

(April 1941)

A New and Different Comic Magazine (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

George J. Hecht

Letters:

Typeset

Indexer Notes

Introduction to comic including list of all associate editors.

World Hero No. 1 (Table of Contents)

comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Harrison; August M. Froehlich

Inks:

George Harrison; August M. Froehlich

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Bio

Characters:

Winston Churchill

Synopsis:

Bio of Winston Churchill.

Indexer Notes

Titled "World Hero Number One" on introduction page to comic.

Famous Failure (Table of Contents)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Hendrik Willem van Loon

Pencils:

Hendrik Willem van Loon

Inks:

Hendrik Willem van Loon ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

The first attempt to sail north of Russia to China.

Air War: Fighting Planes of Leading Nations (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Nathaniel Nitkin

Pencils:

Edwin Smalle Jr.

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

The story of men and planes who made military aviation during WWII.

Frontier Fighters (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Daly

Inks:

John Daly ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

bio; fact

Characters:

George Rogers Clark

Synopsis:

Story of American Revolutionary hero George Rogers Clark.

Yellow Jack: How the Cause of Yellow Fever was Discovered (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harold De Lay

Inks:

Harold De Lay ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Synopsis:

How the cause of Yellow Fever was discovered in Cuba.

My Greatest Adventure (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lowell Thomas

Pencils:

Bernard Flinton; Harry Ramsey

Inks:

Bernard Flinton; Harry Ramsey

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Bio

Characters:

Lowell Thomas

Synopsis:

Lowell Thomas, world-wide explorer, recounts his greatest adventure flying in a plane over the Andalusian Desert.

The First Naval Submarine (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Logan Reavis

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Synopsis:

The story of Bushnell's Turtle during the American Revolutionary war.

The Marathon Run (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer

Inks:

Henry Kiefer ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

The story of the Battle of Marathon in 500 B.C.

Simon Bolivar: The South American Liberator (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Michel Roy [Mike Roy]

Inks:

Michel Roy [Mike Roy]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Bio

Synopsis:

The story of Simon Bolivar, father of 5 South American nations.

[This beautiful desk for only $1.00] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Conspirators (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for Nestle's Semisweet chocolate done in comic form. Friends of a girl on a date bake cookies for her man so she can impress him.