True Comics
#3
(August 1941)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-06-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Parents' Institute Inc.
- Editing
- David T. Marke
Issue Notes
We Become a Monthly
text article / 1 page
- Characters
- Virginia Weidler (photo, March 21, 1927 - July 1, 1968, child actor); Mickey Rooney (photo, September 23, 1920, actor); Dr. George H. Gallup (photo, November 18, 1901 - July 26, 1984); Dr. George Johnson (photo)
- Synopsis
- Announcement that True Comics has become a monthly title.
Chinese Hero No. 1 [Part 1]
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Chiang Kai-Shek (October 31, 1887 - April 5, 1975); Doctor Sun Yat-Sen (November 12, 1866 - March 12, 1925); Yuan Shih-Kai (September 16, 1859 - June 6, 1916)
- Synopsis
- The story of Chaing Kai-Shek's life from birth until leaving of China after failing to stop Yuan Shih-Kai from declaring himself Emperor.
- Reprints
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in Real Heroes (Parents' Magazine Press, 1941 series) #4 (May 1942)
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Indexer 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).
A Forgotten Woman in History
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; war
- Characters
- Deborah Sampson (1760 - 1827); General John Patterson (1744 - 1808)
- Synopsis
- The story of Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man so she could fight in the Revolutionary War.
Death Fighter
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Dr. Robert Koch (1843-1910)
- Synopsis
- Biography of Dr. Robert Koch, the "Father of Bacteriology" who discovered germs and how they work. He received the Nobel Prize in 1905.
Billy Bishop, Canadian Air Ace
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography; war
- Characters
- William Avery "Billy" Bishop (1894-1956)
- Synopsis
- Biography of Canadian WWI Ace "Billy" Bishop.
- Reprints
- in Real Heroes (Parents' Magazine Press, 1941 series) #4 (May 1942)
- in True Aviation Comics Digest (Parents' Magazine Press, 1942 series) #2 (January-February 1943)
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Indexer 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).
Daniel Boone
Frontier Fighter / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; western-frontier
- Characters
- Daniel Boone (1734 - 1820)
- Synopsis
- The life story of Daniel Boone, primarily focused on his opening of Kentucky to settlement.
Baseball's Hall of Fame
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography; sports
- Characters
- Ty Cobb (1886 - 1961); John Henry "Honus" Wagner (1874 - 1955); George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1895 - 1948); Cristy Mathewson (1880 - 1925); Walter Johnson (1887 - 1946); Napoleon Lajoie (1874 - 1959)
- Reprints
Captain John Jouett
Unsung Hero / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; war
- Characters
- Captain John Jouett (1754-1822); Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805); Colonel Tarleton; Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
- Synopsis
- How Captain Jouett helped Thomas Jefferson and other patriots escape cature from British forces.
Indexer Notes
American Revolutionary War story.
Land War
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; war
- Characters
- Lt. Colonel E.D. Swinton (1868-1951); Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
- Synopsis
- History of tank warfare and information on various types of tanks created by different countries for use in World War II.
- Keywords
- World War II
Indexer 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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True Comics -
1.
We Become a Monthly
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2.
Chinese Hero No. 1 [Part 1]
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3.
A Forgotten Woman in History
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4.
Death Fighter
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5.
Billy Bishop, Canadian Air Ace
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6.
Daniel Boone
Frontier Fighter -
7.
Baseball's Hall of Fame
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8.
Captain John Jouett
Unsung Hero -
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From Fun to Fortune
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10.
Land War
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11.
The Town that Can't Be Licked: Ware, Massachusetts
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12.
The Battle of Lake Erie: Oliver Hazard Perry
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Bjorn Wallin
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