Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact
#v20#18 [384]
(May 6, 1965)
George A. Pflaum,
1946 Series
- Volume
- 20
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Every two weeks during the school year since March 7, 1946
- On-sale Date
- 1965-04-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Geo. A. Pflaum, Publisher Inc.
- Editing
- Bob Wischmeyer (credited as Robert A. Wischmeyer) (editor); Bobbie Klosterman (credited as Roberta M. Klosterman) (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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[no title indexed]
Parents Corner / text article / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The stories in this issue of Treasure Chest take place...
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Pages of History / text article / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 200 years ago – May, 1765...
- Genre
- non-fiction
Citizen of Old New York
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bobbie Klosterman (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Pierre; Madame Berard; Rosalie
- Synopsis
- Pierre, a black slave in New York City lives his life by helping others and eventually becomes a free man.
[no title indexed]
Patsy Planner / activity / 2 pages
- Script
- Bobbie Klosterman (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Haines (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Haines (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mother's Day is just around the corner!
- Characters
- Patsy
- Synopsis
- Patsy shows the reader how to make a homemade Mother's Day throw pillow.
[no title indexed]
Ellie's Elephant / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frank Borth (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Borth (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At the airport, Francine and her father...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Francine DeWitt; Mr. DeWitt; Ellie; Googie; Fawnie
- Synopsis
- Ellie searches the woods for Fawnie and is unaware of the forest fire coming her way.
Indexer Notes
Story continues next issue.
Montezuma Believed Myth
text story / 3 pages
- Script
- Eric St. Clair (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Eismann (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Eismann (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Yukon Territory Land of the Big River
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bob Wischmeyer (credited)
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall (signed)
- Inks
- Reed Crandall (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Jack London
- Synopsis
- The history of the Yukon Territory is explored.
- Keywords
- Canada; Canadian Mountie; gold rush; Midnight Dome Mountain; mining; sluice box; Yukon
Indexer Notes
Part of a series of stories on Canada, continuing in issue #20 with Hudson Bay.
[no title indexed]
Science Marches On with Gunther Q. Mouse and Murphy / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are you doing, Murphy?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Gunther Q. Mouse; Murphy
- Synopsis
- Gunther Q. Mouse and Murphy learn about the use of styrofoam to build igloos.
- Keywords
- igloo
[no title indexed]
Chuck White and his Friends / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Moss (credited as Max Pine)
- Pencils
- Fran Matera (signed)
- Inks
- Fran Matera (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A picture of the interior of the abandoned aircraft hanger...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Chuck White
- Synopsis
- Chuck and his friends stop a foreign agent from spoiling a Gemini launch.
- Keywords
- Cape Kennedy; Gemini capsule; space program
Indexer Notes
Story continues next issue.
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
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
An Old Prospector Pans for Yukon Gold
-
1.
["The stories in this issue of Treasure Chest take place..."]
Parents Corner -
2.
["200 years ago – May, 1765..."]
Pages of History -
3.
Citizen of Old New York
-
4.
["Mother's Day is just around the corner!"]
Patsy Planner -
5.
["At the airport, Francine and her father..."]
Ellie's Elephant -
6.
Montezuma Believed Myth
-
7.
Yukon Territory Land of the Big River
-
8.
["What are you doing, Murphy?"]
Science Marches On with Gunther Q. Mouse and Murphy -
9.
["A picture of the interior of the abandoned aircraft hanger..."]
Chuck White and his Friends -
10.
["Add fun to your summer!"]
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