Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact
#v27#6 [494]
(May 1972)
George A. Pflaum,
1946 Series
- Volume
- 27
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact
- Editing
- James Langdon
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[no title indexed]
Backtalk / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Backtalk: You cannot write at all.
Indexer Notes
Letters from Cindy Hanneken; Theresa Wald; R.F.; Sam Stencil; Dennis Colp; Nancy M.; Michael D.; Maxine H.; David Bishop
Chuck White's Antique Car Adventure
Chuck White and his Friends / comic story / 30 pages
- Script
- Matt Christopher (signed)
- Pencils
- Fran Matera (signed)
- Inks
- Fran Matera (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Chuck White; Jim Trush; Mark Troop; Sam; Roy; Pam; Egbert; Sadie; Ron Teeter; Ted Fox; Harry; Bill; Steve
- Synopsis
- Competition for first place in an upcoming antique car show leads to dirty tricks and false accusations.
- Keywords
- 1925 Aston-Martin; 1927 Mercedes Benz; 1933 Packard
Indexer Notes
Story title taken from cover blurb.
[Pizza]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- pizza cook; two customers
- Keywords
- pizza
Indexer Notes
Page 31. No dialogue.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Maybe we'd better wait 'til the wind dies down.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- two unnamed native Americans
Indexer Notes
Bottom half of page 31.
The Disappearance of Miss Wennick's Cat
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Wennick; Jerome (Miss Wennick's cat); Evan Jones; Mr. Jones
- Synopsis
- Fifth grade students at Malad Elementary School in Wales search for the despised cat of their dictatorial teacher.
Indexer Notes
In the Backtalk feature, editor Langdon notes that this story was written by a California girl when she was 15 years old.
[no title indexed]
Did You Know? / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Mario Demarco ?
- Pencils
- Mario Demarco (signed)
- Inks
- Mario Demarco (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Mario Demarco ?
Canyonlands
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Helen L. Gillum (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- nature
- Characters
- Steve Brown; Nancy Brown; Uncle Bob; Mr. Brown; Mrs. Brown
- Synopsis
- The Brown family visits Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah.
[no title indexed]
Fun Time / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Cliff Johnson ?
- Pencils
- Cliff Johnson (signed)
- Inks
- Cliff Johnson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Cliff Johnson ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are 8 mistakes in this drawing.
Jim Beckwourth Negro Trail-Blazer
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- F. E. Crandall (signed)
- Pencils
- Lloyd Ostendorf (signed)
- Inks
- Lloyd Ostendorf (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jim Beckwourth; General Ashley; Black Harris
- Synopsis
- The story of Jim Beckwourth, a man who explored and mapped trails in the Indian lands west of the Mississippi river.
[The Hole in the Ground]
Ali / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Marvin Townsend (joke idea)
- Pencils
- Marvin Townsend (signed)
- Inks
- Marvin Townsend (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ali; man with a hat
- Synopsis
- Ali moves a hole in the ground.
- Reprints
-
from Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (George A. Pflaum, 1946 series) #v19#11 [357] (January 30, 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
No dialogue.
The Proof is in the Print
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Sgt. Reilly; two unnamed boys from the safety patrol; Johannes E. Purkinje; Commissioner Herschel; Francis Galton; Edward Henry
- Synopsis
- The story of how finger printing was developed as a tool to aid in identifying people.
- Reprints
- from Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (George A. Pflaum, 1946 series) #v17#1 [307] (September 14, 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Instead of his name, Reed Crandall's credit appears as a thumb print.
[no title indexed]
Randy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's all for today, class.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Randy; school teacher; crossing guard
- Synopsis
- Randy rides his bicycle home after school.
- Reprints
- from Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (George A. Pflaum, 1946 series) #v20#11 [377] (January 28th, 1965)
-
[no title indexed]
It's a Fact! / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Mario Demarco ?
- Pencils
- Mario Demarco (signed)
- Inks
- Mario Demarco (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Mario Demarco ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My gosh! What speed!!
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Facts on the botfly; a mushroom farm; the tropical American sloth; the Spruce Goose; telegrams
The Shot Heard Round the World
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- General Gage; Major Pitcairn; Paul Revere; Captain Jonas Parker
- Synopsis
- Story of the Minutemen and the battle at Lexington, Massachusetts in 1775.
[The Sleeping Dog]
Pup / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pup; unnamed man (Pup's owner)
- Synopsis
- A bumble bee disturbs Pup's nap.
[no title indexed]
Backtalk / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once there were two men building a house.
Indexer Notes
Letters from J. Hansen; Ted Cleary; Mary & Mike Moran; Tim Matherson; G.P.; Lisa W.; T. Beghtol; Roberta Schmeht; Anne Abbredge; Maria Avossa; Terence G.; Tekla W.
[Lumberjacks]
Pierre / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pierre; unnamed lumberjack
- Synopsis
- Sawing trees gives Pierre a back ache.
- Reprints
- from Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (George A. Pflaum, 1946 series) #v11#8 [194] (December 15, 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
On back cover, no dialogue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Chuck White's Antique Car Adventure
Chuck White and his Friends -
1.
["Dear Backtalk: You cannot write at all."]
Backtalk -
2.
Chuck White's Antique Car Adventure
Chuck White and his Friends -
3.
[Pizza]
-
4.
[Chicken and Egg]
-
5.
["Maybe we'd better wait 'til the wind dies down."]
-
6.
The Disappearance of Miss Wennick's Cat
-
7.
["Let them catch that if they can!"]
Did You Know? -
8.
Canyonlands
-
9.
["There are 8 mistakes in this drawing."]
Fun Time -
10.
Jim Beckwourth Negro Trail-Blazer
-
11.
[The Hole in the Ground]
Ali -
12.
The Proof is in the Print
-
13.
["That's all for today, class."]
Randy -
14.
["My gosh! What speed!!"]
It's a Fact! -
15.
The Shot Heard Round the World
-
16.
[The Sleeping Dog]
Pup -
17.
["Once there were two men building a house."]
Backtalk -
18.
[Pencil Fun]
Fun Page -
19.
[Lumberjacks]
Pierre
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Bill Devine
- Michael Hoskin
- Warren Zeigler
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