(January 1944)

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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
True Comics Inc.
Editing
Elliott A. Caplin; Ralph O. Ellsworth (art editor)

Issue Notes

Circulation: 475,854 copies (data from Audit Bureau of Circulation via Russ Mahera)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

True Comics / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Not So Big (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
George J. Hecht
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Letters
typeset

Synopsis
On our shrinking world

Indexer Notes

Editorial

Terrible Terry Allen (Table of Contents: 2)

Terry Allen / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Synopsis
WWII in North Africa

Our Good Neighbor, Bolivia (Table of Contents: 3)

[Our South American Neighbors] / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Editorial

You Can't Believe Your Eyes! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction; military
Synopsis
Camouflaged and disguised war machinery

American Eagle (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
Eagle as a symbol of U.S.A.

Galloping Ghost (Table of Contents: 6)

Red Grange / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Synopsis
Football player
Reprints

Thunderbirds of the U.S. Army and Navy Air Forces (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction; military
Synopsis
Military aircraft

Mary Walker: First Lady of the Army Medical Corps (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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?
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Genre
biography
Synopsis
Military aircraft

Indexer Notes

biography

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

True Stories About Stamps / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Feg Murray
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

True's Movie Guide / text article / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis
brief reviews

The Awful Truth (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction; war
Synopsis
WWII resistance newspaper in Poland

John C. Garand: The Man Behind the Gun (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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?
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Genre
biography
Synopsis
M1 rifle

Indexer Notes

biography

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Is It True? / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Natalie Purvin Prager
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Synopsis
quiz

Shorty Gordon: Belly Gunner (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Genre
biography

Indexer Notes

biography

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    True Comics
  2. 1. Not So Big
  3. 2. Terrible Terry Allen
    Terry Allen
  4. 3. Our Good Neighbor, Bolivia
    [Our South American Neighbors]
  5. 4. You Can't Believe Your Eyes!
  6. 5. American Eagle
  7. 6. Galloping Ghost
    Red Grange
  8. 7. Thunderbirds of the U.S. Army and Navy Air Forces
  9. 8. Mary Walker: First Lady of the Army Medical Corps
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    True Stories About Stamps
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    True's Movie Guide
  12. 11. The Awful Truth
  13. 12. John C. Garand: The Man Behind the Gun
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Is It True?
  15. 14. Shorty Gordon: Belly Gunner
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore