True Comics #68

(January 1948)

The Line Forms Here (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Ad for the Parents Magazine Press, Inc. line of magazines for children and teenagers: Calling All Boys, Calling All Girls, True Comics, Varsity, Sweet Sixteen, Polly Pigtails. Varsity and Calling All Girls were non-comics.

Richard E. Byrd, World's Leading Arctic Explorer (Table of Contents)

Hero Of The Year / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Richard E. Byrd

Synopsis:

Story of Admiral Byrd (1888 - 1957),South Pole explorer.

Indexer Notes

Picked by readers in a poll as the Hero of 1947.

["Bank robbers thought they fooled the law ..."] (Table of Contents)

Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Jack Sparling

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Content Information

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Steve Saunders; Fred Pair; Ollie Melton; Boy Bandit Kimes; Chick Rogers; J. Edgar Hoover

Synopsis:

A bank robbery at Morton, Texas. Steve Saunders is called in.

Gallico the Great, America's Top Sports Writer (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Genre:

fact

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Paul Gallico; Jack Dempsy (cameo); Dizzy Dean (cameo); Johnny Weissmuler (cameo); Benny Friedman (cameo); Gar Wood (cameo); Joe Lewis (cameo)

Synopsis:

Gallico became a famous sports writer from 1920 to 1937 by getting in close with the champion athletes. He then went on to found the Golden Gloves.

Indexer Notes

Paul Gallico (1897 - 1976) is best known for his novels "The Snow Goose" and "The Poseidon Adventure", and the non-fiction "Lou Gehrig: Pride of the Yankees".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Truly Comic! / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

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jokes sent in by readers

He Fought Against Odds (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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fact; military

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Hugo Mulzac

Synopsis:

The story of Hugh Mulzac, the first American of African descent to command an United States vessel, serving in the Merchant Marines.

Indexer Notes

Hugo Mulzac (1886 - 1971)

[Kidnapped Millionaire] (Table of Contents)

What Would You Do? / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

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Louis Wolfe

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Genre:

crime

Synopsis:

Kidnap victim gives clues to the detectives.

Indexer Notes

Louis Wolfe, worked for the New York City School System.

American Adventures In Industry (Table of Contents)

IV The Rubber Industry / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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fact

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Christopher Columbus (cameo); Charles Goodyear (cameo)

Synopsis:

The history of Rubber from 1493 on.

Indexer Notes

4th in series

My Most Interesting True Experience (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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Jimmy Stewart [as James Stewart] (credited)

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fact

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Jimmy Stewart

Indexer Notes

Written by Jimmy Stewart (1908 - 1997), actor.

Underwater Rescue (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Norman Putnam

Synopsis:

Norman Putnam with friends rescued a woman and child from a burning boat in Lake DeRuyter, NY, and became the third Boy Scout to receive the Gold Honor Medal With Crossed Palms.

Indexer Notes

Norman Putman (1930- ) of Syracuse NY, rescued Zoe Ann Fuggle on July 15, 1945.