True Comics
#74
(December 1948)
Parents' Magazine Press,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- True Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Jack De Simone; Ralph O. Ellsworth (associate art director); Dorothea Filosa (associate art director)
[A Famous Coach's Special Football Tips]; [The Story Behind the T-Men]; [Amos N' Andy]; [The Case of Public Enemy No. 1]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery; sports
Indexer Notes
Cover features two panels of art taken from the interior stories. Story titles, genre and notes added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
[no title indexed]
Shelby Bicycle / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Bobby Shelby
- Synopsis
- Shelby bicycle ad featuring the Bobby Shelby strip.
Indexer Notes
Found on the inside front cover. Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
The Story Behind the U.S. Treasury
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Synopsis
- 1st in a series.
Indexer Notes
Genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
[no title indexed]
My Most Interesting True Experience / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; sports
Indexer Notes
Genre and art credits added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
Amos and Andy
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Freeman Gosden; Charles Correll
- Synopsis
- Radio program.
Indexer Notes
Genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
[no title indexed]
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Ewell Blackwell
- Synopsis
- Wheaties ad featuring Cincinnati Reds pitcher, Ewell Blackwell.
- Keywords
- celebrity
Indexer Notes
Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
The Happy Warrior
Alfred E. Smith / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- advocacy; biography
- Characters
- Alfred E. "Al" Smith
- Keywords
- political
Electric Power
American Adventures in Industry / text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Last in the series. Illustrated text featuring schematics by Duquesne Light Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Indexer Notes
Genre and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
[no title indexed]
Parent's Magazine Press / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Subscription ad for Parent's Magazine Press.
Indexer Notes
Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
[no title indexed]
Are You a Quiz Whiz? / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Gene Autry
- Synopsis
- Text quiz.
- Keywords
- quiz
Indexer Notes
The last half of this page is an ad for Gene Autry cowboy boots. Synopsis and notes added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
Football Tips
Lou Little / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Lou Little
- Synopsis
- Football tips given by Lou Little, head coach at Columbia University.
Indexer Notes
Feature, genre, character appearance and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
Highlights in the Life of Tom Dewey
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; biography
- Characters
- Thomas E. Dewey
- Keywords
- political
[no title indexed]
Truly Comic! / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Page consists of jokes sent in by readers, plus some classified ads.
Indexer Notes
Genre and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
The Case of Public Enemy No. 1
Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigations / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Steve Saunders; John Dillinger; Bob; Hank; Ann Sage [Ana Cumpănaş]
- Synopsis
- The FBI ambushes John Dillinger outside a Chicago movie theater.
- Reprints
-
in Special Agent (Parents' Magazine Press, 1947 series) #5 (March 1949) [feature title changed]
-
Indexer Notes
Story title, feature, genre and character appearance added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[A Famous Coach's Special Football Tips]; [The Story Behind the T-Men]; [Amos N' Andy]; [The Case of Public Enemy No. 1]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
Shelby Bicycle -
2.
The Story Behind the U.S. Treasury
-
3.
[no title indexed]
My Most Interesting True Experience -
4.
Amos and Andy
-
5.
[no title indexed]
Wheaties -
6.
The Happy Warrior
Alfred E. Smith -
7.
Electric Power
American Adventures in Industry -
8.
[no title indexed]
Parent's Magazine Press -
9.
[no title indexed]
Are You a Quiz Whiz? -
10.
Football Tips
Lou Little -
11.
Highlights in the Life of Tom Dewey
-
12.
[no title indexed]
Truly Comic! -
13.
The Case of Public Enemy No. 1
Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigations -
14.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles; Red Ryder
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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