True Comics
#10
(March 1942)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-01-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Parents' Magazine Press Division of The Parents' Institute, Inc.
- Editing
- William D. Allen; Ralph O. Ellsworth (art editor); Lloyd Jacquet (art editor)
Issue Notes
Reaching for a Star
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
Chief of the U.S. Marines
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Major General Commandant Thomas Holcomb; Thomas Holcomb (father); Midshipman (James) Rogers Holcomb (brother); Beatrice (Clover) Holcomb; Admiral Harold Stark (Chief of Naval Operations)
Indexer Notes
Writer credit was determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin to be Patricia Highsmith. Now listed as unknown.
Joan Schenkar, writer of the Highsmith biography, "The Talented Miss Highsmith," worked with Highsmith's notebooks, now in possession of the Swiss Literary Archives, and in them, Highsmith did not start working on comics until after she graduated from Barnard College. She joined the Sangor-Pines shop in December, 1942, meaning that no credits before early 1943 can be attributed to Patricia Highsmith (as reported by Ken Quattro on 22 March 2016 in the Comics History Exchange on Facebook).
Exploring from the Air
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
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in True Aviation Comics Digest (Parents' Magazine Press, 1942 series) #2 (January-February 1943)
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The Story of Sabu, Boy of India
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?; Frank Borth (co-plot)
- Pencils
- Frank Borth [as FB] (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Borth [as FB] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Sabu
- Synopsis
- The story of how Sabu was discovered at his village by filmmakers from Hollywood, leading to his film career.
Indexer Notes
In a 2006 interview Frank Borth described rewriting this story from its original plot as his introduction to comics: "So, I got my first assignment there to rewrite this stuff, as well as do the illustrations. Those were stories of my humble beginnings." http://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A40849
Borth's signature is visible at the bottom left of the opening splash page.
He Saved 10,000 Lives, Part 2
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- The story of the inventor of parachute.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit was determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin to be Patricia Highsmith. Now listed as unknown.
Joan Schenkar, writer of the Highsmith biography, "The Talented Miss Highsmith," worked with Highsmith's notebooks, now in possession of the Swiss Literary Archives, and in them, Highsmith did not start working on comics until after she graduated from Barnard College. She joined the Sangor-Pines shop in December, 1942, meaning that no credits before early 1943 can be attributed to Patricia Highsmith (as reported by Ken Quattro on 22 March 2016 in the Comics History Exchange on Facebook).
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True Comics -
1.
Reaching for a Star
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2.
Chief of the U.S. Marines
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3.
Inventor of the Telegraph
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4.
The General Wouldn't Listen
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5.
Exploring from the Air
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6.
Bowling, America's No. 1 Indoor Sport
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7.
Adrift on an Ice Pan
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8.
The Story of Sabu, Boy of India
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9.
He Saved 10,000 Lives, Part 2
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10.
[no title indexed]
Is It True? -
11.
Iceland, Stepping-Stone Between the Two Hemispheres
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12.
Theodore Roosevelt Out West
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13.
[no title indexed]
True's Movie Guide -
14.
Heroine of the Storm
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15.
The National Anthem
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16.
Dollar Pullers
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17.
How Good is Your Memory?
- Darci
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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