(Winter 1947)

Parents' Magazine Press, 1947 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The True Comics Press Inc.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Bruce; Captain Keayne
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Soldier Dog (Table of Contents: 1)

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Script
Alice Dalgliesh
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Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Gulliver; Bob Daly; Carolyn Daly; Tony; Mrs. Daly
Synopsis
Tony joins the army and has the Daly's take care of his dog.

Indexer Notes

Runs on the inside front and back covers.

Balto of Nome (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Pencils
Ernie Schroeder
Inks
Ernie Schroeder
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Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Balto (dog); Gunnar Kasson; Dr. Welch
Synopsis
Gunnar Kasson and this dog Balto lead a team of sled dogs to Nome Alaska with the serum to cure a diphtheria outbreak.
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Keywords
Central Park New York; diphtheria; dog sled; Nome Alaska

Fireman's Dog (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3.6 pages (report information)

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Pencils
Ernie Schroeder
Inks
Ernie Schroeder
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Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Bruce (dog); James MacMurray; Callahan
Synopsis
Bruce, a dog at a fire station, saves the lives of twenty horses with his quick thinking and herding skills.
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Indexer Notes

Art credits identified by Jerry Bails.

[More Good Reading] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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[Subscribe to the Best Magazines For Boys and Girls] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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A Pig That Made History (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Mrs. Sherman; Captain Keayne; Thomas
Synopsis
When Captain Keayne butchers Mrs. Sherman's pig it leads to a legal case that changes the court system in Boston.
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Keywords
Boston

A Dog Named Bill (Table of Contents: 7)

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Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Bill (dog)
Synopsis
A dog knows when his master doesn't return from an air raid on Germany.
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Keywords
Royal Air Force; World War II

Monkey Business on Wall St. (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Ernie Schroeder
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Ernie Schroeder
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Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Henry Trefflich
Synopsis
The true story of a petshop that accidentally released one hundred monkeys into New York City.
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Keywords
monkey; New York City; St. Paul's Episcopal Church; Wall Street

Bear Facts (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Mike
Synopsis
While building a road in remote Alaska the construction crews discover that the bears are very curious.
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Jungle Master (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Frank Buck; Mrs. Buck (mother); Mr. Buck (father)
Synopsis
The story of Frank Buck who traveled the world procuring specimens for various zoos and wrote the book "Bring 'Em Back Alive".
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Schooner of Cats (Table of Contents: 11)

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Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
When the gold miners at Pike's Peak are overrun with rats a man decides to make his fortune by hauling a load of cats there in a covered wagon.
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Keywords
covered wagon; Pike's Peak Colorado

Panda Man (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Floyd Tangier-Smith; Elizabeth Tangier-Smith; Baby
Synopsis
The story of Floyd Tangier-Smith, the first man to bring a panda back alive for display in the United States.
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Keywords
panda

[These Magazines Ring the Bell] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Soldier Dog
  3. 2. Balto of Nome
  4. 3. Fireman's Dog
  5. 4. [More Good Reading]
  6. 5. [Subscribe to the Best Magazines For Boys and Girls]
  7. 6. A Pig That Made History
  8. 7. A Dog Named Bill
  9. 8. Monkey Business on Wall St.
  10. 9. Bear Facts
  11. 10. Jungle Master
  12. 11. Schooner of Cats
  13. 12. Panda Man
  14. 13. [These Magazines Ring the Bell]
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  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
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