(March 1944)

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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
True Comics Inc.
Editing
George J. Hecht (president & publisher); Elliott A. Caplin (editor); Ralph O. Ellsworth (art editor)

Issue Notes

Circulation: 529,302 copies (data from Audit Bureau of Circulation via Russ Mahera)

COPYRIGHT:
Copyright 1943 by True Comics, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

True Comics / cover / 1 page (report information)

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You Also Serve (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
George J. Hecht
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Editorial

Mark Clark: General Clark and His Fighting Fifth (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
biography
Synopsis
U.S. Fifth Army, WWII

Indexer Notes

biography

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nemesis of criminals, spies and saboteurs, the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
Genre
non-fiction; biography
Characters
J. Edgar Hoover
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First of a series.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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Synopsis
brief reviews

Common Sense About the Common Cold (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction

Is It True? (Table of Contents: 6)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Natalie Purvin Prager
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Synopsis
quiz

Danger at Daybreak (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction; war
Synopsis
WWII bomber crew rescued in North Atlantic

Salute to the Coast Guard (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction

Emeline Wharton: Spy for Freedom (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Genre
biography
Synopsis
Dressed in men's clothing to join U.S. revolution, goes behind British lines

Indexer Notes

biography

Jim Bay: Call Him Doc (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
biography
Synopsis
Hospital janitor becomes top front line medic in WWII New Guinea

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biography

Our Good Neighbor, Uruguay (Table of Contents: 11)

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

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non-fiction

Captain Frank P. Bender: Hit the Silk! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Genre
biography
Synopsis
Survives in WWII New Guinea jungle after being shot down

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biography

Truly Comic! (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis
jokes
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    True Comics
  2. 1. You Also Serve
  3. 2. Mark Clark: General Clark and His Fighting Fifth
  4. 3. ["Nemesis of criminals, spies and saboteurs, the Federal Bureau of Investigation..."]
    Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    True's Movie Guide
  6. 5. Common Sense About the Common Cold
  7. 6. Is It True?
  8. 7. Danger at Daybreak
  9. 8. Salute to the Coast Guard
  10. 9. Emeline Wharton: Spy for Freedom
  11. 10. Jim Bay: Call Him Doc
  12. 11. Our Good Neighbor, Uruguay
    [Our South American Neighbors]
  13. 12. Captain Frank P. Bender: Hit the Silk!
  14. 13. Truly Comic!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore