(Fall 1945)

Parents' Magazine Press, 1941 Series
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Volume
5
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
True Comics, Inc.
Editing
Ralph Ellsworth (credited as Ralph O. Ellsworth) (art director); Dorothy Filosa (credited as Dorothea Filosa) (assistant art director); Harold C. Field (editor)

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True Comics / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Sky Hawk (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils
Sam Glankoff
Inks
Sam Glankoff
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Genre
non-fiction; biography; military
Characters
Col. Alexandre Pokryshkin
Synopsis
Russian military pilot.

Indexer Notes

Art credit from artist's website.

Mercy for Millions (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils
Sam Glankoff
Inks
Sam Glankoff
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Genre
advocacy
Synopsis
Story of the National War Fund

Indexer Notes

Art credit from Who's Who of American Comic Book Artists.

Tokyo Express (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction; war
Synopsis
PT Boats sink two Japanese destroyers.

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

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Louis Wolfe
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Imagine that are faced with a decision which means life or death to you.
Genre
adventure; non-fiction; history
Keywords
puzzle-story

Stubborn Sprinter (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2.9 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction; biography; sports
Characters
Ray Barbuti

Captain Tootsie and the Hand Grenade (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Chapter IV (Table of Contents: 7)

Cavalcade of England / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Joseph H. Park
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Genre
historical
Synopsis
Chapter IV: British history 1603 to 1688 AD

Delaying Action (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Pencils
Corinne Dillon
Inks
Corinne Dillon
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Genre
non-fiction; biography
Characters
Mary Murray
Synopsis
Revolutionary War heroine

Indexer Notes

Art Credit from Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books.

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

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Genre
humor
Synopsis
jokes

Indexer Notes

Jokes sent in by Sarah James, Lawrence Poole, Teresa De Marco, Dorothy Young, Patrick Gill, Claire Freedman, Gene Simmons, Terry McGee, Charles Lessig, Jack Godles, Geraldine Libby, Joseph Mariette, Jim Bryant; Harold DeWatt, Gertrude Scranage, Marilyn McLaughlin, Jack Lawson, Morgan Lewis, Ken Pearson, Joseph Evans, L. E. Ashcraft, Betty Ginsburgh.

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True's Movie Guide / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Brief reviews of Anchors Aweight, The Cheaters, First Yank Into Tokyo, Pride of the Marines.

Camouflage (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction; war

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Great Hoaxes / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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R. H. Livingstone
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R. H. Livingstone
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here is the first of a series of famous hoaxes in history...
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Art credit suggested by Jerry Bails Who's Who.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    True Comics
  2. 1. Sky Hawk
  3. 2. Mercy for Millions
  4. 3. Tokyo Express
  5. 4. ["Imagine that are faced with a decision which means life or death to you."]
    What Would You Do?
  6. 5. Stubborn Sprinter
  7. 6. Captain Tootsie and the Hand Grenade
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
  8. 7. Chapter IV
    Cavalcade of England
  9. 8. Delaying Action
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Truly Comic!
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    True's Movie Guide
  12. 11. Camouflage
  13. 12. ["Here is the first of a series of famous hoaxes in history..."]
    Great Hoaxes
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