True Comics
#73
(October 1948)
Parents' Magazine Press,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1948-07-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- True Comics, Inc.
- Editing
- Jack De Simone; Ralph O. Ellsworth (associate art director); Dorothea Filosa (associate art director); George J. Hecht (president); Elliott A. Caplin (publisher); Karl S. Bernhardt (senior advisory editor); Arthur T. Jersild (senior advisory editor); George H. Gallup (senior advisory editor); David S. Muzzey (senior advisory editor); Clara Savage Littledale (senior advisory editor); Frederick G, Hochwalt [as The Very Rev. Monsignor Frederick G. Hochwalt] (senior advisory editor); Rudolf Modley (senior advisory editor); Daniel C. Knowlton (senior advisory editor); Margaret O'Brien (junior advisory editor); Roddy McDowall (junior advisory editor); Peggy Ann Garner (junior advisory editor); Bobby Blake (junior advisory editor); Darryl Hickman (junior advisory editor); Joel Kupperman (junior advisory editor)
Issue Notes
True Comics, Inc. (a subsidiary of the publishers of Parents' Magazine). Printed in the U.S.A.
Publication office: 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago 39, Illinois.
Executive and editorial offices: 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York 17, New York.
On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 2, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1948. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B146798.
Publication office: 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago 39, Illinois.
Executive and editorial offices: 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York 17, New York.
On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 2, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1948. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B146798.
Lou Gehrig
Stars of the Past / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; sports
- Characters
- Lou Gehrig
Indexer Notes
Baseball
The Case of the Frightened Criminals
Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; crime
- Characters
- Steve Saunders (FBI Agent)
- Synopsis
- FBI crack down on two cunning extortionists.
- Reprints
-
in Special Agent (Parents' Magazine Press, 1947 series) #5 (March 1949)
-
[no title indexed]
What's Your Sky I-Q? / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You often look into the sky...
- Genre
- non-fiction
The Cotton-Textile Industry
American Adventures in Industry / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Samuel Slater (textile mechanic)
Indexer Notes
8th in series
[no title indexed]
You're the Detective / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At a small town bank, one day...
- Genre
- non-fiction; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jack Robbins (detective); Jimmy Williams (bank robber); George Gordon (bank robber)
[no title indexed]
My Most Interesting True Experience / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I have done many different things in my lifetime.
- Genre
- non-fiction
The Amazing Story of Walt Disney
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Walt Disney; Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Pluto; Goofy; Roy Disney; Lillian Marie Bounds (Lillian Marie Disney); Peg-Leg Pete: George J. Hecht
- Synopsis
- A short story on the development of the Walt Disney Company with the focus on Walt Disney's role.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Animation
Indexer Notes
Walt Disney characters were used in this story with the permission of the Walt Disney Productions.
[no title indexed]
Truly Comic! / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Keywords
- jokes
Indexer Notes
Reader submitted gags and jokes. Also included on these pages are about a half of page worth of small classified-style advertisements and the solution to the You're the Detective story.
26-Mile Dash!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; historical; sports
- Characters
- Pheidippides; Charles Hefferon; Dorando Pietri; Johnny Hayes; Ted Vogel; Johnny Kelley; Ollie Manninen
- Synopsis
- The history of the marathon race and its place in the Olympics.
- Keywords
- Marathon running
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
True Comics -
1.
Lou Gehrig
Stars of the Past -
2.
The Case of the Frightened Criminals
Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation -
3.
["You often look into the sky..."]
What's Your Sky I-Q? -
4.
The Cotton-Textile Industry
American Adventures in Industry -
5.
["At a small town bank, one day..."]
You're the Detective -
6.
Supersonics
-
7.
["I have done many different things in my lifetime."]
My Most Interesting True Experience -
8.
Ralph Kiner
Wheaties -
9.
The Amazing Story of Walt Disney
-
10.
[no title indexed]
Truly Comic! -
11.
A Priceless Treasure in Reading Pleasure!
-
12.
26-Mile Dash!
-
13.
Bobby Shelby Gets a Job
Bobby Shelby; Shelby Cycle Company -
14.
New Target Range for Daisy BB Rifle Shooters!
Daisy Manufacturing Company
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