(February 1949)

< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bimonthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
True Comics Inc.
Editing
Jack De Simone; Ralph O. Ellsworth (associate art director); Dorothea Filosa (associate art director)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

True Comics / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Oddities in Sports / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Phil Berube
Inks
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
John Cobb, the British fur broker...
Genre
non-fiction; sports

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

The Story Behind the U.S. State Department (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; history

Indexer Notes

2nd in a series

[Clockwork and Extortion] (Table of Contents: 3)

You're the Detective / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery

The Case of the Barefoot Bandit (Table of Contents: 4)

Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Edd Ashe
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

My Most Interesting True Experience / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jane Wyman
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Are You a Quiz Whiz? / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Tips on Championship Basketball (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Adolph Rupp
Pencils
Ed Smalle (illustration)
Inks
Ed Smalle (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; sports

Indexer Notes

Ed Smalle's signature is visible in the original art (on Heritage Auctions site).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Truly Comic! / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

jokes

Sentimental Gentleman (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; biography

Indexer Notes

Band leader

King of Reporters (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; biography

Indexer Notes

Band leader

Winners in the True Comics Vote for President Contest (Table of Contents: 11)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

results from ballot in issue 71; inside back cover

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    True Comics
  2. 1. ["John Cobb, the British fur broker..."]
    Oddities in Sports
  3. 2. The Story Behind the U.S. State Department
  4. 3. [Clockwork and Extortion]
    You're the Detective
  5. 4. The Case of the Barefoot Bandit
    Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    My Most Interesting True Experience
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Are You a Quiz Whiz?
  8. 7. Tips on Championship Basketball
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Truly Comic!
  10. 9. Sentimental Gentleman
  11. 10. King of Reporters
  12. 11. Winners in the True Comics Vote for President Contest
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen