True Comics (1941 Parents' Magazine Press) comic books 1949

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Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Edd Ashe, Phil Berube, Adolph Rupp and Jane Wyman. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The history of the U.S. State Department; Legendary bandleader Tommy Dorsey; Journalist Floyd Gibbons reports on the sinking of his own ship in WWI. Oddities in Sports; The Story Behind the U.S. State Department; Youre the Detective; The Case of the Barefoot Bandit; Are You a Quiz Whiz?; King of Reporters; My Most Interesting True Experience; Tips on Championship Basketball; Truly Comic!, Sentimental Gentleman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Phil Berube, Richard G. Waite and Claude Jarman Jr. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The legend of racehorse Moifaa, who survived a shipwreck; A soldier stranded in the Arctic finds messages left by Admiral Peary 40 years before; Wrestling as an amateur sport. Walt 'Turk' Broda; A Story of Buried Treasure; Youre the Detective; The Case of the Missing Jewels; Are You a Quiz Whiz?; Moifaa the Super Horse; My Most Interesting True Experience; Wrestling for Fun; Truly Comic!, Solving the Great Arctic Mystery; The Story Behind the Department of National Defense. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Richard G. Waite and Floyd Torbert. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Suffragist pioneer Victoria Woodhull fights for rights of women; A French detective uses new tools to solve crimes; Pirate and freedom fighter Jean Lafitte. Handicap Hurdlers; Patriot or Pirate?; Desperate Kidnapper; France's First Detective: Eugene Francois Vidocq; Captain of the Team; Victoria Woodhull; Youre the Detective; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Stan Musial," "The FBI's First Bank Robbery Case," "Cagliostro, Master Rogue," and "Gen. Lucius D. Clay." Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Phil Berube and others. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. War hero and American President Zachary Taylor; Diplomat and UN champion Ralph J. Bunche wins the Nobel Peace Prize; The history of coal mining. How Baseball Began; William Phips: Sunken Millions; Bob Mathias: The World's Greatest Athlete; Zachary Taylor: Rough and Ready; Ralph J. Bunche: United Nations Peacemaker; Black Magic; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Subscriber only (rare), will always have mailing label. Label not considered a defect. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. During WWII, a damaged DC-3 flies to safety with a hastily attached replacement wing from a DC-2. The life of frontiersman Kit Carson. The history of rocket science includes speculation about the first moon flight, 20 years before it actually happened, including the problems of living in zero gravity. Doak Walker: Triple-Threat; The Story of the Lopsided Plane; A Trip to the Moon; Kit Carson: Monarch of the Plains; Dan Green: Cannonball Express; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newsstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.

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Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin vanishes in search of the Northwest Passage; The little-known story of the U.S. Camel Corps; Captain John Charles Fremont fights for California during the Mexican–American War. Galloping Ghost; Sir John Franklin: Lost in the Arctic; Roy Chapman Andrews: Modern Dragon Hunter; Captain John Charles Fremont; Jefferson Davis: The U.S. Camel Corps; Genius of Jet; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Edd Ashe and others. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Genghis Khan uses brute force and strategy to conquer vast territory; The Marie Celeste is found adrift with all hands missing, a mystery that was never solved; Attorney Abe Lincoln defends a murder suspect. Star of Stanford: Hank Luisetti; The Mystery of the Marie Celeste; Genghis Khan: Empire Builder; Wolves Can Be Tough; Shotgun Bank Robbers; Abraham Lincoln: Murder by Moonlight; The Truth about Cattle Rustling. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, John Prentice, Harry Fisk, Margaret Averill and Lorence Bjorklund. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke was considered by some to be "The Greatest Athlete of the Middle Ages"; An American becomes a famous bullfighter; An unlikely horse becomes a race champion. Commander Ellsberg: Hero of the Sea; William Marshall: The Greatest Athlete of the Middle Ages; Sidney Franklin: Bullfighter from Brooklyn; A Stick of Gum, Please; Chehalis: The Magnificent Runt; The Lost Gold Mine; Truly Comic. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.