True Aviation Picture Stories (1943) comic books
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Published 1943 by Parents' Magazine Institu.$30.00
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Stories and art by Robert Denby, David C. Cooke, Francis Caswell, Cy Caldwell, Douglas Coe, Gilbert Shurman, Jesse Davidson, Sam Glankoff and Ed Smalle. Tales of aerial adventure in the tradition of nonfiction comics vehicle True Comics. Numbering continues from True Aviation Comics Digest (1942) #2. Pioneering fighter pilot Eddie Rickenbacker; An article examining the potential of then-new helicopter aircraft in war and peacetime; World War I air ace William George "Billy" Barker becomes the most decorated serviceman in the history of Canada. The Amazing One Man Air Force; The Flying Musketeers Pay a Debt; Parapup Max; Indestructible Eddie Rickenbacker; Planes in the News; Mines from the Sky; Aviation's Dream Factory; Our Hat Is Off; Unsung Heroes; Target Germany; The Helicopter in War and Peace; Glenn Martin Plane Pioneer; How to Build the 'Pancake Pursuit' Plane; Model Builders Go to War!; Flying for Victory; Bombs Away! 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Oct 1943 by Parents' Magazine Institu.$22.00
View scanStories and art by Robert Denby, Harry Fisk, Seton David Jr., Cy Caldwell, Ed Smalle, Willy Ley, Ed Cunningham, Art Meisner, Sam Glankoff and Jack Sparling. Tales of aerial adventure in the tradition of nonfiction comics vehicle True Comics. An article speculating on the uses of the then-new technology of radar; Plans for building model airplanes; John James Powers makes a suicide run to sink a Japanese aircraft carrier. Bombs Over Germany; Mystery Cargo; The Flying Musketeers Learn a Lesson About China; Mission Rescue; Planes in the News; What Has Happened to the Nazi Air Force?; He Gave It the Air; Our Hat Is Off; Flat Top; Flying Tank Killers; Radar... The Miracle Weapon; Aviation in the Movies; The Assam Dragons; How to Build the Vultee Vengeance; Air Shorts; Glory Dive; Jungle Miracle; Allied vs. Axis Fighter Planes; Aero Quiz; Tommy Harmon 'Galloping 98'. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Sep 1944 by Parents' Magazine Institu.$22.00
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Stories and art by Robert Denby, Edd Ashe, Cy Caldwell, Ed Smalle, Willy Ley, Jesse Davidson, Ezra Kotcher, Dwight Shepler, Logan Reavis, Art Meisner, Sam Glankoff and Jack Sparling. Tales of aerial adventure in the tradition of nonfiction comics vehicle True Comics. An article examining the potential of the then-new helicopter aircraft; 14-year-old Cliff Wherley lies about his age to get into the Army air corps; A detailed illustrated guide to Axis and Allied aircraft. Boy Wonder; Fortress Invincible; The Flying Musketeers Rescue the Wrecker; The Squirt; Planes in the News; Air Power in the Invasion; Modification Line; Our Hat Is Off; How Planes Downed the U-Boats; Helicopters...Today and Tomorrow; How to Build the Cloud-Hopper; Aviation Extras; Aviation in the Movies; True Aviation's Air Spotter's Guide; Air Shorts; Bombers Without Wings; Lucky Seven!; Aero Quiz; Off the Beam. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jun 1946 by Parents' Magazine Institu.$12.50
Stories and art by Lawrence Ward, Hal Goodwin, Ed Smalle, Edd Ashe, Edward Lawson, Robert L. Scott Jr., Rudy Arnold, Jesse Davidson, Birt Darling, Richard Jarrell, Steven Irish, and Sam Glankoff. Tales of aerial adventure in the tradition of nonfiction comics vehicle True Comics. The instructional comic Flying Is Easy covers taxiing and takeoff; Frank Luke Jr. gains a reputation as a "balloon buster" during World War I; Dr. Fred Minty uses a small plane to visit patients in rural South Dakota. The Secret Airline; Strange Cargo; Feathering Blades; They Called Him Mad; Flying Is Easy Lesson II; Signposts of the Sky; Stratovision; Complete with Parachute; C.A.P.; Science versus Pea Soup!; Planes in the News; Our Hat Is Off; How to Build the PT-19B; Greatest Heroes of the Air; Model Contest Winners; True Aviation in Hollywood; Plane Profiles; True Aviation Answer Man; Wind to Order; Cowboy in a Corsair; DFC for Grandpa; Flying Surgeon of the Badlands. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.