Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	April 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Elliott A. Caplan

Cover Details - "True Comics"

Notes

The cover has five panels illustrating interior stories.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Do You Rate An 'E'?"

Synopsis	Editor's page written by the publisher, George Hecht.
Script	George J. Hecht (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Most info added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

8 page Mystery Mission biography (nonfictional) "General Mark Wayne Clark"

Characters	Mark Wayne Clark
Synopsis	Illustrated biography of General Mark Wayne Clark.
Genre	bio
Notes	Story title, genre and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

4 page Rescue from the Sky story "untitled"

Genre	history; war
Notes	Genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

6 page The Story of Steel story "untitled"

Genre	fact
Notes	Genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

5 page A Race that Stopped a War! story "untitled"

Genre	history; fact
Notes	Genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page True's Movie Guide photo story "untitled"

Characters	Goofy; Buck Jones; Kenny Baker
Synopsis	Comprised of text and an animated cel of Goofy, plus photos of Buck Jones & Kenny Baker.
Genre	celebrity
Letters	typeset
Notes	Genre, character appearances and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

3 page Three Crosses story "The Story of Great Britain's Flag"

Genre	fact
Notes	Genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

6 page Fighting Admiral biography (nonfictional) "Uncle Dan" Callaghan

Characters	Uncle Dan Callaghan; Teddy Roosevelt
Synopsis	Illustrated biography of "Uncle Dan" Callaghan.
Genre	War
Notes	Title, genre, character appearances and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

2 page General Eisenhower and the Winter Underwear story "untitled"

Characters	Dwight Eisenhower
Genre	fact; war
Notes	Genre and character appearance added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page Full-Time American filler "untitled"

Genre

patriotic

6 page Air Transport Command story "untitled"

Genre	fact; war
Notes	Genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page activity "Is It True?"

Genre	trivia contest
Script	Natalie Purvin Prager (signed)
Letters	typeset

8 page The Story of America story "Chapter 6: The Nation Reunited, 1865-1898"

Genre	history; fact
Script	David S. Muzzey (signed)
Notes	Story title revision, feature and genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page Truly Comic! filler "untitled"

Synopsis	Comprised of jokes.
Genre	humor
Letters	typeset
Notes	Genre and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

5 page U-Boat Ahead! story "untitled"

Genre	war; fact
Notes	Genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

2 page The Bootblack's Poodle story "untitled"

Genre	animal; fact
Notes	Genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page The Story of Codes story "The Picket Fence Code"

Genre	fact
Notes	Story title placement, feature, genre and corrected page count added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

3 page Alice DuBois biography (nonfictional) "The Secret Message of Alice DuBois"

Characters	Alice DuBois
Synopsis	The illustrated biography of Alice DuBois.
Genre	bio
Notes	Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

Half page How Good is Your Memory? activity "untitled"

Synopsis	A quiz based on the contents of this issue.
Letters	typeset
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).