It Really Happened (1944) comic books 1947
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Published Feb 1947 by William H. Wise.$41.00
View scansCover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Chas. M. Quinlan, King Ward, Nat Schachner and A. M. Froehlich. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Jefferson Davis becomes president of the Confederate States of America; Features on the eagle and on naturalist and birder John James Audubon; Bess Myerson becomes the first Jewish Miss America. Headliners in This Issue; Hobby Corner; General George C. Marshall; Jefferson Davis; Inspiring Inventions: Helicopter - Tomorrow's Taxi; Like Father, Like Son; Toy-Town, U.S.A.; Sir Walter Raleigh - Gallant Explorer; Bess Myerson - The Amazing Miss America; They Won Their Spurs; True Animal Lore: Famous Eagle; John James Audubon; Edith Houghton - Big League Baseball Scout. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Apr 1947 by William H. Wise.
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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Chas. M. Quinlan, King Ward, Nat Schachner and A. M. Froehlich. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Champion racehorse Man O' War; Pappy Boyington, the legendary air commander of the Flying Tigers and Black Sheep Squadron; Roy Rogers becomes everyone's favorite singing cowboy. Headliners in This Issue; Hobby Corner: Autographs!; Fiorello H. LaGuardia; Roy Rogers - King of the Cowboys; Inspiring Inventions: Bailey Bridge!; Angel of Mercy; Man O' War - Horse of the Century; James H. 'Jimmy' Hare; Ambassador of Mirth; Lady at the Zoo; True Animal Lore: Famous Eagle; 'Pappy' Boyington!; Manuel Avila Camacho - Good Neighbor. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jun 1947 by William H. Wise.
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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by King Ward, Nat Schachner and Ken Battefield. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Stories of the courageous women who dared the American frontier; Photography pioneer George Eastman, founder of the Kodak company; Alexandre Dumas, the author of Three Musketeers and other adventure classics. Hobby Corner; "Fighting Bill" William O'Dwyer; Pioneer Mothers; Inspiring Inventions: Carl Norden and the Norden Bombsight; "Bring 'em Back Alive" Frank Buck; Old Ironsides - The U.S.S. Constitution; Operation Salvage; George Eastman - Inventor of the Kodak; Alexandre Dumas, the Father Alexandre Dumas, the Son; News Snapshots - Past and Present; Hangman's Gold The Story of Cap'n William Kidd. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1947 by William H. Wise.
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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by King Ward, Nat Schachner and Ken Battefield. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Author Mark Twain and explorer Sir Richard Burton, two heroes of the Riverworld series of books, are featured in the same issue; The story of the Statue of Liberty; Mini-histories of the Hindenburg crash and Lincoln's assassination. Headliners; Fiddler's Reach; Lady of Liberty; They Won Their Spurs! John Basilone Marine; Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens; Judo; Sir Richard Francis Burton; Leroy R. 'Roy' Grumman Navy Plane Marker; John Wesley Hyatt; Southern Paul Revere; The Flying Dutchman, John Peter "Honus" Wagner; News Snapshots - Past and Present; Nathanael Greene - Quaker General; Strange, Isn't It? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Oct 1947 by William H. Wise.
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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by King Ward, Nat Schachner and Fred Guardineer. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Notorious female pirate Anne Bonney is featured in an action-girl cover and story; Poet Robert Burns is so beloved in his native Scotland that his birthday becomes a national holiday; Mini-histories of the Titanic and Molly Pitcher. It Really Happened Headliners; The Law Says...!; Inspired Woman; They Won Their Spurs!: Commander David McCampbell; Waitin' For the Robert E. Lee; Never Walk Again?; Lady of the Black Flag; Sonny Wells' Debt; The Newsboy Who Didn't Forget; Robert Burns - Beloved Poet; Lincoln Ellsworth - Hero of the Poles; A Little Piece of Paper!; King of the Cowboys; It Really Happened! Final issue of the series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.