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

  • Issue #1
    True Comics (1941 Parents' Magazine Press) 1
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Staples replaced (and taped underneath). Rust migration. Internal tearing (taped).

    Winston Churchill on cover. Stories based on actual people and events: World Hero No. 1, art by George Harrison and August M. Froehlich; Winston Churchill bio. Famous Failure text story by Hendrik Willem van Loon; The first attempt to sail north of Russia to China. Air War: Fighting Planes of Leading Nations, script by Nathaniel Nitkin, art by Edwin Smalle Jr.; The story of men and planes who made military aviation during WWII. Frontier Fighters, pencils by John Daly; Story of American Revolutionary hero George Rogers Clark. Yellow Jack: How the Cause of Yellow Fever was Discovered, pencils by Harold De Lay. My Greatest Adventure text story, script by Lowell Thomas, art by Bernard Flinton and Harry Ramsey; about explorer Lowell Thomas. The First Naval Submarine, pencils by Logan Reavis. The Marathon Run, pencils by Henry Kiefer; The story of the Battle of Marathon in 500 B.C. Simon Bolivar: The South American Liberator, art by Michel Roy [Mike Roy]. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    True Comics (1941 Parents' Magazine Press) 2
    • Cover detached. Centerfold detached at one staple. 3" Cumulative spine split.

    Shirley Temple photo. Stories based on actual people and events: U.S Producer No. 1, art by August M. Froehlich; Biography of Bill Knudsen, Director Office of Production Management for President Roosevelt. Father of Canada, art by Mike Roy and Henry Kiefer; Biography of the French explorer Samuel de Champlain. Frontier Fighters, art by John Daly; Biography of Zebulon Pike, who discovered the source of the Mississippi River and also explored much of the southwest United States. The Battle of Waterloo, art by Willner McArdle. Wizard of Nature, art by Harry George; Biography of scientist and botanist Luther Burbank. Sea War: Fighting Ships of Leading Nations, art by George Harrison. The Story of the Red Cross, art by William B. Everett; The story of Jean Dunant and how he came to form the Red Cross. Polish Patriot Who Helped Win the American Revolution, art by Harold De Lay; Biography of Thaddeus Kosciuszko. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.