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Issue: True Sport Picture Stories #4
Publication Date: November 1947
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Issues: #4 of 46 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagStreet and Smith
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Street & Smith Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/19/1947
Volume: 4
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): William J. DeGrouchy
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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Get Ready for the Olympics

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell (signed) [as Powell]
Inker(s): Bob Powell (signed) [as Powell]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Master of the Future

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Shadow Comics
Character(s): The Shadow
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white house ad for Shadow Comics, located inside front cover.
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The Best Football Plays of 1946

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lou Little; Frank Leahy; George A. Munger; Earl Blaik; Tom Hamilton
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Coaches relate their favorite football plays of 1946, with diagrams.
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The Original Mr. Boxing!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
Character(s): John "The Water-Boy" Broughton
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Pages: 1
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Want to Swim Fast?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Klein (as told to by Bob Kiphuth)
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
Character(s): Alan Ford; John Miller
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Detailed how-to for Olympic swimming lessons.
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Moscow's Mighty Hurler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Schacht
Penciller(s): Bob Powell (signed) [as Powell]
Inker(s): Bob Powell (signed) [as Powell]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Ivan Petrushkin; Peter Petrushkin
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Pages: 5
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So You Want More Muscle?

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Klein (as told to by Bob Hoffman)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Text article interspersed with several photos.
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Leonard, the Lion Hearted

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Clem Boddington
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
Character(s): Benny Leonard
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Text article interspersed with several photos.
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Pay for Play

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William J. DeGrouchy
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Editorial examining if an athlete can be paid and still be an amateur. Includes a reproduction of this issues cover.
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Sport Shorts

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
Character(s): Clem Boddington
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Bio of Clem Boddington, writer and cartoonist, including a photo.
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Advice to Sprinters

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard J. Wefers
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Text article interspersed with several photos.
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How to Kick a Football

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Klein
Penciller(s): Bob Powell (signed) [as Powell]
Inker(s): Bob Powell (signed) [as Powell]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Detailed instructions on how to kick a football.
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Oddly Enough...

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Clem Boddington ?
Penciller(s): Clem Boddington ?
Inker(s): Clem Boddington ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Clem Boddington ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
Character(s): Louis Fox; Jake Atz; Josh Devore; Bob Fitzsimmons
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Similar to Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Clem Boddington substituted for Robert Ripley back in the early 20's.
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Slide Rule Champ

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell (signed) [as Powell]
Inker(s): Bob Powell (signed) [as Powell]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): E. Weller (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
Character(s): Plutarch Wilson; Buck Ingram; Mr. Ingersoll
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Top Secrets

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell (signed) [as Powell]
Inker(s): Bob Powell (signed) [as Powell]
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Top Secrets
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Top Secrets (Street and Smith, 1947 Series) #1 (November 1947), with cover shown.

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