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Issue: True Comics #16 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1942
 
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On Sale Date: 07/15/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): G. G. Telfer
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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How Jimmie Doolittle Bombed Tokyo]; [Flying Viking]; [Young America Hits the Trail]; [Netherlands East Indies]; [The Lost Colony]; [He Fought For Freedom]; [Cave Nurse]; [Hobby Lobby]; [Three Men on a Raft

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war
Cover consists of four panels illustrating interior biographical stories, taken from those stories.
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Miscellaneous
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Letters to the Editor
Letters page.
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Miscellaneous
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Found on the inside front cover.
He Bombed Toyko

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Subject Matter
biography
General Jimmie Doolittle
General Jimmie Doolittle
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The Lost Colony

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Subject Matter
historical, informational
Roanoke
Historical feature on Roanoke, the "Lost Colony" off the coast of North Carolina.
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Miscellaneous
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Flying Viking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
biography
Major Ole Rieistad
Major Ole Rieistad
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Miscellaneous
6
Friend of Animals

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Subject Matter
biography
Henry Bergen
Henry Bergen
Biography of the founder of the S.P.C.A. [Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals].
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Miscellaneous
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Young America Hits the Trail

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Subject Matter
biography
Monroe Smith
Monroe Smith
Biography of the director of American Youth Hostels.
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Miscellaneous
4
[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Natalie Purvin Prager (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
activity
Is It True?
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Miscellaneous
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Cave Nurse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
biography
Joanna Stavridi
Joanna Stavridi
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Miscellaneous
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The Netherlands East Indies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
historical, informational
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Miscellaneous
7
He Fought for Freedom

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Subject Matter
biography
William Wallace
William Wallace
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Miscellaneous
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The Modest Miracle

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Subject Matter
biography
Robert R. Williams
Robert R. Williams
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Miscellaneous
5
[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
celebrity
True's Movie Guide
Bambi; Gary Cooper (photo); Gene Autry (photo)
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Miscellaneous
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Hobby Lobby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
biography
Dave Elman
Dave Elman
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Miscellaneous
4
Three Men on a Raft

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Subject Matter
war
Harold S. Dixon; Anthony Pastula; Gene Aldrich
Harold S. Dixon; Anthony Pastula; Gene Aldrich
Biographies of these three men named above.
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Miscellaneous
7
[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Truly Comic!
Jokes.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
activity
20 Questions
Quiz based on the contents of this issue.
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

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Calling All Girls; True Comics
Promotional ads for True Comics and Calling All Girls comic magazines.
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Miscellaneous
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On the inside back cover.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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(Various)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Real Heroes; Calling All Girls
Promotional ads for Real Heroes and Calling All Girls comic magazines.
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Miscellaneous
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On the back cover.

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