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Issue: Real Fact Comics #6
Publication Date: January 1947
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Issues: #6 of 21 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/11/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The First Man to Reach Mars!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman; George Papp; Jack Lehti
Inker(s): Virgil Finlay; George Papp; Jack Lehti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tommy Tomorrow
Character(s): Tommy Tomorrow; Charles Courtney; Ted Husing
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Real Fact Comics

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 0.67
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King of Keys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Penciller(s): George Papp (signed)
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Charles Courtney
Synopsis: A biography of Charles Courtney, famous locksmith.
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Pages: 6
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Columbus of Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff; George Kashdan; Bernie Breslauer
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Virgil Finlay
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Sherman (Logo)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tommy Tomorrow
Character(s): Col. Tommy Tomorrow (introduction)
Synopsis: Tommy Tomorrow applies at Rocket College in 1954. He learns rocket engineering and masters astronomy. Upon graduation, because he has the highest grades of his class, the Army chooses him for "Operation Mars". After another year of training, in August 1960, Col. Tomorrow blasts off for Mars. Days later he arrives at his destination. He plants an American flag, becoming the first man ever to set foot on another world.
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In Content Item: FlagMysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics #[nn] published October 1980
as Columbus of Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPulp Fiction Library: Mystery in Space #[nn] published November 1999
as Columbus of Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Frank Thomas

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Scotland Yard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer ?
Inker(s): Win Mortimer ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Wonders of the World
Synopsis: Scotland Yard's physical facility and training program are depicted.
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Lynn Herzog, "Sugar-Chile" Robinson, Jo Ann Durand, Frank de Beche

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stookie Allen (signed)
Penciller(s): Stookie Allen (signed)
Inker(s): Stookie Allen (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): The Junior Journal
Character(s): Lynn Herzog; "Sugar-Chile" Robinson; Franz De Beche; Jo Ann Durand
Synopsis: Accomplishments by several youngsters are pictured and described.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Ray [as Fray]
Inker(s): Fred Ray
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Once in a Lifetime
Character(s): Johnny Dalton
First Line: Annapolis, 1909...
Synopsis: A true story of Johnny Dalton winning the Army Navy game in 1910.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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O Is for Opposum

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Jungle in New Hampshire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Smalle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): Johnny Benson
Synopsis: This is a feature on Benson's Animal Farm in New Hampshire.
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Pages: 5
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos (signed)
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Scoops... Pictures to Remember!
Synopsis: Six historical firsts are described through drawings and text.
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The Father of the Submarine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Ray [as Fray]
Inker(s): Fred Ray
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): David Bushnell
Synopsis: David Bushnell invents the submarine in 1776.
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Pages: 4
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Army Patches

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Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ? (title); typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hobbyland...
Synopsis: Collecting army patches is described.
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Daly
Inker(s): John Daly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Quiz Corner
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Pages: 4
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Joe Kudluk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Stookie Allen (signed)
Inker(s): Stookie Allen (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Men of Daring
Character(s): Joe Kudluk
Synopsis: An Eskimo's heroic deeds are depicted.
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Genie of the Bottle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Sherman (Logo)
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): A "Famous First" Feature
Character(s): Edouard Benedictus
Synopsis: The invention of safety glass is the subject.
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #5 published February 1951
as Genie of the Bottle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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If the Sun Went Out!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger and; Bernie Breslauer
Penciller(s): Virgil Finlay
Inker(s): Virgil Finlay
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Just Imagine
Synopsis: Speculation on mankind's fate is presented.
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In Content Item: FlagMystery in Space #1 published April 1951
as If The Sun Went Out! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPulp Fiction Library: Mystery in Space #[nn] published November 1999
as Just Imagine - .. if the Sun Went Out! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Feature(s): You Tell Us!
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Disclose Notes: Letters from: Doug Cole, Marvin Daitch, Claire Rosemary Dralle, Allan Hurwitz, Lucien Bilodeau, Robin Wink, Ray Berthisume, Harlan Ellison, Arlene McDaniel, Tommy Beder, Bill Horleman, Judith Hill, Kenneth Sander, Irene Deutsch, Jack Klapper, Richard Thompson, and Jean Burns.

A letter from future science fiction writer Harlan Ellison (as a child) is published. It is his first published writing; albeit one sentence ("My parents welcome REAL FACT COMICS as wholeheartedly as I do.")
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Ace Sportscaster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Lehti (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Lehti (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Ted Husing
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Ted Husing is profiled.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Circus Candy Factory
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chemcraft
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How Thom McAn Prevented a Cave Disaster

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos ?
Inker(s): George Roussos ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, informational
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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