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Issue: True Comics #74 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1948
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Issues: #74 of 84 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagParents' Magazine Press
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Indicia Publisher: True Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jack De Simone; Ralph O. Ellsworth (associate art director); Dorothea Filosa (associate art director)
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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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A Famous Coach's Special Football Tips]; [The Story Behind the T-Men]; [Amos N' Andy]; [The Case of Public Enemy No. 1

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Genres: mystery, sports
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lee Elias (signed)
Inker(s): Lee Elias (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shelby Bicycle
Character(s): Bobby Shelby
Synopsis: Shelby bicycle ad featuring the Bobby Shelby strip.
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Pages: 1
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The Story Behind the U.S. Treasury

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Genres: historical, informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: 1st in a series.
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Pages: 5
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Writer(s): Babe Ruth (signed)
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Smalle (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational, non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): My Most Interesting True Experience
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Amos and Andy

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Genres: biography, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Freeman Gosden; Charles Correll
Synopsis: Radio program.
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Pages: 4
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; mostly typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, sports
Feature(s): Wheaties
Character(s): Ewell Blackwell
Synopsis: Wheaties ad featuring Cincinnati Reds pitcher, Ewell Blackwell.
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The Happy Warrior

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Subject Matter
Genres: biography, opinion, political
Feature(s): Alfred E. Smith
Character(s): Alfred E. "Al" Smith
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Electric Power

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): American Adventures in Industry
Synopsis: Last in the series. Illustrated text featuring schematics by Duquesne Light Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Parent's Magazine Press
Synopsis: Subscription ad for Parent's Magazine Press.
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): mostly typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: activity
Feature(s): Are You a Quiz Whiz?
Character(s): Gene Autry
Synopsis: Text quiz.
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Football Tips

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Lou Little (signed)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Lou Little
Character(s): Lou Little
Synopsis: Football tips given by Lou Little, head coach at Columbia University.
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Highlights in the Life of Tom Dewey

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (2 panels art)
Inker(s): ? (2 panels art)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction, opinion, political
Character(s): Thomas E. Dewey
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Truly Comic!
Synopsis: Page consists of jokes sent in by readers, plus some classified ads.
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The Case of Public Enemy No. 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigations
Character(s): Steve Saunders; John Dillinger; Bob; Hank; Ann Sage [Ana Cumpănaş]
Synopsis: The FBI ambushes John Dillinger outside a Chicago movie theater.
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Pages: 5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles; Red Ryder
Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver
Synopsis: Ad for Daisy Air Rifles, featuring Red Ryder and Little Beaver.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the back cover.

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