Digital Comic Museum - True Comics 074 -JVJ


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From the JVJ Collection, scans by soothsayr, krac edits

Issue: #74
Published: December 1948, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Jack De Simone; Ralph O. Ellsworth (associate art director); Dorothea Filosa (associate art director)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	A Famous Coach's Special Football Tips]; [The Story Behind the T-Men]; [Amos N' Andy]; [The Case of Public Enemy No. 1
Genre:	Detective-mystery Sports

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Shelby Bicycle
Synopsis:	Shelby bicycle ad featuring the Bobby Shelby strip.
Credits:	Pencils: Lee Elias (signed) \| Inks: Lee Elias (signed)
Characters:	Bobby Shelby

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Story Behind the U.S. Treasury
Synopsis:	1st in a series.
Genre:	Non-fiction History

Text Article (1 page)
Featuring:	My Most Interesting True Experience
Credits:	Script: Babe Ruth (signed) \| Pencils: Ed Smalle (signed) \| Inks: Ed Smalle (signed) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction Biography Sports

Comic Story (4 pages)	Amos and Andy
Synopsis:	Radio program.
Genre:	Non-fiction Biography
Characters:	Freeman Gosden Charles Correll

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Wheaties
Synopsis:	Wheaties ad featuring Cincinnati Reds pitcher, Ewell Blackwell.
Credits:	Letters: ?; mostly typeset
Genre:	Sports
Characters:	Ewell Blackwell

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Happy Warrior
Featuring:	Alfred E. Smith
Genre:	Advocacy Biography
Characters:	Alfred E. "Al" Smith

Text Article (2 pages)	Electric Power
Featuring:	American Adventures in Industry
Synopsis:	Last in the series. Illustrated text featuring schematics by Duquesne Light Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Parent's Magazine Press
Synopsis:	Subscription ad for Parent's Magazine Press.
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Activity (1 page)
Featuring:	Are You a Quiz Whiz?
Synopsis:	Text quiz.
Credits:	Letters: mostly typeset
Characters:	Gene Autry

Comic Story (4 pages)	Football Tips
Featuring:	Lou Little
Synopsis:	Football tips given by Lou Little, head coach at Columbia University.
Credits:	Script: Lou Little (signed)
Genre:	Sports
Characters:	Lou Little

Text Article (2 pages)	Highlights in the Life of Tom Dewey
Credits:	Pencils: ? (2 panels art) \| Inks: ? (2 panels art) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction Advocacy Biography
Characters:	Thomas E. Dewey

Text Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Truly Comic!
Synopsis:	Page consists of jokes sent in by readers, plus some classified ads.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Case of Public Enemy No. 1
Featuring:	Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigations
Synopsis:	The FBI ambushes John Dillinger outside a Chicago movie theater.
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Steve Saunders John Dillinger Bob Hank Ann Sage [Ana Cumpănaş]

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Daisy Air Rifles; Red Ryder
Synopsis:	Ad for Daisy Air Rifles, featuring Red Ryder and Little Beaver.
Credits:	Pencils: Fred Harman (signed) \| Inks: Fred Harman (signed)
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Red Ryder Little Beaver

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