Issue: #3
Published: August 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: David T. Marke
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
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| Text Article (1 page) |
We Become a Monthly |
| Synopsis: |
Announcement that True Comics has become a monthly title. |
| Credits: |
Script: George J. Hecht | Pencils: ? (photo) | Inks: ? (photo) | Letters: Typeset |
| Characters: |
Virginia Weidler (photo, March 21, 1927 - July 1, 1968, Child Actor) Mickey Rooney (photo, September 23, 1920, Actor) Dr. George H. Gallup (photo, November 18, 1901 - July 26, 1984) Dr. George Johnson (photo) |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
Death Fighter |
| Synopsis: |
Biography of Dr. Robert Koch, the "Father of Bacteriology" who discovered germs and how they work. He received the Nobel Prize in 1905. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Biography |
| Characters: |
Dr. Robert Koch (1843-1910) |
| Text Article (2 pages) |
From Fun to Fortune |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (photo) | Inks: ? (photo) | Letters: Typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Town that Can't Be Licked: Ware, Massachusetts |
| Synopsis: |
How the citizens of Ware Massachusetts bought the failing factory in their town and turned around their economy. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Minot C. Wood (Bank President) |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
The Battle of Lake Erie: Oliver Hazard Perry |
| Synopsis: |
Commander Perry battles the English Navy on Lake Eerie during the war of 1812. |
| Genre: |
War |
| Characters: |
Oliver Hazard Perry (1785 - 1819) |
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