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True Comics #24

May 1943 · Parents' Magazine Press · 0.10 USD

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True Comics #24 is an anthology featuring multiple factual stories, including "Master of Escape" about General Henri Giraud, "Pacific Adventure" depicting Colonel "Blondy" Saunders, a former football player and Army bombing commander, whose plane is damaged over Raisi Harbor in the Solomon Islands and must be piloted to safety despite casualties, and "Explorer of Ocean Depths" about William Beebe and his bathysphere designed to descend 2000 feet below the surface. The issue also advertises fourteen features covering historical and contemporary figures including Marco Polo, Canada's pioneer nurse, and Admiral of Victory William D. Leahy.

Contains 9 stories

Master of Escape

6 pp · Non-Fiction, Biography

Henri GiraudNurse Cavell

Convoy Comes Through!

8 pp · Non-Fiction

Canada's Pioneer Nurse

3.5 pp · Non-Fiction, Biography

Jeanne MancePaul Chomedey Maisonneuve

Admiral of Victory

4 pp · Non-Fiction, Biography, Military

William P. Leahy

World's Most Famous Traveler

8 pp · Non-Fiction, Biography

Marco PoloMaffeo PoloNicolo Polo

Pacific Adventure

3 pp · Non-Fiction

Col. Laverne Saunders [Blondy]

America Becomes a World Power, 1898-1918

8 pp · Non-Fiction, History

Commodore DeweyGridleyTheodore RooseveltWoodrow Wilson

Explorer of Ocean Depths

6 pp · Non-Fiction, Biography

William Beebe

Winner and Still Champion

6 pp · Non-Fiction, Biography

Barney Ross [Barnet David Rasofsky]NickJimmy McLarninHenry Armstrong

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $24

CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $83*

CGC 5.5 none in existence

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CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $49*

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Full credits

writer David S. Muzzey

cover pencils, inks Sam Glankoff

Reprints

Reprinted in Red Goose Comic Selections #4 (1944), Outstanding American War Heroes #[nn]

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#5 1st appearance — Meriwether Lewis

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#53 1st appearance — Wyatt Earp

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