Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	August 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	David T. Marke

Cover Details

Genre

Fact; Biography

1 page text article "We Become a Monthly"

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)
Synopsis	Announcement that True Comics has become a monthly title.
Script	George J. Hecht
Pencils	? (photo)
Inks	? (photo)
Letters	Typeset

8 page story "Chinese Hero No. 1 (part 1)"

Characters	Chiang Kai-Shek (October 31, 1887 - April 5, 1975); Doctor Sun Yat-Sen (November 12, 1866 - March 12, 1925); Yuan Shih-Kai (September 16, 1859 - June 6, 1916)
Synopsis	The story of Chaing Kai-Shek's life from birth until leaving of China after failing to stop Yuan Shih-Kai from declaring himself Emperor.
Genre	Fact; Biography

3 page story "A Forgotten Woman in History"

Characters	Deborah Sampson (1760 - 1827); General John Patterson (1744 - 1808)
Synopsis	The story of Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man so she could fight in the Revolutionary War.
Genre	Fact; War

8 page story "Death Fighter"

Characters	Dr. Robert Koch (1843-1910)
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	Fact; Biography

6 page story "Billy Bishop, Canadian Air Ace"

Characters	William Avery "Billy" Bishop (1894-1956)
Synopsis	Biography of Canadian WWI Ace "Billy" Bishop.
Genre	Biography; War

10 page story "Frontier Fighter"

Characters	Daniel Boone (1734 - 1820)
Synopsis	The life story of Daniel Boone, primarily focused on his opening of Kentucky to settlement.
Genre	Western; Biography

4 page story "Baseball's Hall of Fame"

Characters	Ty Cobb (1886 - 1961); John Henry "Honus" Wagner (1874 - 1955); George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1895 - 1948); Cristy Mathewson (1880 - 1925); Walter Johnson (1887 - 1946); Napoleon Lajoie (1874 - 1959)
Genre	Sport; Biography

4 page story "Unsung Hero"

Characters	Captain John Jouett (1754-1822); Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805); Colonel Tarleton; Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Synopsis	How Captain Jouett helped Thomas Jefferson and other patriots escape cature from British forces.
Genre	War; Fact; Biography
Notes	American Revolutionary War story.

2 page text article "From Fun to Fortune"

Genre	Fact
Pencils	? (photo)
Inks	? (photo)
Letters	Typeset

6 page story "Land War"

Characters	Lt. Colonel E.D. Swinton (1868-1951); Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Synopsis	History of tank warfare and information on various types of tanks created by different countries for use in WWII.
Genre	War; Fact
Notes	WWII story.

5 page story "The Town that Can't Be Licked: Ware, Massachusetts"

Characters	Minot C. Wood (Bank President)
Synopsis	How the citizens of Ware Massachusetts bought the failing factory in their town and turned around their economy.
Genre	Fact

8 page story "The Battle of Lake Erie: Oliver Hazard Perry"

Characters	Oliver Hazard Perry (1785 - 1819)
Synopsis	Commander Perry battles the English Navy on Lake Eerie during the war of 1812.
Genre	War