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It Really Happened (1944) comic books

  • Issue #1
    It Really Happened (1944) 1

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    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Al Camy and Bruce Campbell. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The life of patriot, inventor, publisher and all-around polymath Ben Franklin; Ernest J. King becomes commander of the US Naval Fleet during WWII; Gautama Buddha seeks enlightenment, and finds a way that millions will follow. Lieutenant Richard Barklie Lakin; Jan Christiaan Smuts; Behind the Enemy Lines; Benjamin Franklin; Triple-Threat Admiral; The Dixie Demons; Gautama Buddha - the Beggar Prince; Bloopie the G.I. Monkey; Kit Carson; Technical Sergeant Charles Vondrachek. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    It Really Happened (1944) 2

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    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Filipino statesman and soldier Manuel Luis Quezon; Italian revolutionary Joseph Mazzini; The Royal Navy's X-Class midget subs help make D-Day possible. Faro of the Partisans; Bernardo O'Higgins - Soldier of Liberation; The Terrible Tiddlers - the Story of the British X-Boats; Sevier of Tennessee; Manuel Luis Quezon - Sparkplug of Freedom; Mungo Park - African Pioneer; Attack at Attu; Joseph Mazzini - The Voice of Action. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    It Really Happened (1944) 3

    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Alex Schomburg and others. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Paleontologist, naturalist and explorer Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews; Theodoric the Great, King of the Ostrogoths, goes from captive to conqueror in the 5th century; War heroes of WWII, Lithuania, and even Switzerland. True Life Stories of the Past and Present; Carlsons Raiders; Andrews of Asia; Maid of the Margiris; Theodoric the Great!; Rescue at Truk; General Antoine Henri Jomini; First Lieutenant Ernest Childers; Cabeza De Vaca. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    It Really Happened (1944) 4

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    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. A biography of David Livingstone possibly written by acclaimed novelist Patricia Highsmith in her early days; True stories of D-Day; Soviet flying ace Alexander Pokryshkin. It Really Happened; D-Day Demons; Dr. David Livingstone; Ace of Aces; Charles Wilkes; For Total Victory; Savage Safari; Albert J. Hoffman; Sir Martin Frobisher. 48 pages, Full Color. NOTE: Says #4 on the cover; indica reads Vol. 2 No. 1. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    It Really Happened (1944) 5

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    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Alex Schomburg, Leo Morey, Nat Schachner, and Homer Fleming. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart dares new boundaries and disappears into history; Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll is also a math whiz who creates logic puzzles; Lou Gehrig becomes a baseball legend in his own tragically short life. Monarchs of the Sea the Story of Whaling; Israel Putnam Who Dared Lead Where Any Dared to Follow; John Brashear, Beloved Lens-Maker and Astronomer; Amelia Earhart; Rockets to the Moon; Lou Gehrig, Baseball's Iron Horse; Jean Fabre; James Pattie, Messenger of the Gila Valley; Lewis Carroll; Sir Nathan B. Forrest, Leader of the Daring Forrest Rangers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    It Really Happened (1944) 6

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    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Chas. M. Quinlan and others. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. War correspondent Ernie Pyle risks his life to cover WWII for America; Legendary tale-spinner Aesop's stories speak across generations; Joan of Arc leads the French army to victory and secures her place in history. Headliners in This Issue; Hobby Corner; UNRRA - Man's Inhumanity to Man; Like Father, Like Son!; Inspiring Inventions; Joseph T. O'Callahan; A Foe of Prejudice; Ernie Pyle - Friend of G.I. Joe; Joan Of Arc; Aesop the Slave - Teller of Tales; True Animal Lore: The Spider's Our Friend!; Little Napoleon; Dr. Harry Archer - The Fireman's Doctor. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    It Really Happened (1944) 7

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    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Chas. M. Quinlan, King Ward, Nat Schachner and A. M. Froehlich. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Jefferson Davis becomes president of the Confederate States of America; Features on the eagle and on naturalist and birder John James Audubon; Bess Myerson becomes the first Jewish Miss America. Headliners in This Issue; Hobby Corner; General George C. Marshall; Jefferson Davis; Inspiring Inventions: Helicopter - Tomorrow's Taxi; Like Father, Like Son; Toy-Town, U.S.A.; Sir Walter Raleigh - Gallant Explorer; Bess Myerson - The Amazing Miss America; They Won Their Spurs; True Animal Lore: Famous Eagle; John James Audubon; Edith Houghton - Big League Baseball Scout. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    It Really Happened (1944) 8

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    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Chas. M. Quinlan, King Ward, Nat Schachner and A. M. Froehlich. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Champion racehorse Man O' War; Pappy Boyington, the legendary air commander of the Flying Tigers and Black Sheep Squadron; Roy Rogers becomes everyone's favorite singing cowboy. Headliners in This Issue; Hobby Corner: Autographs!; Fiorello H. LaGuardia; Roy Rogers - King of the Cowboys; Inspiring Inventions: Bailey Bridge!; Angel of Mercy; Man O' War - Horse of the Century; James H. 'Jimmy' Hare; Ambassador of Mirth; Lady at the Zoo; True Animal Lore: Famous Eagle; 'Pappy' Boyington!; Manuel Avila Camacho - Good Neighbor. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    It Really Happened (1944) 9

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    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by King Ward, Nat Schachner and Ken Battefield. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Stories of the courageous women who dared the American frontier; Photography pioneer George Eastman, founder of the Kodak company; Alexandre Dumas, the author of Three Musketeers and other adventure classics. Hobby Corner; "Fighting Bill" William O'Dwyer; Pioneer Mothers; Inspiring Inventions: Carl Norden and the Norden Bombsight; "Bring 'em Back Alive" Frank Buck; Old Ironsides - The U.S.S. Constitution; Operation Salvage; George Eastman - Inventor of the Kodak; Alexandre Dumas, the Father Alexandre Dumas, the Son; News Snapshots - Past and Present; Hangman's Gold The Story of Cap'n William Kidd. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    It Really Happened (1944) 10

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    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by King Ward, Nat Schachner and Ken Battefield. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Author Mark Twain and explorer Sir Richard Burton, two heroes of the Riverworld series of books, are featured in the same issue; The story of the Statue of Liberty; Mini-histories of the Hindenburg crash and Lincoln's assassination. Headliners; Fiddler's Reach; Lady of Liberty; They Won Their Spurs! John Basilone Marine; Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens; Judo; Sir Richard Francis Burton; Leroy R. 'Roy' Grumman Navy Plane Marker; John Wesley Hyatt; Southern Paul Revere; The Flying Dutchman, John Peter "Honus" Wagner; News Snapshots - Past and Present; Nathanael Greene - Quaker General; Strange, Isn't It? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    It Really Happened (1944) 11

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    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by King Ward, Nat Schachner and Fred Guardineer. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Notorious female pirate Anne Bonney is featured in an action-girl cover and story; Poet Robert Burns is so beloved in his native Scotland that his birthday becomes a national holiday; Mini-histories of the Titanic and Molly Pitcher. It Really Happened Headliners; The Law Says...!; Inspired Woman; They Won Their Spurs!: Commander David McCampbell; Waitin' For the Robert E. Lee; Never Walk Again?; Lady of the Black Flag; Sonny Wells' Debt; The Newsboy Who Didn't Forget; Robert Burns - Beloved Poet; Lincoln Ellsworth - Hero of the Poles; A Little Piece of Paper!; King of the Cowboys; It Really Happened! Final issue of the series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.