Parents' Magazine Press (True Comics, Real Heroes, True Aviation Picture-Stories, etc.) 2 2

[Electricmastro]

An appreciation thread for Parents' Magazine Press, who started off with True Comics in 1941 and went defunct in 1965, their longest-running series having been True Comics, Calling All Girls, and Polly Pigtails.

Their comics include:

True Comics (1941)

Calling All Girls (1941)

Polly Pigtails (1946)

Calling All Kids (1945)

Calling All Boys (1946)

Real Heroes (1941)

Jack Armstrong (1947)

Sweet Sixteen (1946)

True Aviation Picture-Stories (1943)

Funny Book (1942)

Special Agent (1947)

Tex Granger (1948)

Red Goose Comic Selections (1944)

Sport Stars (1946)

Red Feather (1946)

Aviation Adventures and Model Building (1946)

Negro Heroes (1947)

Red Ball Comic Book (1947)

True Animal Picture-Stories (1947)

True Aviation Comics Digest (1942)

Clothing for Courage (1945)

Comics Digest (1942)

Extra (1942)

George Westinghouse (1946)

Great Stories for Young Folks (1943)

How Boys and Girls Can Help Win the War (1942)

Man-Made Miracle (1946)

Outstanding American War Heroes (1944)

Round the World Gift (1944)

There Are No Master Races (1944)

They Got the Blame (1943)

Three Fronts - One Cause (1943)

Other appreciation threads: https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/470215-publisher-appreciation-threads/

Edited August 24, 2020 by Electricmastro

[Scrooge]

[Scrooge]

Some True Comics -

[Robot Man]

Tough publisher. Probably very little demand for these.

 

[Robot Man]

And I am probably the only male (and living) member of the Polly Pigtails Club...

[Scrooge]

10 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

I have that scarf as well but IIRC mine has a green border. 

[Robot Man]

1 minute ago, Scrooge said:

I have that scarf as well but IIRC mine has a green border. 

Well, I guess that makes two of us...

Stuff like this is just lost to time and very few comic collectors seem to care.

[Scrooge]

[Kevin.J]

59 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

Tough publisher. Probably very little demand for these.

 

 

I think you are correct, I like to think I have at least something from every publisher, but I am not sure if I have this time  

I need to check 

[walclark]

Here's  an interesting comic that I own from this publisher.  Of course, it is the first appearance of Sad Sack.  Unless there is a Sad Sack movie in the works, that probably doesn't mean much to the younger generation of collectors.

 

What caught my eye on this book was the address label.  Jimmie Mackie was the younger of the two brothers (Leroy was the older) that accumulated the Cookeville collection.

 

[Scrooge]

[Electricmastro]

1 hour ago, Robot Man said:

Tough publisher. Probably very little demand for these.

 

Yeah, I can definitely see it being of lower focus/priority, even as in just in the realm of a Golden Age comics, but I figured to make a thread anyway thinking some people might have PMP stashed away anyway and make for some potential historical analysis.

[Kevin.J]

1 hour ago, Kevin.J said:

I think you are correct, I like to think I have at least something from every publisher, but I am not sure if I have this time  

I need to check 

40 mins of looking and I found one, not sure if it was worth the effort taken

 

 

[eccomic]

Here is one you NEVER see... very rare promotional giveaway comic for the war effort published by Parents Magazine and may be the rarest ephemera related to that publisher

 

Edited June 1, 2020 by eccomic

[walclark]

[Marty Mann]

After listening to JACK ARMSTRONG on the radio it was a pleasure to find this on the newsstand.

 

[walclark]

My only Vancouver.

[Electricmastro]

True Comics #76 (April, 1949). Artist unknown.

[Frisco Larson]

Eldon Hamann pedigree

[Frisco Larson]

Eldon