The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
Over 75 SO-Called Funny Magazines Now on the Market

A new magazine for boys ana giris of all ages called True Comlcs aF S heing launched by the publishers ol "Parents' Magazine. Irue Con ics', is similar only i'll formal 10 Glte nresent. 'comic'' magazines. It oii- fers radically in subject ana eol- tor;al treatment. In full color, the first issue, just out, deals Wlth eA- aitino events of past and present history instead of the lurld ana nm possible fictional characters-llloiiSs n''is frotesoue than any newspaper WouIU I1 nrint-that are featured Ill "coillle ;naUazines Of which there are no" more than Seventy-five.
 As an antidote for the hlrld com ic" magazines which are read Wloe. Iv bv children in spite of protests o1 narents and teachers, the puollslleIs of PARENTS MAGAZINE announce a new bi-monthly magazine IROH COMICS. It is the first education e1 naoazine ever published ln the 1onular comic" format so attac- five to children. There are aoouV 70 so-called comic" magazines, Jew ol which even pretend to be 1uhliy' They largely dish up fantastlc eX- citement, in colored picture lolln' oortraying impossible, often gro tesoue characters.
 The publishers of PARENTS MA- a GAZINE have no quarrel With lfeWS- Is,- naner comic strips, but belleVe WlVn ,,anv educators and doctors that the present comic" magazines are definitely objectionable. oVer-sVliilu- lating reading for young mlnoS.
 The only similarity of TRUE COMICS to the present tlood ol "comic" magazines is in format' US 64 colored picture pages portray eX- citing events of present ana pasS history. Using the adventures ol the worlds greatest heroes ana ne roines as story material the editors have created a magazine full ot sur ring drama that boys and girls ot all ages will thoroughly enjoy. Parents have tried prohibition in their t!gh1 against the lurid comic magazines with little success. Now they have a wholesome substitute to offer that " blieye, their children will glaoly accept.
 According to an announcement by George J. Hecht, publisher of the new magazine, " True Comics is an ante0ote for the lurid comic maga- zines widely read by children Ill spite of the increasing protests o1 their parents and teachers" MT. Hech* added, "We have no con- plainE against the comic strips printed in the newspapers. Our fight is being waged against the so- called comic magazines which tor the most part are cheap, fantastic and over stimulating for young mines"
 Tha first issue of the new maga- zine of which David T. Marke, young historian is editor, features i'll IT pages the life of Winston Churchill as World Hero ON. T.. Hendrix Willem van Loon, historian, author, commentator, has contributed pie ture story in his well-known style entitled, Famous Failure. Other picture-sequence stories, all in full color, depict the thrilling adventures and conquests of Simon Bolivar, South American Liberator; the orig in of the Olympic Marathon; the curious story Of the first naval sub marine: the conquest of yellow fe- yer in Cuba; and the story of George Rogers Clarke of Revolutionary War fame, the first chapter of an install ment series on Frontier Fighters. Also an illustrated picture My Greatest Adventure" by Lowell Thomas.
 Shirle y'Temple, Mickey Rooney, Gloria Jean, Virginia Weidler and