State Department Comic

United States 1949

“The Story Behind the State Department” comic, from True Comics #75, published February 1949. True Comics was an educational comic book for children that portrayed government and historical figures rather than superheroes.

  • Source/Credit: Gift of Howard Betts
  • Catalog Number: 2014.0006.03.01-.03
  • Created: 1949
  • Acquired: 2014

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