True Comics #1

True Comics #1 is an educational anthology featuring stories based on real historical events and figures. The visible stories include an account of Dutch Arctic explorers Heemskerk and Barents becoming trapped among icebergs in the Polar Sea and eventually reaching the Siberian island of Novaya Zemlya; Colonel George Rogers Clark's military campaign to capture Fort Sackville during the American Revolution, resulting in the surrender of the Northwest Territory to the Americans; and the story of Pheidippides, the Spartan runner who was sent to Athens to request aid against the Persians, receiving a divine vision from the god Pan before returning with news that inspired the Athenians to march to Marathon. The issue emphasizes factual, historically significant narratives presented as educational material for young readers.