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True Comics #48
True Comics #48 is an anthology presenting 13 factual features based on historical and contemporary events. One prominent story follows FBI Special Agent Steve Saunders investigating suspicious activity at a famous New York doll shop in June 1942. Another story dramatizes British political history, depicting post-World War I unemployment, the brief 1924 Labour government, and the Great Depression's impact, with particular focus on Ramsay MacDonald's role as head of a Labour government and his formation of a coalition cabinet addressing unemployment. Additional features include stories on Baldys Great Race, Paul Robeson, and Fighting Schoolarm, presented as educational accounts emphasizing factual truth over fictional entertainment.