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Catechetical Guild Comics
(1942-1972, George A. Pflaum: publisher) Founded by Father Louis Gales, who also created the long-running Catholic Digest, the Guild created educational materials for Catholic youth, often featuring exciting adventure stories, saints� lives, and other �illustrated classics� type edutainment. NOTE - You can find more scans from the <i>American Catholic Research Center and University Archives</i> at this link - http://tinyurl.com/owucbt2
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Timeless Topix / Topix
(1942 Series) 1942 to Sep. 1953 Issues Published: 160 (Timeless-38 / Topix-122) Directed at children�particularly those in Catholic schools�it featured a combination of inspirational fables, profiles of saints and Church notables, adaptations of Biblical stories, and the odd cartoon strip with a strong moral tale. Tracking: numbering continues in Topix v5 #1. Notes: There are no issues v6#1-3, 6, 12-14. Issues v5#3 and v5#13 are both misnumbered v5#4 in the indicia. <b>Charles Schulz</b> was hired by an editor to letter adventure comics after he was discharged from the army following WWII.
![Topix v06 04 [#54] (1948) cover](https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/thumbnails/25240.jpg)
Treasure Chest
(1946 Series) March 12, 1946 to Fall 1972 Issues Published: 496 (#v1#1 [1] - #v27#8 [496]) <b>NOTE - please do NOT upload any issues beyond v15 #9 (#275) as they fall after our 1959 cut-off date.</b> Treasure Chest was a long-lived experiment in educational comics mounted by the Catholic Guild starting in the mid-1940s and continuing into the early 70s. Packed with stories including historical adventure, literary adaptations, illustrated science facts, sports, lessons in citizenship, and some mild religious allusions, Treasure Chest gamely tried to beat the �bad comics� at their own game and use the medium to instill good values and taste. High standards of art and graphic storytelling and distribution through schools and churches ensured there would be plenty of takers. NOTE - You can find more scans from the <i>American Catholic Research Center and University Archives</i> at this link - http://tinyurl.com/owucbt2
