Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact

    (George A. Pflaum, 1946-1972)
™ and ©1958 George A. Pflaum

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” (the ones that caused juvenile delinquency and worse…) at their own game and use the medium to instill good values and taste. High standards of art and graphic storytelling kept Treasure Chest from sinking under the weight of its didactic ambitions, and distribution through schools and churches ensured there would be plenty of takers, if not readers.
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  • 1
    #1
    Mar 1946
    Vol.1 #1
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    #2
    Mar 1946
    Vol.1 #2
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    #3
    Apr 1946
    Vol.1 #3
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    #4
    Easter cover
    Apr 1946
    Vol.1 #4
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    #5
    Pirate cover
    May 1946
    Vol.1 #5
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    #6
    May Crowning cover
    May 1946
    Vol.1 #6
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    #7
    Sep 1946
    Vol. 2 #1
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    #8
    Sep 1946
    Vol. 2 #2
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    #9
    Oct 1946
    Vol. 2 #3
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    #10
    Oct 1946
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    #11
    Oct 1946
    Vol. 2 #5
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    #12
    Nov 1946
    Vol. 2 #6
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    Nov 1946
    Vol. 2 #7
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    Dec 1946
    Vol. 2 #8
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    Dec 1946
    Vol. 2 #9
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    Jan 1947
    Vol. 2 #10
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    Jan 1947
    Vol. 2 #11
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    #18
    Feb 1947
    Vol. 2 #12
    1 copy for $49.99
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    #19
    Feb 1947
    Vol. 2 #13
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    #20
    Mar 1947
    Vol. 2 #14
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    #21
    Mar 1947
    Vol. 2 #15
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    #22
    Apr 1947
    Vol. 2 #16
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    Apr 1947
    Vol. 2 #17
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    #24
    Apr 1947
    Vol. 2 #18
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    #25
    May 1947
    Vol. 2 #19
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    #26
    May 1947
    Vol. 2 #20
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    #27
    Sep 1947
    Vol. 3 #1
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    Sep 1947
    Vol. 3 #2
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    Oct 1947
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    Vol. 3 #6
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    Vol. 3 #7
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    Dec 1947
    Vol. 3 #8
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    Dec 1947
    Vol. 3 #9
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    Jan 1948
    Vol. 3 #10
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    Jan 1948
    Vol. 3 #11
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    #38
    Feb 1948
    Vol. 3 #12
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    #39
    Feb 1948
    Vol. 3 #13
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    Mar 1948
    Vol. 3 #14
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    #41
    Mar 1948
    Vol. 3 #15
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    #42
    Mar 1948
    Vol. 3 #16
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    Apr 1948
    Vol. 3 #17
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    Apr 1948
    Vol. 3 #18
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    #45
    May 1948
    Vol. 3 #19
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    #46
    May 1948
    Vol. 3 #20
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    #47
    Sep 1948
    Vol. 4 #1
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    #48
    Sep 1948
    Vol. 4 #2
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    #49
    Oct 1948
    Vol. 4 #3
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    #50
    Oct 1948
    Vol. 4 #4
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    #51
    Nov 1948
    Vol. 4 #5
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    #52
    Nov 1948
    W: Rutherford Montgomery  ·  A: Jim Mooney, Ed Hunter
    Vol. 4 #6
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    #53
    Nov 1948
    Vol. 4 #7
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    #54
    Dec 1948
    Vol. 4 #8
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    #55
    Dec 1948
    Vol. 4 #9
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    #56
    Jan 1949
    Vol. 4 #10
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    #57
    Jan 1949
    Vol. 4 #11
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    #58
    Feb 1949
    Vol. 4 #12
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    #59
    Feb 1949
    Vol. 4 #13
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    #60
    Mar 1949
    Vol. 4 #14
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    #61
    Mar 1949
    W: Frank Huffman, H.K. Williams, S.A. Quintt  ·  A: Frank Huffman, H.K. Williams, S.A. Quintt
    Vol. 4 #15
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    #62
    Apr 1949
    Vol. 4 #16
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    #63
    Apr 1949
    Vol. 4 #17
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    #64
    May 1949
    Vol. 4 #18
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    #65
    May 1949
    Vol. 4 #19
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    #66
    May 1949
    Vol. 4 #20
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    #67
    Sep 1949
    W: E.A. Jurist
    Vol. 5 #1
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    #68
    Sep 1949
    W: H.G. Felsen, E.A. Jurist  ·  A: Lloyd Ostendorf
    Vol. 5 #2
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    #69
    Oct 1949
    W: E.A. Jurist, Terence Kay  ·  A: Lloyd Ostendorf
    Vol. 5 #3
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    #70
    Oct 1949
    W: E.A. Jurist
    Vol. 5 #4
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    #71
    Nov 1949
    W: E.A. Jurist, Bill Berry, John Gartner  ·  A: Joe Maneely
    Vol. 5 #5
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    #72
    Nov 1949
    W: E.A. Jurist, Ivy Bolton
    Vol. 5 #6
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    #73
    Nov 1949
    W: H.G. Felsen, E.A. Jurist, Ivy Bolton  ·  A: Frank M. Borth, Bill Berry, Ed Hunter
    Vol. 5 #7
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    #74
    Dec 1949
    W: Ivy Bolton, H.G. Felsen  ·  A: Ed Hunter
    Vol. 5 #8
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    #75
    Dec 1949
    W: H.G. Felsen, Ivy Bolton, Burton Geller  ·  A: Lloyd Ostendorf, Frank M. Borth
    Vol. 5 #9
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    #76
    Jan 1950
    W: H.G. Felsen  ·  A: Ed Hunter
    Vol. 5 #10
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    #77
    Jan 1950
    W: H.G. Felsen  ·  A: Ed Hunter, Frank M. Borth
    Vol. 5 #11
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    #78
    Feb 1950
    W: H.G. Felsen  ·  A: Ed Hunter, Lloyd Ostendorf, Frank M. Borth
    Vol. 5 #12
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    #79
    Feb 1950
    W: H.G. Felsen  ·  A: Ed Hunter
    Vol. 5 #13
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    #80
    Mar 1950
    W: H.G. Felsen, E.A. Jurist, Gertrude Crampton, Bill Berry  ·  A: Ed Hunter, Frank M. Borth, Lloyd Ostendorf, Sidney Quinn, Bill Berry
    Vol. 5 #14; Chuck White; Story of Father Adam Marsh
    1 copy for $74.99
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    #81
    Mar 1950
    W: H.G. Felsen, E.A. Jurist  ·  A: Ed Hunter, Frank M. Borth
    Vol. 5 #15
    1 copy for $44.99
  • 82
    #82
    Apr 1950
    W: E.A. Jurist, Ivy Bolton, H.G. Felsen  ·  A: Frank M. Borth, Lloyd Ostendorf, Ed Hunter
    Vol. 5 #16
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    #83
    Apr 1950
    W: E.A. Jurist  ·  A: Frank M. Borth
    Vol. 5 #17
    2 copies from $13.60
  • 84
    #84
    May 1950
    W: Ray St. Clair, Bill Berry, E.A. Jurist  ·  A: Sidney Quinn, Bill Berry, Lloyd Ostendorf, Frank Huffman, Frank M. Borth
    Vol. 5 #18
    1 copy for $74.99
  • 85
    #85
    May 1950
    W: E.A. Jurist, Ferris Weddle  ·  A: Bill Berry, Frank M. Borth, Lloyd Ostendorf, Burton Geller
    Vol. 5 #19
    1 copy for $74.99
  • 86
    #86
    May 1950
    W: E.A. Jurist, Gertrude Crampton  ·  A: Frank M. Borth, Lloyd Ostendorf, Sidney Quinn
    Vol. 5 #20
    1 copy for $74.99
  • 87
    #87
    Sep 1950
    W: C.E. Fiel, H.G. Felsen, Hank Felsen, Eileen Fiel, Burton Geller, Ray St. Clair, Eric St. Clair, Mary Fabyan Windeatt, John L. Cooney  ·  A: Frank M. Borth, Paul Eismann, Burton Geller, Mart Bailey, Ed Hunter, Earl Lonsbury
    Vol. 6 #1; Chuck White; Eileen Fiel writing as C.E. Fiel; Eric St. Clair writing as Ray St. Clair; Hank Felsen writing as H.G. Felsen; John Cooney writing as J.L. Cooney; Story of Dominc Savio; Story of Tommy Harmon; The sacrament of Baptism
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  • 88
    #88
    Sep 1950
    Vol. 6 #2
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  • 89
    #89
    Oct 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Mary Fabyan Windeatt, H.G. Felsen, Alice Alison Lide, Bill Berry, Eileen Fiel, C.E. Fiel, Ralph Mason, Ed Hunter  ·  A: Mart Bailey, Frank M. Borth, Bill Berry, Paul Eismann, Ed Hunter, Earl Lonsbury
    Vol. 6 #3; Chuck White; Eileen Fiel writing as C.E. Fiel; Henry G.“Hank”Felsen writing as H.G. Felsen; Reprint from Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #74 (Vol. 5 #8, December 13, 1949); Reprint from Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #74, Vol. 5 #8 (December 13, 1949); Story of saint Tarcisius; The sacrament of Confirmation
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    #90
    Oct 1950
    Vol. 6 #4
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    #91
    Nov 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Helen L. Gillum, Max Pine, Sadie Costa, Bobbie Klosterman, Lucy Parr, Frank Moss, Goddard Sherman, Hank Annen, Bill Walsh  ·  A: Lloyd Ostendorf, Fran Matera, Frank Johnson, Reed Crandall, Frank M. Borth, Goddard Sherman, Bill Walsh
    Vol. 6 #5
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    #92
    Nov 1950
    Vol. 6 #6
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    #93
    Dec 1950
    W: H.G. Felsen, C.E. Fiel, Eileen Fiel, Alice Alison Lide, Bill Hackney, H.W. Sandberg, Harold Sandberg, Ed Hunter  ·  A: Frank M. Borth, Paul Eismann, Lloyd Ostendorf, Rick Hackney, Ed Hunter
    Vol. 6 #7; Eileen Fiel writing as C.E. Fiel; Harold Sandberg writing as H.W. Sandberg; Henry G.“Hank”Felsen writing as H.G. Felsen
    No copies available
  • 94
    #94
    Dec 1950
    W: C.E. Fiel, Mary Windeatt, Alice Alison Lide  ·  A: Paul Eismann, Marvin Townsend, Mart Bailey, Lloyd Ostendorf
    Vol. 6 #8; Life of Saint Agnes
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    #95
    Jan 1951
    Vol. 6 #9
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    #96
    Jan 1951
    Vol. 6 #10
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  • 97
    #97
    Feb 1951
    W: Jack Dunning, H.G. Felsen, Mary Fabyan Windeatt, Frank Huffman, Bob Rice  ·  A: Jack Dunning, Frank M. Borth, Mart Bailey, Frank Huffman, Earl Lonsbury, Sidney Quinn, Bob Rice
    Vol. 6 #11; Henry G. Felsen writing as H.G. Felsen
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    #98
    Feb 1951
    Vol. 6 #12
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  • 99
    #99
    Mar 1951
    W: H.G. Felsen, Frank J. Evers, Ray St. Clair, Eric St. Clair, Mary Fabyan Windeatt  ·  A: Frank M. Borth, Bill Berry, Mart Bailey, Sidney Quinn, S.A. Quinn, Earl Lonsbury, Marvin Townsend, Ed Hunter
    Vol. 6 #13
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    #100
    Mar 1951
    Vol. 6 #14
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