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Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact

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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#18

Feb 1947

Vol. 2 #12

1 copy for $49.99
#19

Feb 1947

Vol. 2 #13

1 copy for $94.99
#47

Sep 1948

Vol. 4 #1

1 copy for $34.99
#51

Nov 1948

Vol. 4 #5

1 copy for $14.50
#54

Dec 1948

Vol. 4 #8

1 copy for $34.99
#60

Mar 1949

Vol. 4 #14

1 copy for $34.99
#67

Sep 1949

W: E.A. Jurist

Vol. 5 #1

1 copy for $94.99
#68

Sep 1949

W: H.G. Felsen, E.A. Jurist · A: Lloyd Ostendorf

Vol. 5 #2

1 copy for $94.99
#69

Oct 1949

W: E.A. Jurist, Terence Kay · A: Lloyd Ostendorf

Vol. 5 #3

1 copy for $74.99
#70

Oct 1949

W: E.A. Jurist

Vol. 5 #4

1 copy for $94.99
#72

Nov 1949

W: E.A. Jurist, Ivy Bolton

Vol. 5 #6

1 copy for $94.99
#73

Nov 1949

W: H.G. Felsen, E.A. Jurist, Ivy Bolton · A: Frank M. Borth, Bill Berry, Ed Hunter

Vol. 5 #7

1 copy for $94.99
#75

Dec 1949

W: H.G. Felsen, Ivy Bolton, Burton Geller · A: Lloyd Ostendorf, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 5 #9

1 copy for $94.99
#76

Jan 1950

W: H.G. Felsen · A: Ed Hunter

Vol. 5 #10

1 copy for $94.99
#77

Jan 1950

W: H.G. Felsen · A: Ed Hunter, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 5 #11

1 copy for $94.99
#78

Feb 1950

W: H.G. Felsen · A: Ed Hunter, Lloyd Ostendorf, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 5 #12

1 copy for $44.99
#79

Feb 1950

W: H.G. Felsen · A: Ed Hunter

Vol. 5 #13

1 copy for $94.99
#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
#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

Apr 1950

W: E.A. Jurist, Ivy Bolton, H.G. Felsen · A: Frank M. Borth, Lloyd Ostendorf, Ed Hunter

Vol. 5 #16

1 copy for $74.99
#83

Apr 1950

W: E.A. Jurist · A: Frank M. Borth

Vol. 5 #17

2 copies from $13.60
#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

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

May 1950

W: E.A. Jurist, Gertrude Crampton · A: Frank M. Borth, Lloyd Ostendorf, Sidney Quinn

Vol. 5 #20

1 copy for $74.99
#178

Feb 1955

Vol. 10 #12

1 copy for $20.00
#236

Jan 1958

W: Father Conroy, Max Pine, Frank Moss, Henry Chapman, Eric St. Clair · A: Frank Huffman, Lloyd Ostendorf, Frank M. Borth, Paul Karch, James O. Christiansen, Eric St. Clair

Vol. 13 #10; Frank Moss writing as Max Pine

1 copy for $9.99
#237

Jan 1958

W: Max Pine, Matt Christopher, Henry Chapman · A: Frank M. Borth, Paul Karch, Ozella Welch, James O. Christiansen

Vol. 13 #11

1 copy for $1.93
#239

Feb 1958

W: Max Pine, Hank Chapman, Matt Christopher, Frank Herman · A: Paul Karch, Frank M. Borth, Ozella Welch, James O. Christiansen, Lloyd Ostendorf, Frank Herman

Vol. 13 #13

1 copy for $5.28
#244

May 1958

Vol. 13 #18

1 copy for $4.56
#307

Sep 1961

Cover: $0.10

W: Frank Moss, Pete Hironaka, Max Pine, John Randolph · A: Frank M. Borth, Ozella Welch, Fran Matera

Vol. 17 #1

1 copy for $24.99
#328

Wraparound cover

Sep 1962

Cover: $0.10

W: Frank Moss · A: Frank M. Borth

Vol. 18 #2

1 copy for $1.10
#329

Wraparound cover by Frank M. Borth

Oct 1962

Cover: $0.10

W: Max Pine, Marian Pehowski, William Girard, Helen Rein McKay, Frank Moss · A: Joe Sinnott, Fran Matera, Pete Hironaka, LLoyd Ostendorf, Dick Giordano, Frank M. Borth, Reed Crandall

Vol. 18 #3

1 copy for $44.99
#342

Apr 1963

Cover: $0.10

W: Ruth Burton, Jim Zofkie, Frank M. Borth, Bill Haines, Max Pine, Eric St. Clair, Marvin Townsend · A: Reed Crandall, Dick Giordano, Frank M. Borth, Bill Haines, Fran Matera, Paul Eismann, Marvin Townsend

Vol. 18 #16

1 copy for $19.99
#343

Wraparound cover by Frank M. Borth

Apr 1963

Cover: $0.10

W: Max Pine, Helen L. Gillum, Ruth Burton, Frank M. Borth · A: Fran Matera, Pete Hironaka, Joe Sinnott, Lloyd Ostendorf, Reed Crandall, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 18 #17

1 copy for $24.99
#347

Sep 1963

Cover: $0.10

Vol. 19 #1

1 copy for $94.99
#348

Sep 1963

Cover: $0.10

Vol. 19 #2

2 copies from $8.50
#349

Oct 1963

Cover: $0.10

Vol. 19 #3

1 copy for $8.50
#350

Wraparound cover

Oct 1963

Cover: $0.10

W: Norah Smaridge, Frank Moss, Max Pine, Fr. Leon McKenzie, Pat Kearin · A: Joe Sinnott, Frank M. Borth, Fran Matera, Reed Crandall, Eddie Wagner

Vol. 19 #4

1 copy for $19.99
#351

Nov 1963

Cover: $0.10

W: Max Pine, Jeanne Anderson, Norah Smaridge, Frank Moss, Marvin Townsend, Bill Haines · A: Fran Matera, Bill Haines, Pete Hironaka, Frank M. Borth, Marvin Townsend

Vol. 19 #5

1 copy for $4.99
#352

Wraparound cover

Nov 1963

Cover: $0.10

Vol. 19 #6

1 copy for $19.99
#354

Wraparound cover

Dec 1963

Cover: $0.10

W: Norah Smaridge, Max Pine, Fr. Leon McKenzie, Frank Moss · A: Joe Sinnott, Frank Huffman, Fran Matera, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 19 #8

1 copy for $19.99
#356

Wraparound cover

Jan 1964

Cover: $0.10

Vol. 19 #10

1 copy for $24.99
#359

Feb 1964

Cover: $0.10

Vol. 19 #13

1 copy for $39.99
#360

Wraparound cover

Mar 1964

Cover: $0.10

W: Berry Reece Jr., Frank Moss, Fr. Leon McKenzie · A: Joe Sinnott, Fran Matera, Bill Martin, Frank M. Borth, Art Winburg

Vol. 19 #14

1 copy for $24.99
#361

Wraparound cover

Mar 1964

Cover: $0.10

Vol. 19 #15

1 copy for $24.99
#364

May 1964

Cover: $0.10

W: Ann Richards Taylor, Frank Moss, Father Leon McKenzie, Berry Reece Jr. · A: Emilio Rodriguez, Frank M. Borth, Art Winburg, Al Kaufman, Joe Sinnott

Vol. 19 #18

1 copy for $44.99
#367

Sep 1964

Cover: $0.10

W: Norah Smaridge, Max Pine, Marvin Townsend, Pete Hironaka, Robert A. Wischmeyer, Frank Moss · A: Lloyd Ostendorf, Fran Matera, Marvin Townsend, Pete Hironaka, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 20 #1

1 copy for $19.99
#368

Sep 1964

Cover: $0.10

W: Max Pine, Bobbie Klosterman, Pete Hironaka, Eric St. Clair, Frank Moss, Robert A. Wischmeyer · A: Fran Matera, Joe Sinnott, Pete Hironaka, Bill Haines, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 20 #2

2 copies from $4.00
#369

Oct 1964

Cover: $0.10

W: Robert A. Wischmeyer, Frank Moss, Norah Smaridge, Max Pine · A: Ray Reibel, Frank M. Borth, Pete Hironaka, Lloyd Ostendorf, Fran Matera

Vol. 20 #3

1 copy for $6.50
#370

Wraparound cover

Oct 1964

Cover: $0.10

W: Robert A. Wischmeyer, Max Pine, Eric St. Clair, Bobbie Klosterman, Frank Moss · A: Pete Hironaka, Reed Crandall, Fran Matera, Bob Eismann, Joe Sinnott, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 20 #4

1 copy for $19.99
#371

Nov 1964

Cover: $0.10

W: Helen L. Gillum, Norah Smaridge, Marvin Townsend, Max Pine, Frank Moss · A: Ed Rodriguez, Lloyd Ostendorf, Pete Hironaka, Marvin Townsend, Fran Matera, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 20 #5

1 copy for $9.99
#374

Dec 1964

Cover: $0.10

W: Bobbie Klosterman, Max Pine, Eric St. Clair, Robert A. Wischmeyer, Frank Moss · A: Joe Sinnott, Fran Matera, Pete Hironaka, Bob Eismann, Reed Crandall, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 20 #8

1 copy for $3.06
#375

Wraparound cover

Dec 1964

Cover: $0.10

W: Norah Smaridge, Frank Hill, Frank Moss, Max Pine · A: Lloyd Ostendorf, Reed Crandall, Pete Hironaka, Frank Hill, Frank M. Borth, Fran Matera

Vol. 20 #9

1 copy for $3.50
#376

Jan 1965

Cover: $0.10

Vol. 20 #10

1 copy for $19.99
#377

Jan 1965

Cover: $0.10

Vol. 20 #11

1 copy for $14.99
#378

Wraparound cover by Frank M. Borth

Feb 1965

Cover: $0.10

W: Bobbie Klosterman, Marvin Townsend, Frank M. Borth, Eric St. Clair, Max Pine, Robert A. Wischmeyer · A: Joe Sinnott, Frank M. Borth, Marvin Townsend, Fran Matera, Pete Hironaka, Reed Crandall

Vol. 20 #12

2 copies from $4.25
#381

Mar 1965

Cover: $0.10

W: Max Pine, Ray Steiber, Marvin Townsend, Frank M. Borth, Sadie Costa, Norah Smaridge, Frank Hill · A: Fran Matera, Marvin Townsend, Frank M. Borth, Frank Johnson, Lloyd Ostendorf, Frank Hill

Vol. 20 #15

1 copy for $19.99
#383

Apr 1965

Cover: $0.10

Vol. 20 #17

1 copy for $19.99
#388

Sep 1965

Cover: $0.10

W: Frank Moss, Bobbie Klosterman, Max Pine, Lucy Parr, Bill Walsh, Joyce Kilmer, Hank Annen, Pete Hironaka · A: Frank M. Borth, Bob Eismann, Fran Matera, Reed Crandall, Bill Walsh, Marvin Townsend, Joe Sinnott, Pete Hironaka

Vol. 21 #2

1 copy for $2.25
#392

Nov 1965

Cover: $0.10

W: Jack L. Gianini, Bill Walsh, Bobbie Klosterman, Frank Moss, Joyce Kilmer, Max Pine, Hank Annen, Sadie Costa · A: Fran Matera, Bill Walsh, Frank M. Borth, Frank Johnson, Pete Hironaka

Vol. 21 #6

1 copy for $5.50
#393

Dec 1965

Cover: $0.10

W: Max Pine, Bill Walsh, Anne Brisbois, David Hill, Hank Annen, Frank Moss, Bobbie Klosterman, Sadie Costa · A: Fran Matera, Bill Walsh, Marvin Townsend, Joe Sinnott, Frank M. Borth, Frank Johnson

Vol. 21 #7

1 copy for $14.50
#394

Dec 1965

Cover: $0.10

W: Bill Walsh, Tom Dowling, Lloyd Ostendorf, Frank Moss, Hank Annen, Bobbie Klosterman, Max Pine, Sadie Costa · A: Bill Walsh, Reed Crandall, Lloyd Ostendorf, Frank M. Borth, Fran Matera, Frank Johnson

Vol. 21 #8

1 copy for $5.00
#396

Wraparound cover

Jan 1966

Cover: $0.10

W: Bill Walsh, Virginia Heron, Lloyd Ostendorf, Max Pine, Bobbie Klosterman, Hank Annen, Joyce Kilmer, Sadie Costa, Frank Moss · A: Bill Walsh, Frank Hill, Pete Hironaka, Bob Eismann, Lloyd Ostendorf, Fran Matera, Marvin Townsend, Frank Johnson, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 21 #10

1 copy for $4.50
#398

Feb 1966

Cover: $0.10

W: Max Pine, Lloyd Ostendorf, Eileen M. Hasse, Frank Moss, F.E. Crandall, Ogden Nash, Hank Chapman, Bobbie Klosterman · A: Fran Matera, Lloyd Ostendorf, Bill Haines, Frank M. Borth, Joe Sinnott, Bob Eismann

Vol. 21 #12; 2nd appearance of Chuck White the teen-ager

2 copies from $3.25
#400

Mar 1966

Cover: $0.10

W: F.E. Crandall, Marvin Townsend, Amy Lowell, Max Pine, Bobbie Klosterman, M.A. Crane, Frank Moss, Hank Annen, Lloyd Ostendorf · A: Joe Sinnott, Marvin Townsend, Fran Matera, Pete Hironaka, Frank Huffman, Frank M. Borth, Eddie Wagner, Lloyd Ostendorf

Vol. 21 #14

2 copies from $4.00
#401

Mar 1966

Cover: $0.10

W: Frank Moss, Hank Annen, Bobbie Klosterman, M.A. Crane, Frank Huffman, Max Pine, F.E. Crandall · A: Frank M. Borth, Charles M. Schulz, Mort Walker, Pete Hironaka, Frank Huffman, Fran Matera, Joe Sinnott

Vol. 21 #15

3 copies from $14.00
#402

Apr 1966

Cover: $0.10

W: Max Pine, Head Coach Herb, Larry Underdonk, Eugene Field, F.E. Crandall, Bobbie Klosterman, Hank Annen, Frank Moss · A: Fran Matera, Reed Crandall, Joe Sinnott, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 21 #16

1 copy for $19.99
#403

Apr 1966

Cover: $0.10

W: Rosemary Yager, Hank Annen, Frank Moss, Bobbie Klosterman, Max Pine, Margaret Booth, Sadie Costa, F.E. Crandall · A: Reed Crandall, Frank M. Borth, Fran Matera, Bob Eismann, Frank Johnson, Joe Sinnott

Vol. 21 #17

2 copies from $5.00
#405

May 1966

Cover: $0.10

W: Max Pine, F.E. Crandall, Virginia Heron, Frank Moss, Hank Annen, Bobbie Klosterman, Silvio A. Bedini · A: Fran Matera, Marvin Townsend, Joe Sinnott, Bill Haines, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 21 #19

1 copy for $15.00
#406

Jun 1966

Cover: $0.10

W: Frank Moss, Lloyd Ostendorf, Hank Annen, F.E. Crandall, Marion F. Ash, Bobbie Klosterman · A: Frank M. Borth, Lloyd Ostendorf, Joe Sinnott, Bob Eismann, Bill Walsh, Marvin Townsend

Vol. 21 #20

3 copies from $2.88
#407

Sep 1966

Cover: $0.10

W: Frank Moss, Luke Schafer, Marvin Townsend, Eric St. Clair · A: Fran Matera, Rita Matthews, Marvin Townsend, Bob Eismann

Vol. 22 #1

1 copy for $7.00
#408

Sep 1966

Cover: $0.10

W: Frank Moss, Frank Hill, Eric St. Clair, Jean E. Taggart, Bobbie Klosterman · A: Fran Matera, Frank Hill, Bob Eismann, Joe Sinnott

Vol. 22 #2

1 copy for $7.00
#410

Oct 1966

Cover: $0.10

W: Frank M. Borth, Hank Annen, Frank Moss, Frank Hill, Herb Smith, F.E. Crandall, Bobbie Klosterman, Mary T. Jarvis · A: Frank M. Borth, George White, Fran Matera, Frank Hill, Lloyd Ostendorf

Vol. 22 #4

1 copy for $6.00
#411

Nov 1966

Cover: $0.10

W: F.E. Crandall, Bobbie Klosterman, Frank Moss, M.A. Crane, Frank M. Borth, Hank Annen, A.G. Mondini, Frank Hill · A: Joe Sinnott, Fran Matera, Art Winburg, Eddie Wagner, Marvin Townsend, Frank M. Borth, Frank Hill

Vol. 22 #5

1 copy for $5.00
#412

Nov 1966

Cover: $0.10

W: Matt Christopher, Hank Annen, Felix G. Arnstein, M.A. Crane, F.E. Crandall, Bobbie Klosterman, Frank M. Borth · A: Fran Matera, Eddie Wagner, Lloyd Ostendorf, Marvin Townsend, Joe Sinnott, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 22 #6

1 copy for $7.50
#414

Dec 1966

Cover: $0.10

W: Matt Christopher, Bobbie Klosterman, Hank Annen, Norah Smaridge, Ray Beardsley, Bill Berry, Frank M. Borth, Jean E. Taggart · A: Fran Matera, Lloyd Ostendorf, Marvin Townsend, Bill Berry, Frank M. Borth, Eddie Wagner, Pete Hironaka

Vol. 22 #8

1 copy for $12.00
#417

Jan 1967

Cover: $0.10

W: Matt Christopher, Bobbie Klosterman, Hank Annen, Eric St. Clair, Thomas R. Lane, Frank Moss, Willis Blenkinsop · A: Fran Matera, Bob Eismann, Marvin Townsend

Vol. 22 #11

1 copy for $4.00
#418

Feb 1967

Cover: $0.10

W: Bill Walsh, Hank Annen, Bobbie Klosterman, Eric St. Clair, Frank Moss, Tom Dowling, Matt Christopher · A: Bill Walsh, Bob Eismann, Fran Matera, Eddie Wagner

Vol. 22 #12

1 copy for $12.50
#419

Feb 1967

Cover: $0.10

W: Eric St. Clair, Bobbie Klosterman, Hank Annen, Matt Christopher, Thomas R. Lane, Frank Hill, Frank Moss, Helen L. Gillum · A: Bob Eismann, Fran Matera, Frank Hill, Marvin Townsend, Joe Sinnott

Vol. 22 #13

1 copy for $4.00
#421

Mar 1967

Cover: $0.10

W: F.E. Crandall, Frank M. Borth, Frank Hill, Thomas R. Lane, Matt Christopher, Bobbie Klosterman, Hank Annen, Bill Walsh · A: Joe Sinnott, Marvin Townsend, Frank M. Borth, Frank Hill, Fran Matera, Bill Walsh

Vol. 22 #15

2 copies from $2.99
#422

Apr 1967

Cover: $0.10

W: Matt Christopher, Helen L. Gillum, M.A. Crane, Frank M. Borth, Bobbie Klosterman, Willis Blenkinsop · A: Fran Matera, Joe Sinnott, Mario Demarco, Frank M. Borth, Marvin Townsend, Lloyd Ostendorf

Vol. 22 #16

2 copies from $2.25
#423

Wraparound cover by Fran Matera

Apr 1967

Cover: $0.10

W: Matt Christopher, Mario DeMarco, Bobbie Klosterman, Felix G. Arnstein, Murray Pringle, Willis Blenkinsop, Frank M. Borth · A: Fran Matera, Mario DeMarco, Lloyd Ostendorf, Marvin Townsend, Frank M. Borth

Vol. 22 #17

1 copy for $6.00
#425

May 1967

Cover: $0.10

W: Matt Christopher, Frank M. Borth, Thomas R. Lane, Mario DeMarco, Bobbie Klosterman, George Jetter, Willis Blenkinsop, Frank Hill · A: Fran Matera, Marvin Townsend, Mario DeMarco, Frank M. Borth, Frank Huffman, Lloyd Ostendorf, Frank Hill, Eddie Wagner

Vol. 22 #19

1 copy for $4.00
#426

Jun 1967

Cover: $0.10

W: Matt Christopher, Frank M. Borth, Frank Hill, Virginia Heron, George Straley, Mario DeMarco, Bobbie Klosterman, Mary Elayne Grady · A: Fran Matera, Frank M. Borth, Frank Hill, Lloyd Ostendorf, Marvin Townsend, Mario DeMarco, Joe Sinnott

Vol. 22 #20

1 copy for $12.00
#431

Wraparound cover by Pete Hironaka

Nov 1967

Cover: $0.10

W: Helen L. Gillum, Mario DeMarco, Luke Schafer, Thomas R. Lane, F.E. Crandall, Matt Christopher · A: Pete Hironaka, Mario DeMarco, Bill Haines, Stan Fine, Frank M. Borth, Fran Matera

Vol. 23 #5

1 copy for $9.99
#441

Mar 1968

Cover: $0.10

W: F.E. Crandall, Mario DeMarco, Matt Christopher, Thomas R. Lane, Tony Chikes, Marvin Townsend · A: Lloyd Ostendorf, Mario DeMarco, Fran Matera, Eddie Wagner, Marvin Townsend, Tony Chikes

Vol. 23 #15

1 copy for $1.99
#471

Dec 1969

Cover: $0.15

W: Helen L. Gillum, Mario DeMarco, Matt Christopher, Thomas R. Lane, F.E. Crandall · A: Joe Sinnott, Mario DeMarco, Fran Matera, Frank M. Borth, Marvin Townsend, Ed Hunter

Vol. 25 #7; The life of Jim Thorpe; The life of Thaddeus Lowe

1 copy for $1.10
#476

Mar 1970

Cover: $0.15

A: Ed Hunter

Vol. 25 #12; The life of Harriet Beecher Stowe

1 copy for $3.00
#482

Nov 1970

Cover: $0.25

Vol. 26 #2

1 copy for $3.08