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:''This is an article about the comic book series. For other uses, see Treasure Chest (disambiguation)'' ''Treasure Chest'' (full name for most of its run: ''Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact'') was a Catholic-oriented comic book series created by Dayton, Ohio publisher George A. Pflaum and distributed in parochial schools from 1946 to 1972. Its inspirational stories of sports and folk heroes, saints, school kids, Catholic living, history, science and similar topics were drawn by artists that included such prominent figures as EC's Reed Crandall, Graham Ingels and Joe Orlando, Marvel Comics' Joe Sinnott, and DC Comics' Murphy Anderson and Jim Mooney. Other features included literary adaptations and such typical comics fare as funny animal humor strips. ==Publication history== Created by Dayton, Ohio, publisher George A. Pflaum〔 Note: List of contributors is not comprehensive.〕 and debuting March 12, 1946, as ''Treasure Chest of Fun & Facts'',〔(''Treasure Chest of Fun & Facts'' Vol. 1, No. 1. March 12, 1946 ) at WRLC Libraries. (Archived ) from the original on May 3, 2012.〕 ''Treasure Chest'' was distributed in parochial schools and published biweekly throughout the school year until the 1960s, when it became monthly and doubled the number of pages. It was available solely by student subscription, and delivered in bulk to classrooms. Initially, the covers were of the same paper stock as the interiors; comic books' more typical slick covers were added in 1948. Six-issue summer editions were published in 1966 and 1967.〔 Beginning with Vol. 4, #1 (Sept. 7, 1948), the title changed to ''Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact'', with the final word now singular.〔(1948 issues ) at WRLC Libraries〕 A source notes that with Vol. 23, #1 (Sept 7, 1967), the title changed a final time, exchanging the ampersand for "and",〔 at the Grand Comics Database〕 although Vol. 21 No. 1 issue dated September 9, 1965 and featuring "The Champ is Back" as the cover story uses the ampersand in place of the word "and". Many very early issues were cover-titled simply ''Treasure Chest'' without the otherwise ubiquitous subhead.〔For example, (''Treasure Chest'' Vol. 2, No. 9. December 24, 1946 ), and (Vol. 2, No. 19. May 13, 1947 ).〕 Sometime during the 1960s, ''Treasure Chest'' began to be published by T.S. Dennison. The final issue was that of July 1972.〔(''Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact'' ) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. (Archived ) from the original November 8, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-04.〕 Pflaum also published the magazines ''Junior Catholic Messenger'', ''Our Little Messenger'', and ''Young Catholic Messenger''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Treasure Chest (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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