True Comics #17

This anthology issue contains multiple educational stories presented as factual narratives. "People of Mystery: The Story of Gypsies" traces the origins and migrations of the Romani people from India across Persia, with theories about possible Egyptian ancestry, and their development of the Romany language. "Mexico: Land of Fighting Men" chronicles Mexico's political instability under successive dictators and the heroic liberation efforts of freedom fighters including Madero, Zapata, Obregón, Benito Juárez, and Camacho, culminating in a brighter future for the nation. Another featured story documents how American chemists and food experts solved nutritional deficiencies in 1941 by enriching bread with vitamins, working with bakers to strengthen the nation's health through improved flour processing.