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Issue: Jack Armstrong #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1947
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Issues: #1 of 13 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagParents' Magazine Press
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Parents' Institute, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Kenneth L. Hall (executive editor)
Disclose Notes: Indicia gives George J. Hecht as President, Elliot A. Caplin as Publisher and Ralph O. Ellsworth as Art Director. "Jack Armstrong Adventure Magazine" on cover only.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: Issues #1-8 are 7.5" x 10.875" (taller than standard comics); #9-13 are 7.5" x 10.375" (standard Golden Age size)
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Jack Armstrong Solves the Arctic Mystery

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Larsen
Inker(s): Howard Larsen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Larsen is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the artwork is identical to his signed or unsigned stories in many western comics like Hawk or Western Bandit Trails.
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Meet Jack Armstrong and His Friends

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Larsen
Inker(s): Howard Larsen
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Billy Fairfield; Betty Fairfield; Jim Fairfield; Vic Hardy; Professor Proteus
Synopsis: Found on the inside front cover, this text/illustrated article informs readers about all the characters who appear in the Jack Armstrong feature.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art notes as for the cover.
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Jack Armstrong Solves the Arctic Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Larsen
Inker(s): Howard Larsen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Howard Larsen is best to spot by his faces with large ears and noses, and bulging lips with dark shadows underneath, and big hats far back on the head seen in front view. The hero here has none of these shadows, but the other characters have.
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Wally Butts

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Wheaties; General Mills
Character(s): Wally Butts
Synopsis: Profile of Wally Butts, football coach of the Georgia Bulldogs.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text and illustrations. Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions" cereal. General Mills, Inc.
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Edgar Little Jr.

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong's All-American Award
Character(s): Edward Little, Jr.; Frank Thompson
Synopsis: Text and illustrated true story of Edward Little Jr., of Handsboro, Miss., who rescued five men from an Army bomber that crashed in a bay near his home.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: "Based on information from the American Red Cross." Edward Little received an engraved medal "and will be asked to designate a shut-in youngster who will receive a free one-year's subscription to the Jack Armstrong Adventure Magazine."
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The Case of the Forgetful Forger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Smalle (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Vic Hardy's Crime Lab
Character(s): Vic Hardy; Chief Dale
Synopsis: Vic discovers serial numbers were changed on some stolen bond certificates.
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Pages: 3.67
Disclose Notes: The bottom one-six of pages two and three in the story are mail-in coupons for subscriptions to Parents' Magazine Press comics. (back-to-back.)
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Subscription Coupons

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: The bottom one-six of pages two and three in the previous sequence are mail-in coupons for subscriptions to Parents' Magazine Press comics. (back-to-back.)
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Jack Armstrong vs. the Man of a Million Faces

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Larsen
Inker(s): Howard Larsen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Professor Proteus (villain)
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Art notes as for the cover and first story.
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Change of Pace

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George D. Lipscomb (signed)
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe (signed)
Inker(s): Edd Ashe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with one large illustration.
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Slaughter's Mad Dash in the 1946 World Series

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Berube ?
Penciller(s): Phil Berube ?
Inker(s): Phil Berube ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Famous Split-Seconds in Sports
Character(s): Enos Slaughter; Harry Walker
Synopsis: St. Louis Cardinals' Enos Slaughter surprisingly scores from first base on a routine single for the winning run of the 1946 World Series.
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Pages: 2
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Simba Bwana - Lion Master

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling ?
Inker(s): Jack Sparling ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Simba Bwana [Akhu]
Synopsis: When a lion attacks his cattle, a young Masai boy kills it with a spear.
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Pages: 4
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Angel of Mercy With Water-Wings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling ?
Inker(s): Jack Sparling ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Feature(s): A New Betty Fairfield Adventure
Character(s): Betty Fairfield; Emma Webster
Synopsis: Nurse Emma Webster and Betty rescue a child during a flood and spend the night in a make-shift first aid station in a church.
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Pages: 5
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List of ABC Stations Carrying Jack Armstrong Program

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): ABC
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Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: Inside column of back-to-back pages. List of radio stations (call letters, city) carrying the Jack Armstrong program. Outer column of pages is a mail-in reader survey.
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Will You Help Us?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Parents' Magazine Press
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Pages: 1.2
Disclose Notes: Reader survey to fill out and mail in. On outer part of same sheet. Inner part of the sheet is a list of radio stations carrying the Jack Armstrong program.
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Hal Newhouser

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Penciller(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Inker(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Sports Champs
Character(s): Hal Newhouser
Synopsis: Profile of Detroit Tigers' pitcher Hal Newhouser, who won 25 or more games in 1944, 1945, and 1946.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrations and text.
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Billy Rings the Bell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vic Herman
Inker(s): Vic Herman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Feature(s): Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of His Own Misadventures
Character(s): Billy Fairfield; Billy's mother; Billy's sister
Synopsis: Billy goes on a muscle-building program to win a prize at an amusement park, but gets a surprise the day of the contest.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Framing sequence has Billy drawing the story himself, (hence the feature title), apparently to explain the difference in art styles from the rest of the issue.
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Action Suspense Thrills

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Parents' Magazine Press
Character(s): Jack Armstrong (cameo); Billy Fairfield (cameo); Betty Fairfield (cameo); Vic Hardy (cameo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo with mail-in coupon for subscriptions to Jack Armstrong magazine. One year for $1.00
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Be the Talk of the Town with a New Monark Super Deluxe

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monark Silver King
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for Monark Super Deluxe model bicycle. Monark Silver King, Chicago 35, Ill.
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Fellers-Here's a Dream of a Game!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Electric Game Co., Inc.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustrated ad for electric football game. $2.50 from Electric Game Co., Inc., Holyoke, Mass. Electric baseball, air race, bowling, and flash quiz games also available.

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