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Issue: Jack Armstrong #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1948
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Issues: #4 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:
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Kenneth L. Hall (executive editor)
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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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Land of the Leopard Men

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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; Jim Fairfield; Betty Fairfield
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is a condensed version of the interior splash panel, which includes Howard Larsen‘s signature.
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Dempsey-Tunney Fight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Famous Split-Seconds in Sports
Character(s): Jack Dempsey; Gene Tunney
Synopsis: The Dempsey-Tunny "Long Count" fight of 1927.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Dangerous Cargo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Billy Fairfield
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Ralph Beard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Inker(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Sports Champs
Character(s): Phil Beard
Synopsis: Profile of college basketball's "1947 Player of the Year," Phil Beard of the University of Kentucky.
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Pages: 1
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James W. (J.W.) Thompson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award
Character(s): James Thompson [J.W. Thompson]; Duane Thompson
Synopsis: J. W. Thompson saves his brother from electrocution after his kite hits a electric wire.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: "Based on information from the American Red Cross." Thompson received an engraved medal and was "privileged to choose a shut-in youngster who will receive a one-year subscription to this magazine."
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The Case of the Broken Headlight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Vic Hardy's Crime Lab
Character(s): Vic Hardy; Chief Dale
Synopsis: Vic has to solve a hit-and-run case.
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Pages: 4
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The Three Suspects

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Vic Hardy's Crime Clues
Character(s): Vic Hardy
Synopsis: Vic has to decide which of three suspects robbed a jewelry store.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Panels with typeset text underneath. Solution is printed upside-down on same page.
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Win One of These Columbia Bikes!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for contest with 1,000 prizes of Columbia bicycles. Wheaties breakfast cereal; General Mills, Inc.
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Land of Leopard Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Larsen [as H. L. Larsen] (signed)
Inker(s): Howard Larsen [as H. L. Larsen] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Jim Fairfield; Billy Fairfield; Betty Fairfield; Professor Proteus
Synopsis: Jack and his friends are in Africa to get motion pictures of the savage Leopard Men. When his safari leader refuses to enter the land of the Leopard Men, Jack and Billy push on. They save a pygmy from a crocodile and he leads them to large clearing which the Leopard Men use for their ritual dances.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Splash panel covers most of first two pages, with no gutter.
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The Team Mates

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Spain Verral (credited)
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe (signed)
Inker(s): Edd Ashe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Sam Coulter; French La Pointe
Synopsis: A high school hockey team's captain is over-shadowed when a flashy newcomer joins the team and is an immediate sensation.
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Pages: 3.67
Disclose Notes: Text story with one large illustration. Story concludes on page 45 of the issue.
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Old Nubs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Captain Andy; Barbados Jack
Synopsis: A whaling ship fails to catch "Old Nubs,' a huge sperm whale, but aren't very disappointed the whale escaped.
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Pages: 4
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The Best Buys in Joy, Thrills, and Fun

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Parents' Magazine Press
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Calling All Girls; Polly Pigtails; Varsity; Calling All Boys; Calling All Kids; True Comics; and Jack Armstrong.
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Hazardous Holiday

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling ?
Inker(s): Jack Sparling ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): A New Betty Fairfield Adventure
Character(s): Betty Fairfield; Kate Anderson
Synopsis: Betty goes on a skiing trip to the mountains. Her female ski instructor rescues a woman who has fallen into a crevasse during a blizzard.
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Pages: 4.67
Disclose Notes: Bottom one-sixth of pages four and five of the story are subscription coupons to Parents' Magazine comics (back-to-back).
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Subscription Coupons

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: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Bottom one-sixth of pages four and five of the previous sequence are mail-in coupons for subscriptions to Parent's Magazine Press comics (back-to-back).
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Classified Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.11
Disclose Notes: Small ads for electric motor kit for 60 cents from Hayden Chemical Co., Kenmore, N.Y. and Electric Light Jazz Bow Tie for $1.95 from Bernard Fine Co., New York 11, N.Y.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I wonder who instructed Gus in the use of snowshoes?
Synopsis: A man uses snowshoes in an unorthodox way.
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Pages: 0.22
Disclose Notes: Cartoon is signed, but is illegible.
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Billy's Scavenger Hunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vic Herman
Inker(s): Vic Herman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of His Comical Adventures
Character(s): Billy Fairfield; Daisy Jones
Synopsis: Billy and Daisy go on a scavenger hunt.
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Pages: 5
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Tops in Table Tennis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil Berube
Inker(s): Phil Berube
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Dick Miles
Synopsis: Profile of Dick Miles, U.S. table tennis champion for 1945, 1946, and 1947.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Action, Suspense, Thrills

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong Magazine
Character(s): Jack Armstrong (cameo); Billy Fairfield (cameo); Betty Fairfield (cameo); Vic Hardy (cameo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover (but in black and white). Promo for subscriptions to Jack Armstrong Magazine. One year for $1.00.

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