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Issue: Jack Armstrong #7 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1948
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Issues: #7 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: 22 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Kenneth L. Hall (executive editor)
Disclose Notes: No indicia title.
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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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Mystery on the Diamond

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Vic Hardy (inset)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover title from interior story.
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A Message to the Boys of America from Jack Armstrong

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe (signed)
Inker(s): Edd Ashe (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Joe Louis
Synopsis: Jack uses an incident in the ring involving Joe Louis to promote sportsmanship.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Large illustration and text.
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Jack Armstrong Solves the Mystery on the Diamond

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Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Jim Fairfield
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Pages: 8
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The Case of the Silent Southpaw

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Vic Hardy's Crime Lab
Character(s): Vic Hardy
Synopsis: A getaway car overturns while fleeing a robbery. One of the crooks dies, but the other escapes with the loot. Vic Hardy has to find a way to identify the pair.
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Pages: 4
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Phil Rizzuto

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): Wheaties; General Mills
Character(s): Phil Rizzuto
Synopsis: Highlights of Phil Rizzuto's 1947 season as shortstop of the world champion New York Yankees.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions." cereal. General Mills, Inc.
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Frank O'Bannon

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Feature(s): Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award
Character(s): Frank O'Banon; Robert O'Banon
Synopsis: Frank O'Banon of Corydon, Ind., saves his brother from drowning.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: "Based on information from the American Red Cross." O'Banon received an engraved medal and "a shut-in youngster of his choice will receive a free one-year subscription to Jack Armstrong Magazine."
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Danger Trail

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): H. M. Gill (credited)
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe (signed)
Inker(s): Edd Ashe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Lance Ramsey
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Pages: 2.33
Disclose Notes: Text story with one large illustration.
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Stepladder for Jump Ball

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Dan Rilgo ? (signed)
Penciller(s): Dan Rilgo ? (signed)
Inker(s): Dan Rilgo ? (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Synopsis: A referee climbs a stepladder before tossing the ball for a jump ball in basketball.
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Pages: 0.17
Disclose Notes: Pantomime cartoon. Signature is hard to read.
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Fun!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Capitol
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Pages: 0.17
Disclose Notes: Ad for "Bozo and his Rocket Ship" record and storybook set from Capitol.
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Misc. Ads

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.22
Disclose Notes: Ads for Electric Light Bow Tie for $1.95 from Bernard Fine Co., New York, N.Y.; Radio Microphone for $1.98 from Seyco Mike, Inc., New York, N.Y.; and stamp catalogue from H. E. Harris & Co., Boston, Mass.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Dan Kilgo ? (signed)
Penciller(s): Dan Kilgo ? (signed)
Inker(s): Dan Kilgo ? (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
First Line: Now, remember, first one down is a rotten egg.
Synopsis: A referee gives some unorthodox instructions to two boxers.
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Pages: 0.11
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daydream Mike and his Wonderful Bike!
Character(s): Daydream Mike
First Line: I wonder what the old Romans would have thought...
Synopsis: Mike daydreams about having a bicycle in Roman times.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Columbia bicycles. Includes mail-in coupon for "bike-chief siren" and Columbia catalogue for 15 cents. Westfield Manufacturing Company, Westfield, Mass.
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Rhino!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bill Kelly; Bob Ward; Omalu
Synopsis: Bill Kelly and Bob Ward go to Africa to get some wild animal motion pictures and have a close call with a rhinoceros.
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Pages: 4
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Win This Bicycle!

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Safe-T Cone Co.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Centerfold ad for contest by Safe-T Cone Co., Chicago 15, Ill. (ice cream cones) with 500 prizes of Monark Super De Luxe bicycles to be given away.
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The Counterfeiters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Vic Hardy; Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Vic Hardy; Jack Armstrong; Chief Dale; Professor Proteus
Synopsis: Jack Armstrong visits Vic Hardy at his lab and learns facts about paper currency and how to detect a counterfeit bill. Then the lesson gets put to practical use when counterfeiters are found in the area and Vic and Jack have to help capture the gang.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Story starts with a large illustration and a half-page of story in text format. Then with page two it changes into a regular comic story.
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Billy Makes Magic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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 Own Misadventures
Character(s): Billy Fairfield; Egbert Sneery
Synopsis: Billy is raising chickens and uses some of their eggs as props in his magician's act in an amateur show.
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Pages: 5
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Lion on the Loose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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; Molly Madden
Synopsis: Betty is friends with Molly Madden, a star trapeze artist in the circus. When a lion escapes, Betty comes up with an idea to lure him back to his cage.
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Pages: 4.67
Disclose Notes: Bottom one-sixth of pages three and four of the story are subscription forms.
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Subscription forms

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Two one-sixth page subscription forms for Parent's Magazine Press comics. At bottom of pages three and four of the previous sequence (back-to-back).
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3 Great Sport Books Every American Boy is Bustin' to Own!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Joe Dimaggio (illustration)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for sports books: Jackie Robinson: My Own Story; Lucky to Be a Yankee by Joe DiMaggio; and Joe Louis: Picture Story of His Life. $1.00 each from Greenberg Press, New York 22, N.Y.
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An Important Notice to Jack Armstrong Readers

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Notice that publication of Jack Armstrong is changing from monthly to bi-monthly.
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Two Swell Magazines for You!

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Parents' Magazine Press
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for subscriptions to Jack Armstrong and True Comics, with mail-in coupon. 12 issues for $1.00, 24 issues for $2.00.
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Sleek as the New Convertibles

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monark Bicycles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for Monark bicycles, with the Super De Luxe model illustrated. Monark Silver King, Chicago 35, Ill.

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