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Issue: Jack Armstrong #12 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1949
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Issues: #12 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: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harold Schwartz; Elliott A. Caplin (publisher); Ralph O. Ellsworth (assistant art director); Dorothea T. Filosa (assistant art director)
Disclose Notes: Schwartz listed as editor in this issue's statement of ownership.
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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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Madman's Island

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; General Xavier Rojas
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Pages: 1
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Triple Play

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): Famous Split-Seconds in Sports
Character(s): Bill Wambganss; Clarence Mitchell; Pete Kulduff
Synopsis: Bill Wambganss of the Cleveland Indians makes an unassisted triple play in the 1920 World Series.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover and inside back cover.
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Madman's Island

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Jim Fairfield; Bill Fairfield; General Xavier Rojas
Synopsis: Jack goes with his Uncle Jim and friend Billy to investigate an exiled South American dictator who is planning a war from his remote island. The dictator captures the trio and sends Jack and Billy into the jungle to be tracked by his army in a version of "The Most Dangerous Game."
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Pages: 12
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Stan Musial

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): Wheaties; General Mills
Character(s): Stan Musial
Synopsis: Profile of St. Louis Cardinals outfield Stan Musial, who was 1948 Major League batting champion.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for Wheaties, "Breakfast of Champions." General Mills, Inc.
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Deadly Cargo

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Bruce Elliott
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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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Famous Athletic Kin

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Genres: sports
Character(s): Louise Suggs; Johnny Suggs; Doug Bentley; Max Bentley
Synopsis: Athletes who are related. Golfer Louise Suggs is the daughter of baseball player Johnny Suggs and the Bentley brothers are two of six Bentley brothers who are hockey stars.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Betty Crocker Soup is Souper!; General Mills
First Line: Bobby can't come to th' phone...
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Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Betty Crocker "soup ingredients" packages (split-pea and vegetable noodle). General Mills, Inc.
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108 mph on a Bike!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Inker(s): Phil Berube (signed)
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Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Sports Champs
Character(s): Alfred Letourner
Synopsis: Alfred Letourner's record of 108.92 mph for a mile on a bicycle. Also tips about bicycle safety.
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Pages: 1
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The Terror of Tomaso Sea

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Billy Fairfield
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Pages: 8
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Desperate Mission

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 3.67
Disclose Notes: Last column of page four is the Statement of Ownership.
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Elliott Caplin (publisher)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for September 24, 1948. No circulation figures given.
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The Hunter Murder

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Vic Hardy's Crime Clues
Character(s): Vic Hardy; Joe Randells
Synopsis: Vic Hardy has to decide if a man is lying when he says he accidentally shot his companion while deer hunting.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A "solve-the-mystery" story. Panels with text underneath. Solution is printed upside-down.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monark Bicycles
First Line: Can you find the secret clues to Monark's popularity?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for 1949 Monark Super Deluxe Bicycle. Monark Silver King, Chicago, Ill.
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Take Your Pick of These Wonderful Magazines

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Parents' Magazine Press
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo with mail-in coupon for subscriptions to True Comics; Polly Pigtails; Calling All Kids; Tex Granger; Calling All Girls; and Varsity (magazine).

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