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Deadline for Death!

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Jack Armstrong

Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Billy Fairfield; Betty Fairfield

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Pages: 1

Notes: Cover is the splash panel of the interior story.

Did You Know?

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Phil Berube (signed)

Inker(s): Phil Berube (signed)

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Genres: sports

Feature(s): Sports Shorts

Character(s): Babe Ruth; Bob Feller; Gene Tunney; Hans Kolehmainen; Man o' War (horse)

Synopsis: Five sport facts.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover. Black and red.

Message from the Past

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Inker(s): Bill Elder

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Jack Armstrong

Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Jim Fairfield; Billy Fairfield

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Pages: 8

The Case That Hung by a Hair

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Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Vic Hardy's Crime Lab

Character(s): Vic Hardy

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Pages: 7

Deadline for Death!

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Inker(s): Bill Elder

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Jack Armstrong

Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Jim Fairfield; Billy Fairfield; Betty Fairfield; Mike O'Hara

Synopsis: Mike O'Hara has contracted with Harry Durant's mob to borrow oil-drilling equipment. If he doesn't strike oil in six months, Durrant gets his property. As the deadline nears, O'Hara is near striking oil and Durrant wants to make sure he doesn't do it before the deadline.

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Pages: 8

Notes: Splash panel is the same as cover.

Enemy of the Outlaws - Burt Mossman

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Genres: western

Character(s): Burt Mossman; Augustine Chacon; Bart Alvord; Billy Stiles

Synopsis: Arizona Ranger Burt Mossman rides undercover with rustlers to gather evidence against them.

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Pages: 1.83

Notes: Text story with no illustration.

Play Baseball in your Home Now!

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Feature(s): Casey on the Mound

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Pages: 0.17

Notes: Ad for a tabletop baseball game: Casey on the Mound. $2.98 postpaid from Rudolf Field, New York, N.Y.

The Initiation

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Vic Herman

Inker(s): Vic Herman

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of his Own Misdaventures

Character(s): Billy Fairfield; Principal Elmer Q. Fuddy

Synopsis: The Lettermen's Club is planning an initiation ceremony and the principal gets caught in the middle of it.

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Pages: 5

Lou Boudreau

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Feature(s): Wheaties; General Mills

Character(s): Lou Boudreau

Synopsis: Profile of Lou Boudreau, player-manager of the Cleveland Indians, 1948 World Series champs.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for Wheaties, "Breakfast of Champions," breakfast cereal. General Mills, Inc.

Can You Find the Secret Clues to Monark's Popularity?

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Feature(s): Monark Bicycles

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for 1949 Monark Super Deluxe bicycle. Monark Silver King, Inc., Chicago, Ill.

The Automobile Race from New York to Paris

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Phil Berube

Inker(s): Phil Berube

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Genres: sports

Feature(s): Sports Shorts

Character(s): George Schuster

Synopsis: Summary of a 1908 auto race from New York to Paris, via San Francisco and Siberia.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover. Black and red.

One of These Swell Magazines Is Just for You

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Feature(s): Parents' Magazine Press

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. Promo, with mail-in coupon, for subscriptions to True Comics; Polly; Calling All Kids; Tex Granger; Calling All Girls; and Varsity magazine. Only color is yellow background.