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Issue: Jack Armstrong #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1948
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Issues: #5 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: 18 (11 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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Jack Armstrong's Fighting Chance

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover title taken from interior story.
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Last-Second Shot in NIT

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Famous Split Seconds in Sports
Character(s): Ernie Calverly
Synopsis: Ernie Calverly's three-quarter court basket lifts Rhode Island to an overtime win over Bowling Green University in the National Invitational Tournament in 1946.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Jack Armstrong's Fighting Chance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong; Kill Kamm
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Pages: 8
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Maurice "The Rocket" Richard

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): Maurice Richard
Synopsis: Highlights of the career of Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens hockey player.
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Pages: 1
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Donald L. Smith

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award
Character(s): Donald L. Smith; Nancy McConnell
Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Donald L. Smith of Coldwater, Mich., rescues eight-year-old Nancy McConnell from drowning and earns the fifth Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: "Based on information from the American Red Cross." Smith received an engraved medal and a year's subscription to Jack Armstrong Magazine.
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The Case of the Redheaded Hijacker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Vic Hardy's Crime Lab
Character(s): Vic Hardy; Inspector Sheldon; Chief Dale
Synopsis: Hardy uses scientific methods to track down robbers that hijacked a truckload of furs.
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Pages: 4
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Acme Gear Works Payroll Robbery

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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; Mr. Hoag; Jack Haines; Dot Wilson
Synopsis: Vic Hardy has to figure out who was the "inside man" in a payroll robbery.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A "you solve the mystery" story with the solution printed upside-down on the page. Text with five illustrations.
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"Ozzie" Cowles

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Wheaties; General Mills
Character(s): Ozzie Cowles
Synopsis: Profile of Ozzie Cowles, champion basketball coach of the University of Michigan.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text and illustrations. Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions" tagline. General Mills, Inc.
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Jack Armstrong Trails the Killer of Ghost Canyon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong
Character(s): Jack Armstrong
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Splash panel covers over 1.5 pages, no gutter between pages.
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Slow Down to Win

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jay Worthington (credited)
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe (signed)
Inker(s): Edd Ashe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
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Pages: 3.17
Disclose Notes: Text story with two illustrations. Concluded on last interior page 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): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jack Armstrong Adventure Magazine
Character(s): Jack Armstrong (cameo); BIlly Fairfield (cameo); Betty Fairfield (cameo); Vic Hardy (cameo)
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Pages: 1
Job Number: JA5
Disclose Notes: Promo for Jack Armstrong Adventure Magazine with mail-in subscription coupon. One year for $1.00.
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Rebel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Rebel (horse); Mike Dodson; Bill Nixon
Synopsis: A wild stallion is captured and trained to be a polo pony.
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Pages: 4
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Lady of the Law

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): Betty Fairfield
Character(s): Betty Fairfield; Carol Shaw; Spider Webb; Little Blackie
Synopsis: Betty meets policewoman Carol Shaw and helps her foil a jewelry store robbery.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Bottom one-sixth of pages 4 and 5 of the story are mail-in coupons for subscriptions to Parents' Magazine comics.
Jack Sparling identified as artist of this feature by Jerry Bails.
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Ready-y-y! Aim-- Fire!

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
Feature(s): Billy Fairfield
Character(s): Billy Fairfield; Mayor Broadbeam; Mrs. Broadbeam
Synopsis: Billy has misadventures in a firehouse, but saves the day at a real fire.
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Pages: 5
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Eagle Scout

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Kaufman (signed)
Penciller(s): Al Kaufman (signed)
Inker(s): Al Kaufman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: In a zoo, a Boy Scout observes an eagle wearing a scout neckerchief.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Pantomime cartoon.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Mail Call
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Letters with no responses. Writers are Mrs. Earl Stump; William Hatcher; Ruth Ann Towbrowsky; Beatrice Louise Walker; Delois Phillips; Carl Graf; and George G. Gordon. Illustrated logo.
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The Best Buys in Joy, Thrills, and Fun

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
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo with mail-in coupon for subscriptions to Calling All Girls; Polly Pigtails; Varsity (magazine); Calling All Boys; Calling All Kids; True Comics; and Jack Armstrong.
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Sleek as the New Convertibles

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monark Silver King
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustrated ad for 1948 Monark Super Deluxe bicycle. Monark Silver King, Inc., Chicago, Ill.

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